Living on Earth: Extra

Series produced by Living On Earth

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LOE half-hour weekly extra program.

This is the series for the half-hour weekly extra program.


282 Pieces

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Record flooding in the Midwest has swept away the precious topsoil that gave the "bread basket of the United States” its name. Farmers, already dea...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is making climate change a focal point of his forward-looking campaign. That message ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Since the first Earth Day in 1970, much has been done to clean up our air and water, here in the U.S. and elsewhere. But the world now faces the im...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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As sea level rise and intensifying storms put coastal ecosystems, communities, and industrial facilities at risk, ExxonMobil faces a lawsuit over t...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is a Democratic candidate for the 2020 Presidential elections. On a recent visit to New Hampshire, Congresswoma...

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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As climate disruption advances with rising sea levels and more intense storms, floods and wildfires, some people are thinking about safer places to...

  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro is making climate change a key part of his campaign for president. At a recent meet and greet in New Hampshire, ...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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As if the crop failures, infrastructure damage, and biodiversity loss linked to climate change weren't already enough, new research finds that glob...

  • Added: May 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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The Netflix original Our Planet is a new and inspiring nature documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The bingeable series provides ...

  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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New Hampshire may be one of the smallest states in the US, but it’s suing some of the largest chemical companies in the world for knowingly polluti...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Arizona’s Sky Islands are home to heat and cactuses, but also many species that you’re more likely to find far north of the desert Southwest – and ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Climate change is a key concern for Democratic voters looking towards the 2020 presidential election. To keep track of where the many candidates st...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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The Trump EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy rule, which replaces the Clean Power Plan created during the Obama Administration, does little to actually ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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The climate crisis took center stage at two major world meetings in June 2019, but major polluters have yet to step forward with promises to increa...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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The Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest environmental nonprofit, has protected hundreds of millions of acres worldwide, but a sexual harassment...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Fracking is a highly efficient method for extracting oil and gas locked up in shale rock, but it comes with environmental and health risks includin...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Some people have fond childhood memories of raising monarch caterpillars. Experts say there are ways to ensure captive-bred monarch butterflies are...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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The recent wave of migrant caravans coming from Central America has a link to climate change: many of the migrants are fleeing their homes in the w...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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The National Wildlife Refuge system was created in 1903 as secure havens for native creatures and migrating birds. But today commercial agriculture...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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In the Gaza Strip, where every three out of four people are refugees, clean water is scarce, and that’s led to a worsening health crisis for Gaza’s...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00