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Caption: Icebergs at Sunset, Greenland, Credit: Lee Narraway, Students on Ice 2017
We’ve all heard that hopping on a plane is one of the worst things we can do for the climate. So how do we justify the environmental costs of world...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
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How far would you go to make your voice heard on climate change? College student Tim DeChristopher disrupted an auction for oil and gas leases - an...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KZYX, XRAY.fm, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Apr 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
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We spend the hour with Howard Mansfield, first talking about his new book, THE HABIT OF TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN (Bauhan Press 2018). It’s abo...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
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Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem – it’s also a health hazard. Air pollution and changing weather patterns give rise to heat-relat...

Bought by WJCT, KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, KMXT, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 9
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In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned of the dangers of overpopulation. These included mass starvation, societal uph...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KBBI Alaska, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
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Chinese factories churn out parts and products that end up in our cars, our kitchens and our cell phones. And all that productivity has improved th...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFOI Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
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A look at Data-Driven Global Warming and Sea-Level Rising Research with The Volo Foundation Co-Founder Thais Lopez Vogel. Thais Lopez Vogel joins M...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 27:44
  • Purchases: 2
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When you think of climate activism, Wall Street doesn’t immediately come to mind. But as investors are coming to realize, they do have a voice – an...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, WUTC, MPR News Stations, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Anna Lappé, Author, Diet for a Hot Planet
Mark Kurlansky and Anna Lappé are two of the country’s most prolific and influential authors writing about feeding a crowded planet with a destabil...

Bought by WJCT, KPIP-LP, KWIT, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 8
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After more than a century of ruling the roads, oil is starting to lose its dominance over the auto industry. More and more automakers are introduc...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, KUHF, and NPR Now


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
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The Global Fight for Climate Justice and against Environmental Injustice with Jacqui Patterson Director of Environmental & Climate Justice at the N...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Golden 1 Center, home of the Sacramento Kings and the first indoor sports arena to earn LEED certification, Credit: Sacramento Bee
Climate One goes on the road to the Green Sports Alliance Summit, to talk with team owners, athletes and others who are working to reduce their maj...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, WHYY, and NPR Now


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dark clouds are seen over Miamis skyline before the arrival of Hurricane Irma, Credit: ABC News
From Katrina and Sandy to Harvey, Irma and José - how is climate change fueling these increasingly destructive hurricanes? Greg Dalton and his gues...

Bought by 'The Sea', KTSW 89.9, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KUHF, WGCU and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
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Can the notorious brain-hijacking parasite "toxoplasma" affect humans? Is there a vaccine against Lyme Disease for humans in the pipeline?

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN, WCQS and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Can the notorious brain-hijacking parasite "toxoplasma" affect humans? Is there a vaccine against Lyme Disease for humans in the pipeline? Also, ho...

Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCWP, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 9
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How is climate change going to affect national security and the work of our armed forces? On today’s show, Admiral Lee Gunn shares his perspective ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 25:12
Caption: Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Credit: Ed Ritger
Over the past few years, many parts of the country have experienced wetter wets and drier drys. California has seen five years of severe drought – ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KWIT, KHSU, RadioFreePalmer, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Bruce Gibney, Author, A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed
Do the baby boomers owe millennials a clean planet? Or is it every generation for itself? Consumption-crazed baby boomers are leaving their younger...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, KZYX, KWMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Milt Lee talks to Rochelle Quick about raising chickens and gardening in her backyard north of Bemidji.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Stephanie Smith. COO, Greencastle LLC
When Californians think of Texas, images of JR Ewing and pump jacks quickly come to mind. But the Lone Star State is greener than you think – it le...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Amory Lovins, Co-Founder, Rocky Mountain Institute
Will the rapid arrival of robotic cars lead to the blissful end of traffic? Or will autonomous cars merely put drivers out of work and clog our str...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Debbie Dooley, President, Conservatives for Energy Freedom, Co-founder, Tea Party Movement
Can the far right and far left come together on clean energy despite the polarization in Washington DC? While Democrats and Republicans may have di...

  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
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Relationships between humans and other animals can be deeply complex. We delve into how humans can help the honeybee, and how our behavior might ch...

Bought by WCNY, KREV-LP, WTJU, WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 11