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Should we be turning our lights off for birds?
From: Possibly
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Today’s question comes from one of our listeners. Dorothy wrote in to ask us: “Efforts to turn off lights for migrating birds are taking off acros...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Why are we seeing more floods in cities?
From: Possibly
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Last year, Kolya from our Possibly team I worked with the Providence Stormwater Innovation Center. Their job was to track flooding across the cit...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Raven Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 3
How will states use money from the Inflation Reduction Act to address climate change?
From: Possibly
Series: The Inflation Reduction Act and Climate Change
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For the past few weeks, we’ve been talking about the Inflation Reduction Act, a law that puts hundreds of billions of dollars in federal money towa...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
How does a law to reduce inflation affect climate change?
From: Possibly
Series: The Inflation Reduction Act and Climate Change
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How is the Inflation Reduction Act going to help us reduce our greenhouse gas emissions? It turns out, it puts aside BILLIONs of dollars for combat...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
Should I wrap my presents in fabric or paper?
From: Possibly
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Today, we have a question from a listener named Susan. She wants to know about gift wrapping: “Is it better for the environment to wrap Christmas g...

Bought by KMXT and KGLP


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
What should I do with clothing I don't want anymore?
From: Possibly
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We all have those clothes that just sit in the back of our closets for years and never get used. Maybe it’s that t-shirt from college or that senti...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
How did Rhode Island get the first offshore wind farm in the country?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re traveling to Block Island, the vacation spot off the southern coast of Rhode Island. Block Island is also famous for its offshore wind...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
When did we start recycling?
From: Possibly
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We get a lot of questions about recycling, asking what to do with aluminum cans, glass, paper, or even plastic. All this has me wondering- when did...

Bought by KMXT and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
Do I need to rake my lawn?
From: Possibly
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I have two huge trees in my yard and they dump a lot of leaves. Sometimes I wonder, what would happen if I just let those piles of leaves stay on ...

Bought by KGLP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 2
What should I do with my pumpkin after Halloween?
From: Possibly
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The weather is cooling, the leaves are changing, and all of my neighbors are putting pumpkins on their porches. It got me thinking, what is the env...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2
Does cloud computing use a lot of energy?
From: Possibly
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These days, I can log on to my phone and pull up a file that’s stored thousands of miles away. It’s pretty awesome. But does access to all of this ...

Bought by KMXT, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
Should I compost my body when I die?
From: Possibly
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When a loved one passes away, we often just have two choices- burial or cremation. But there’s a new option in some states that claims to use less ...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
Is natural grass or artificial turf better for the environment?
From: Possibly
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Nowadays, many athletic fields have been converted from natural grass to artificial turf. Which made us wonder- which option is better for the envi...

Bought by WRFA-LP and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 2
What's the environmental impact of oyster farms?
From: Possibly
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I’ve been eating a lot of raw oysters lately. They taste so fresh and clean, and I can get them from local farms here in Rhode Island. But I’ve bee...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Meet the town in Japan that's committed to zero waste
From: Possibly
Caption: The Zero Waste Center in Kamikatsu
Do you ever go to recycle your takeout container or water bottle, see all those different categories, and get so confused you just end up throwing ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioFreePalmer, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
Would it be possible to get all of our food from local farms?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re digging into urban agriculture. Would it be possible to get all of our food from local farms?

Bought by Raven Radio, KICI Iowa City, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 07, 2022
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
What's the environmental impact of living our lives online?
From: Possibly
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Since the pandemic started, we’ve learned how to move our classes, meetings, and even parties online. It’s definitely convenient, but I’ve been won...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 3
Does my charger still use power when it's not connected to a phone?
From: Possibly
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Today, we have a question from Michael in Charlestown, Rhode Island. He wants to know: does a charger still use some power when it's plugged into a...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
Can you make "leather" out of mushrooms?
From: Possibly
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Are you looking for a new leather jacket or pair of shoes? Well get this– they might be made from mushrooms! Here to tell us about this new materia...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2
Can you put your recycling and trash in one bin?
From: Possibly
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Imagine if you didn’t have a recycling bin anymore- You just put everything in the trash, but somehow the reusable stuff still got recycled? Some p...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Can the grid handle charging lots of electric cars?
From: Possibly
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Last week, we broke down the basics of how our electric grid works. Today, we're tackling a more specific question. If we all switch over to elec...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
How does our electricity grid work?
From: Possibly
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With the effects of climate change all around us, there's a push to power more of our lives with renewable electricity, including things that used ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can we build things with our plastic waste?
From: Possibly
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Today we’re taking a look at a fun way to be more aware of the amount of plastic we put into the world.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
Do we use more or less energy on air conditioning than we used to?
From: Possibly
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With the weather getting warmer, I’ve been thinking about air conditioning. I know that ACs are getting more efficient, but more people are using t...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Hot Farm - :59
From: Food & Environment Reporting Network
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Climate change is coming for your food. In the American Heartland, farmers are battling increasingly severe weather, with epic floods and heat. Nea...

Bought by KMUN and WXDU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2

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