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MN Native News: A New Kind of Pipeline
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Part of the Press Release for the Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Project , Credit: SAGE Development Authority & Native Sun Community Power Development
Electric vehicles are gaining traction on Minnesota’s roadways. This week on Minnesota Native News, reporter Emma Needham shares how a Native-led o...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Declutter for Greater Happiness - Episode 11
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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Daisy presents a 2-part feature on Decluttering for more happiness. This first episode explores physical clutter's detriment to our overall well-be...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
“Biggest Week” brings flock of birders to Ohio
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Birders on the Magee Marsh boardwalk, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
It’s a special time of year for migratory birds. Tired from their travels, they stop on the coast of western Lake Erie to rest and refuel. Nine ye...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WSKG, WCMU Michigan, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 5
Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'
From: Great Lakes Today
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It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Disabilities no longer a barrier to Great Lakes' waters
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Julie Cataldo prepared to be lifted from her wheelchair into an accessible kayak on the Erie Canal., Credit: Veronica Volk
The Great Lakes region provides recreational opportunities all year – whether it’s hiking in the fall, ice fishing in the winter, or boating in the...

Bought by KSKA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Interlochen Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 7
Where All The Old Clothes Go
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
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Unwanted and old fabrics often get thrown away, but they have a large value to the environment and local communities when they are recycled.

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:15
After a flood, solving the mystery of water
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: 2013 flood in Estes Park, Credit: Town of Estes Park
Recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma cost the country over $3 billion in economic losses. In some areas of the country, floods are growing in intens...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Buds on the Tracks: Prehistoric Plants Thrive in D.C.'s Subway
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
In San Francisco, coyotes are your wildest neighbors
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco is a biodiversity hotspot. Its vast parks are home to more than 50 types of mammals. Now, the city named after the patron saint of an...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Talking turkey: the uneasy coexistence of people and wild fowl
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The population of wild turkeys in the United States has been growing steadily throughout the country, and the trend holds true here in California. ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:21
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
Foraging for fish in our own backyard
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Kirk Lombard explaining how to catch crab from the Bay , Credit: Angela Johnston
Kirk Lombard calls himself a sea forager, and every other week offers this walking and fishing tour: a two-hour lesson on how to catch your own sea...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
Working Coast Camp In Houma Teaches Children About Big Industry
From: WWNO
Series: Coastal Desk
Caption: The Working Coast campers set out fishing on their last day., Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
South Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish has low unemployment — there are lots of jobs in offshore services. So many that there could be a shortage of l...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:46
A New Orleans Skate Park Comes With A Water Management Plan
From: WWNO
Caption: A rendering of the 'Sunny Side' section of Parisite Skate Park, Credit: Emilie Taylor / Tulane City Center
There are many ways to handle neighborhood flooding, beyond pumping stations and sewers. Some cities have realized that skate parks, of all places,...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
Reclaiming the Commons
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The Alley Project, Detroit, Credit: Karpov the Wrecked Train
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Managing Menhaden: A New Plan For 'The Most Important Fish In The Sea'
From: WWNO
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They’re called bunker up north, and Pogies here in the South, and are sometimes referred to as “The Most Important Fish In the Sea”. These are the ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:48
Scientists Work to Protect Region's Last Coastal Wilderness
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Virginia's barrier islands shelter more than 250 species of raptors, songbirds and shorebirds., Credit: Lindsay Renick Mayer
Efforts are underway to restore the fragile ecosystem of the shifting, changing land masses known as Virginia's barrier islands.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
Where is the highest point in Chicago?
From: WBEZ
Series: Curious City
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The area’s so flat that every bunny hill seems a candidate. But, no, really — where is it?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Yemen: Scarce Water, Security Threat?
From: War News Radio
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
West Nile and Birds
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Audubon's Birds of America - the World's Most Valuable Book
From: Susan Gray
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Only 120 copies of John Audubon’s Birds of America are known to exist and one complete set is stored in a climate controlled vault at the Minneapol...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
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
City of Apples
From: Thomas Dodson
Caption: Boston Tree Party Logo
The Boston Tree Party celebrates the planting of the first tree in their urban orchard.

  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:07
The Business of Compost Hauling
From: Avishay Artsy
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A new business helps local restaurants save money and help the planet by composting.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Going Green at the Cleaners
From: Rene Gutel
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Is there such a thing as "green" dry cleaning?

Bought by CKMO and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2