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.


278 Pieces

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Paris Climate Agreement architect Christiana Figueres writes in her new book "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis" about the urgent ...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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The coronavirus has affected nearly all elements of the economy, and with grocery shortages and massive food dumping, one of the most visible effec...

  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Farmworkers are considered essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they face special risks as more than half of US farmworkers are undo...

  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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1970 saw the birth of Earth Day as well as major environmental laws including the Clean Air Act and NEPA. In the 50 years since, environmental law ...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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April 22nd, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, when some 20 million Americans peacefully rallied for protecting the planet. De...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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COVID-19 appears to be deadlier to people with years of exposure to high air pollution, strengthening the case for cleaning up dirty air that alrea...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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New research finds that the mid-Delta region of the Mississippi River is ripe for growing more specialty crops such as fruits and vegetables, which...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Wildlife trafficking is a highly lucrative form of organized crime with deadly consequences, because in addition to threatening ecosystems, it play...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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The Trump administration is rushing to wrap up its weakening of environmental rules, including methane regulations and auto efficiency standards, b...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Former Vice President Joe Biden is running for President on a platform of bringing a divided nation together, on key issues including the environme...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Scientists charge the FDA with stacking the deck against findings that link the chemical BPA to harmful health effects, ranging from birth defects ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Much of the anti-climate policy efforts in the U.S. can be traced back to one powerful man, Charles Koch, who sits at the helm of a fossil fuel-bas...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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The Trump Administration is under review by a House oversight panel for withholding funds that Congress designated for clean energy projects. Also,...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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In the face of the climate crisis, House Democrats released a draft of the CLEAN Future Act, a plan to put the United States on track for net-zero ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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As a novel coronavirus began spreading from Wuhan, China in December 2019, scientists collaborated to isolate, sequence, and publish the complete g...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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As many as 1 million species are at risk of going extinct in the coming decades. Now the UN has a bold plan to set aside half of the earth by 2050 ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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At the final Democratic primary debate before the 2020 Iowa caucuses, the six candidates onstage all discussed their concerns about climate impacts...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Australia is in the throes of its worst fire season in modern history. As thousands of homes are incinerated and an estimated billion animals peris...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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The best science writing strives to entertain and educate in equal measures, and to help make the jargon of the scientific world accessible to the ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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In North America, bison have many ecological advantages over their nonnative cattle cousins, so some ranchers in Mexico are choosing to breed bison...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00