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The (Carbon) Price is Right
From: Cooler Earth
Series: Cooler Earth Podcast
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Carbon pricing has emerged as a market based policy solution to climate change. The general idea is that by making it more costly to pollute, we wo...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 33:20
2018-04-08 Exposed: Dieselgate's Impact on the Auto Industry
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Volkswagen’s brazen cheating on air pollution rules rocked an industry with a history of skulduggery. The scandal has now cost the company $30 bill...

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


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Aquaculture Revisited
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Offshore aquaculture operation, Credit: NMFS/NOAA
Aquaculture has long been a controversial industry fraught with conflict: waste and feed pollution, use of antibiotics, escape of genetically modif...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:08
The Ongoing Race for Arctic Oil
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Svalbard, Norway , Credit: Thomas Hallermann | Marine Photobank
The pursuit for oil continues, even as many alternatives emerge and investments are displaced. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Nei...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:50
A World Ocean Fund for Responsible Investing
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Early in 2018, BlackRock asset management chair Larry Fink issued a statement declaring growing public demand for companies to serve a social purpo...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
2018-03-04 Cloudy Days for Solar?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The price of solar power has declined dramatically in recent years. That’s good news for homeowners, the environment and the economy. Renewable pow...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
2018-02-25 Power Shift: The End of Gasoline Cars?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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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
All about offshore wind projects on the Great Lakes
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Offshore wind projects on the Great Lakes have been discussed for years, and the first one will likely happen soon, on Lake Erie. Andy Balaskovitz,...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 17:08
2018-01-07 Net Zero Living
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Conservation begins at home – literally. Designing and operating a home that generates as much power as it uses is rapidly becoming a reality. Mean...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, WLPR , and NPR Now


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending Nov. 10, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Mueller's First Indictments Stir Fear in White House; Trickle Down Hoax Ce...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2017-10-15 Elizabeth Kolbert and David Roberts: Covering Catastrophe
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Communicating about climate change and convincing the public that something needs to be done about it is a complicated proposition, one that report...

Bought by KWIT, KCPW Salt Lake City, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
2017-10-08 California’s Climate Crusade
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, a Republican, and Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, shown last year, are both cap-and-trade proponents. , Credit: Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press
In a rare display of bipartisanship, California governor Jerry Brown and former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sat side by side recently praising t...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
2017-10-01 Happening with James Redford
From: Climate One
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Fossil fuels are in favor again in Washington. New opportunities are opening to mine coal and drill for oil despite the fact that the costs for fos...

Bought by NPR Now


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
2017-09-24 The Greening of Professional Sports
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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
2017-09-10 Yvon Chouinard: Founding Patagonia and Living Simply
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Yvon Chouinard is a legendary climber, surfer and environmentalist. He is also the reluctant entrepreneur who founded Patagonia, Inc., one of the m...

Bought by KQUA, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, KGNU Community Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
2017-09-03 Aligning Profits with the Planet
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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“How do you move from a place of simply trying to stop bad things and asking instead how would you make products and services in a sustainable mann...

Bought by KWIT and NPR Now


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Douglass Simms and NRDC: Green Economy Advocay
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Douglass Sims is the Director of Strategy and Finance for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Center for Market Innovation. He joined the NRDC ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 23:51
2017-07-16 Trumping the Climate: Coming in Hot
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Amy Myers Jaffe, Executive Director, Energy and Sustainability, UC Davis Graduate School of Management
On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that he'll start to withdraw the country from the Paris Climate Agreement reached by 195 countries, clai...

Bought by WGCU, KWIT, KHSU, KWMR, NPR Now and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Ships deal with high water levels on Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Port of Oswego, 2016, Credit: WRVO file photo
Historically high water levels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are presenting the shipping industry with both challenges and opportunitie...

Bought by WLPR , WMUK, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:10
  • Purchases: 8
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending June 30, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP House Guts Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations, Inviting Next Financial D...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2017-06-04 How Cities Can Solve the Climate Challenge
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Diane Doucette and Carl Pope
Cities around the country are reshaping their economies for a greener future. Mayors and chambers of commerce are promoting smart growth and moving...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, KWIT, KZYX, KUNM and more


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Businesses along Lake Ontario hurt by flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Fran Beth took over the bar for her mother-in-law, the original Marge., Credit: Veronica Volk
Spring flooding along Lake Ontario is damaging many homes along the shoreline. It’s also hurting people who have businesses there. As Veronica Vol...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 7
2017-05-28 Texas Surprise
From: Climate One
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
Cleveland has big plans for its waterfront. But can people get there?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Richard Pace, Credit: Matt Richmond, ideastream
Cleveland, which sits on Lake Erie, has big plans for building homes and shop along its waterfront. But the city faces some major obstacles – like ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
2017-05-14 Amory Lovins: Peak Car Ownership
From: Climate One
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