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Women of Color Lead the Way

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

At the 2019 Progressive Strategy Summit members of Congress and progressive change makers came together to build a movement that won’t only win bac...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer

Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp

Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more

Inside a coal fired power plant

From: Reid Frazier

Caption: The Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania., Credit: Reid Frazier

How do you clean up 100,000 tons of air pollution? Boatloads of air filters, and some basic high school chemistry. This story takes the listener in...

Bought by WABE

Heat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it's also having a more surprising influence on the country's tigers. ...

Bought by WRIR

The People vs. Syngenta: Jackson County, OR bans GMO crops

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Outspent 3 to 1 by multinational seed companies, the citizens of Jackson County, Oregon successfully campaigned to ban GMO crops.

When 'No' is Not an Option: Gas Boom Brings Problems to Surface Owners

From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age

Caption: Marty Whiteman found himself in a struggle with Chesapeake Energy, which leased the gas under his farm. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier

What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...

Engineers of the New Millennium: Sustainable Design for the Future

From: Spectrum Radio

Sustainable Design for the Future, from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation. Sustainable planning – of buildings and communi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KZYX, KISU, WNYC, KZYX and more

The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn

From: Amanda Loder

Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service

Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

Engineers of the New Millennium: The Global Water Challenge

From: Spectrum Radio

One Hour Radio Special presented by The National Science Foundation and IEEE Spectrum Radio exploring emerging global water issues.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KGOU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

The Price of Rice

From: Outer Voices

The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...

Bought by KUER, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX, WRPI, KQED and more

Living Planet_12042008

From: Laura Spurway
Series: Living Planet

Environment Matters Around the World

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, KWIT, KRZA, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

Merrimack River Part 1: Winning the Right to Pollute

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Merrimack River

In the 19th century, legal battles over the Merrimack River helped define the modern corporation we see today

Blue Highways #2: Energy Frontiers

From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways

This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis