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Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In today's Las Vegas, there's more than money that's green. The desert city's hotels and casinos are going green, as in environmentally friendly, b...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Okay, so you're out in the clear waters of Hawaii and notice that algae are smothering the beautiful coral reefs just below the surface. What's goi...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. But near Serpa, in neighboring Portugal, the sun shines nearly all the time. This is why an internatio...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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As eco-friendly furniture makes the transition from small specialty shops to mass market merchandisers, one thing is becoming clear. Green comes in...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Let’s hear it for “agrichar”! Why?

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Contrary to what you might think, “green chemistry” is not used to make that “gooey, drippy, oozy, cold and clammy stuff” called “Green Slime” that...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Crispy noodles: They're tasty, and…fuel-efficient! That is, if someday we're driving hydrogen-fueled cars.

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Prairie tallgrass may soon make an electrifying comeback. Long considered one of the earth's most endangered ecosystems, today, prairie grass -- es...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year, sin...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Tomorrow’s electric cars could get smarter, thanks to artificial intelligence and…well, military tanks.

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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A low “carb” diet: Good for us, and good for the planet. No, not carbohydrates but low carbon, as in eating foods that minimally impact our planet’...

Bought by WXDU and KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
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In New York City, at one public park, people may soon come for the tennis but stay for the toilets. That's because designs for new bathrooms at Riv...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WXDU, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Call it a message in 12,500 bottles. Reclaimed plastic bottles, that is, used to build Plastiki, an ocean-going catamaran that crossed the Pacific,...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WXDU, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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What's "bugging" farmers these days? Greenbugs and grain aphids. They're tiny insects found nearly on every continent. And they destroy about 100 m...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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How many environmentalists does it take to screw in a passive light bulb? None! And that's the beauty of it...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1900, America used 80 million acres of grassland to feed the 30 million or so horses and mules pulling America's wagons, buggies, and carriages....

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
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Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
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Already declared the third smartest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine, Ann Arbor, Michigan recently had another bright idea. They decided to repl...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world's rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
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Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:30