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Where does the buck stop?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was convicted of killing a protected deer, but with the rich and the powerful it’s hard to tell where the buck real...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Is Air Pollution Really Harming Us?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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A new government report says be careful out there. Others disagree.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Science Barge
From: Tom Niemisto
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Working to educate and demonstrate sustainable and renewable resources

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Dec 07, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bottled vs. Tap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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American's have been hitting the bottle a lot lately -- to the tune of 9 billion gallons of water in 2007.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Water Bladders for Free Heating, Cooling?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A brilliant young professor invents a way to heat and cool homes -- for free. The president gives him a prestigious award, and he waits for the en...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Treated Sewage as Drinking Water?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We may be able to get drinking water from treated sewage -- and water shortages could eventually force us to rely on this option.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Sci-Fi Trash Disposal
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a conundrum. What do you do with 3000 tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Water Crisis Caught on Film
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Use water wisely, and we all benefit. Produce a film inspiring others to, and you could win thousands of dollars.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Which came first? The hydrogen or the egg?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Mussel Development
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Although less "charismatic" than whales, the Monkeyface, Threehorn Wartyback, and Pink Heelsplitter, deserve our attention too!

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Got Rumen?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay?

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Shortcut through the Sea
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change.

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Up a Creek
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The fine folks of Omak, Washington, found themselves up a creek recently. Cleaning it up.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Peace Parks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Bringing countries together to protect our natural environment looks good on paper...The book, "Peace Park" is a collection of articles written by ...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Inverted Rates Run off Hogs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Waverly, Iowa became the first in the Midwest to own and operate its own wind generation facilities.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Forest Floor Junk
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Pick up your toys! That's what mom used to say... So why not do the same in a forest? After a company logs an area, they ought to pick up after the...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Virgin Congo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 2007, an expedition sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society explored a remote area in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Team members were...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Getting Real With Auto Emissions
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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American motorists are familiar with the need to have emissions checked regularly to certify automobiles for registration. But a team of engineers ...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
Algae Biodiesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Fill 'er up with: Algae 100 - you know, the gas that's made from those golden brown or green plants growing along our coasts...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Choosing "Net-Zero"
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Does it really pay to be energy-efficient? The folks at Clarum Homes hope so.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Who's the Biggest Polluter?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest polluter of them all? Is it the company with the biggest smoke-stacks? Or, as a recent study suggests...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
African Stenocara Beetle Inspires Technology
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Environmental Majority
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A broad-based movement to protect the environment is uniting hunters, environmentalists, and many others.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
California to Cap CO2 Emissions
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Trend-setting California is once again leading the way - this time, on efforts to combat climate change.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Benefit Sharing Could Help Fund Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The bacterium Thermus aqaticus, discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, made some people rich...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32