Living on Earth: Extra
Series produced by Living On Earth
LOE half-hour weekly extra program.
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In late October, nearly 400,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from the existing Keystone pipeline into a North Dakota wetland, reviving concerns abo...
- Added: Nov 08, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Pope Francis recently called the bishops of the Amazon to Rome for a synod with lay members of the indigenous community to discuss human rights, cl...
- Added: Nov 01, 2019
- Length: 29:00
A glut of cheap natural gas has petrochemical companies turning to ethane, a component of natural gas, to make plastic. But the process comes with ...
- Added: Oct 25, 2019
- Length: 29:00
More than 10,000 farmers and ranchers from across the country have signed on to a letter that urges Congress to support a Green New Deal. They’re a...
- Added: Oct 18, 2019
- Length: 29:00
The 2019 Alaskan fat bear tournament is over and we have a winner! Fat Bear Week is a yearly competition organized by Katmai National Park and Pres...
- Added: Oct 24, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Just a tiny fraction of the world’s species have been catalogued by modern science but checking key tiny bits of DNA can dramatically speed up the ...
- Added: Oct 04, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Scientists have documented a staggering decline in North America’s birds in recent decades. As many as 3 billion birds have disappeared since 1970,...
- Added: Sep 27, 2019
- Length: 29:00
When Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, it crippled the island’s fossil fuel-dependent electrical grid. To improve resiliency, the territor...
- Added: Sep 20, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang says his proposed “Freedom Dividend” of a thousand dollars a month to every American over 18 could he...
- Added: Sep 13, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Democratic presidential hopefuls spell out their plans to address the climate emergency at town halls hosted by CNN, and a Harvard economist review...
- Added: Sep 06, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Listening to forests might help protect them. Scientists are gathering acoustic data from animals that make sounds, like birds, primates and insect...
- Added: Aug 29, 2019
- Length: 29:00
A new study finds that single-use diapers and sanitary pads contain phthalates and volatile organic compounds, chemicals that are known to cause a ...
- Added: Aug 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
