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Are you afraid of climate change?
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Michael Shellenberger addresses climate change through the eyes of his Breakthrough Institute and offers up some ideas that some see as controversi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 19:48
Whiskey is for Drinkin' and Water is for Fightin' Over
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Dive into water policy with Buzz Thompson, leading expert in environmental and natural resources law. From his grandfather’s farm to the US Suprem...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 41:29
Hazard Alert Issued for Silica Exposure in Fracking
From: Wyoming News Service
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CASPER, Wyo. - A federal study of the use of silica in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil and gas fields found that workers are sometimes ov...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
Grassroots Efforts to Stop Fracking Around Front Range Communities
From: Colorado News Connection
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LONGMONT, Colo. - Grassroots organizations in Colorado are fighting the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in residential areas. They're hop...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:29
Blame Canada? Trying to Head Off Tar Sands Pipeline Through New Hampshire
From: New Hampshire News Connection
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CONCORD, N.H. - The risks to water and wildlife if tar sands from Alberta are sent through an existing, aging pipeline across Vermont, New Hampshir...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:34
Oil Shale Development: A Threat to CO Water?
From: Colorado News Connection
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DENVER - A group of Front Range water providers is worried that the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of potential water use by oil shale compa...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
New NY “Fracking Plan” = More Questions than Answers
From: New York News Connection
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New York, NY - The Cuomo administration appears to have a new "fracking plan" that would place geographic limitations on shale gas drilling in New ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
Fracking's on the Fast Track in NC
From: North Carolina News Service
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Fracking is on the fast track in North Carolina. A state Senate bill already has passed, and now the House, after making some chan...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:37
High Park Fire: Sign of Things to Come this Summer?
From: Colorado News Connection
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The fast-moving High Park Fire sent a plume of choking smoke over the Front Range urban corridor on Tuesday morning - the mos...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
Report: Seven Sectors Driving CA's "Clean" Economy
From: California News Service
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When the state begins auctioning off cap-and-trade revenues next year, a new report suggests those dollars be put into California's clean-energy ec...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:29
Mining Loopholes Threaten CO's Water
From: Colorado News Connection
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GILLMAN, Colo. - It's the single largest source of toxic waste in the U.S., and some worry that loopholes in the Clean Water Act could allow the mi...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
Dead Zones
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A renowned marine biologist is studying a silent killer in oceans and bays. Allison Quantz has the story.

Bought by KENW


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Arctic Ice Melt
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In recent years, sea ice in the Arctic has been melting at an alarming rate, and scientists are asking why. The science community has recently take...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
The irreversible effects of climate change
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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Revised edition. An international scientific study concludes that the negative effects of climate chanage will be irreversible for at least 1000 ye...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Katrina, two years later
From: George Mesthos
Series: Memories of WBRU
Caption: Elevator interview with John Kerry., Credit: Ryan Muller, 2007
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf was (and is) still in a shambles in many places. The culprits of the man-made disaster? Ridiculed but l...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 06:58
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Wildlife CSI
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Using DNA to catch wildlife poachers

Bought by WABE, Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Drugs in the Drinking Water
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rethinking Air Conditioning
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Why your central AC unit sucks way more juice than it should

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Disappearing Plants
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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For plants, global warming means move or die.

Bought by WABE, KZYX, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sea of Plastic
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
Dutch Dykes in Louisiana
From: Anton Foek
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10 centuries of battling the sea gave the Dutch an added value inhelping to build levees

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 54:35
  • Purchases: 1
How to Eat a Low-Carbon Diet
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is local food necessarily low-carbon?

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KVNF, KGOU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 4