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So how much did you pay for that last electron? Probably a lot more than you think if you add in the environmental cost to make electricity.
- Added: Sep 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
It took ten years, but one of the country’s worst toxic waste sites is clean.
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
These days, Americans are driving three times as many miles per capita as they did in 1980. Not only are longer commutes driving us crazy, they’re...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...
- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
"Unleaded, super unleaded, or tree fungus." It could be an option someday!
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What happens to our consumer electronics after they've served their useful life? Discarded computer monitors often get shipped to Asia or Africa.
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Believe it or not, just two generations ago, it was unheard of not to recycle glass beverage bottles. Today, that idea itself is getting recycled.
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Are you wasting your...waste? A company called RecycleBank says: maybe! So they've come up with a high-tech way to encourage people to recycle...by...
- Added: Jun 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that’s not always the case.
- Added: Jun 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
There’s nothing like ice cream on a sweltering summer day. And it doesn’t much matter whether it’s in a cone, a shake, a sundae, or a banana split....
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: May 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Can we really harness ocean waves to make electricity? We might actually do more.
Bought by KMXT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and KOSU
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide.
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
So, you want to get out and freshen up your garden a tad. Great! But, before you begin planting willy nilly, take a moment and consider if what you...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Remember mowing your grandparent’s lawn with a push mower? Back then, the older generation had push mowers. Everyone else was into power.
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Here’s a home that’s truly “outside the box” -- or inside, depending on where you stand. They’re made out of recycled steel shipping containers. Ye...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Is that monthly home heating bill burning a hole in your wallet? I thought so. With the economic uncertainties of recent months, we all get that si...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What do you get when you cross a whale with a ship? A disaster at sea.
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up where the rubber meets the road?
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
