Living on Earth: Extra
Series produced by Living On Earth
LOE half-hour weekly extra program.
This is the series for the half-hour weekly extra program.
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230714: LOE EXTRA: Rethinking the Recycling Symbol, and The Risks of ‘Chemical Recycling’, 7/14/2023
From: Living On EarthSeries: Living on Earth: Extra
The chasing arrow symbol that many consumers think means a plastic product is recyclable often doesn’t mean that in practice, since most plastics a...
- Added: Jul 14, 2023
- Length: 29:00
230707: LOE EXTRA: Landmark Youth Climate Trial, and Antarctic Deep Ocean Currents Slowing, 7/7/2023
From: Living On EarthSeries: Living on Earth: Extra
A case brought by sixteen youth plaintiffs has become the first constitutional climate suit in the U.S. to make it to trial. They allege that the s...
- Added: Jul 07, 2023
- Length: 29:00
PFAS “forever chemicals,” linked to cancer, liver problems and more, are leaching into cosmetics, household cleaners, and even food stored in plast...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Author Kate Beacon shares her story of austerity and trauma when working in Canada’s oil sands in her memoir ”Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands”. A...
- Added: Jun 23, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Generations of Black Americans have faced racism, redlining and environmental injustices, such as breathing 40 percent dirtier air and being twice ...
- Added: Jun 16, 2023
- Length: 29:00
New research is showing that antimicrobial chemicals called quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), which are widely used in disinfectants, pesticide...
- Added: Jun 09, 2023
- Length: 29:00
In a decision reversing five decades of legal precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively stripped environmental protections from nearly half of ...
- Added: Jun 01, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Guyana has one of the fastest growing economies on the planet as an offshore oil boom gets underway. But a potential spill could wipe out its fishi...
- Added: May 26, 2023
- Length: 29:00
New York state has adopted a new law aimed at using federal funds to boost public power from renewables and shut down six polluting “peaker” gas po...
- Added: May 19, 2023
- Length: 29:00
The 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from North America went toe-to-toe with one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world, Formos...
- Added: May 12, 2023
- Length: 29:00
The world’s oceans are rapidly warming and recently hit an all-time temperature high. At the same time, the La Niña weather pattern is now shifting...
- Added: May 05, 2023
- Length: 29:00
In nature, some animals live far longer than humans, and some don’t appear to age at all. One species of jellyfish can continually revert back to a...
- Added: Apr 28, 2023
- Length: 29:00
This Earth Day Special from Living on Earth celebrates the planet with poetry, storytelling, and music, featuring an orchestral and choral work cal...
- Added: Apr 21, 2023
- Length: 29:00
230414: LOE EXTRA: Cleaning Up Toxic Air, and Hidden Plastic Waste Polluting Global South, 4/14/2023
From: Living On EarthSeries: Living on Earth: Extra
The EPA is proposing to cut the amount of toxic air pollutants industrial sources are allowed to emit. The targeted chemicals include known carcino...
- Added: Apr 14, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Koalas begin life naked and tiny as a jellybean with none of the fur that makes them look so darn cuddly. As the little joeys grow inside their mot...
- Added: Apr 07, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Jane Goodall is on a mission to protect habitat worldwide by empowering local communities to develop sustainably. And it all started when she was j...
- Added: Mar 31, 2023
- Length: 29:00
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced strict new limits for PFAS chemicals in drinking water. If adopted, the proposed regulations will...
- Added: Mar 24, 2023
- Length: 29:00
A massive new oil drilling project in the Arctic just got the green light from President Biden despite his promises for no new drilling on federal ...
- Added: Mar 17, 2023
- Length: 29:00
The White House has announced moves to start officially accounting for natural capital, the economic value of services provided by nature, when mak...
- Added: Mar 10, 2023
- Length: 29:00
The train derailment in Ohio last month led to a controlled release and burn of vinyl chloride, which can produce the neurotoxin dioxin. Also, in a...
- Added: Mar 03, 2023
- Length: 29:00
