
Maggie Mullen
Maggie Mullen is a fifth generation Wyomingite, born and raised in Casper. She is currently a Masters candidate in American Studies and will defend her thesis on female body hair in contemporary American culture this May. Before graduate school, she earned her BA in English and French from the University of Wyoming. Maggie enjoys writing, cooking, her bicycle, swimming in rivers and lakes, and most any dog.
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For many, opening up your windows at night used to be enough to keep your house cool during the summertime. But extreme heat from climate change has made that more complicated. Wyoming Public Radio's Maggie Mullen reports.
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The pay initiative is part of the Biden administration's plans to improve working conditions for federal wildland firefighters.
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It found that average occupancy rates at campgrounds in the West dropped by 1.3 percentage points when smoke was bad—driving concerns about public health.
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A study published earlier this year found that even without bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado's subalpine forests are dying at increasing rates from extreme summer conditions.
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An updated version of a 2019 report published in the journal BioScience on Wednesday includes an additional 2,800 scientists’ signatures.
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Air quality specialists say the smoky conditions that showed up earlier than usual this year, could stick around until October for some parts of the region.
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A group of chemicals called PFAS are common in many household items, and potentially causing health problems. Monday, the EPA included them in the draft of its latest list of water contaminants, setting the groundwork for potential regulation.
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"There's A Lot Of People Out There Like Me." Immunosuppressed May Not Get Same Protection From COVIDThose living with compromised immune systems are facing a double whammy with the region's low vaccination rates and the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine may not offer them the same protection as their peers.
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Meat is not a nutritional equal to plant-based meat substitutes. That's according to a new study from Duke University out this week. But researchers say it's still not clear if one is healthier than the other.
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At the Early Care and Education Center at the University of Wyoming, there's a lot of what one would expect to see at a daycare - toys, books, and...