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210702: Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets, 7/2/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 17, 2021
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: Fight to Make Child Tax Credit Permanent Critical to Reducing Child Pover...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Value Trade Off
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Manganese nodules on the Atlantic Ocean floor off the southeastern United States, discovered in 2019 during the Deep Sea Ventures pilot test, Credit: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-seven of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about a carbon-free future: one that ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 05:39
210115: Biden's Climate Opportunity (Part 2), 1/15/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Incoming President Biden faces an unimaginable set of challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a gutted economy and a nation reeling from the r...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
2020-11-27 Last Call for Gasoline
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Is this the end of the road for the internal combustion engine? California isn’t the first major economy to ban gas-powered cars and trucks, and ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRCB 104.9, WDSE, KSQD Santa Cruz, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
201127: Last Call for Gasoline, 11/27/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Is this the end of the road for the internal combustion engine? California isn’t the first major economy to ban gas-powered cars and trucks, and ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
The Challenge of Technological Change
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twelve of the multi-part BLUEprint series. As we embark on our collective quest for a sustainable future, we a...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
2020-10-02 Tech to the Rescue?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Technology has helped the world survive, thrive, and stay connected through the COVID-19 lockdown. As countries look toward re-opening in a post-pa...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
200731: The Future Earth: Eric Holthaus and Katharine Wilkinson, 7/31/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Science has given us a realistic picture of what Earth will look like with unmitigated climate change: increased extreme weather events, crippled e...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
2020-06-05 A Decade of Oil: From Deepwater Horizon to Deflation
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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America's latest oil boom began with a bang, literally, on Earth Day, 2010. That’s when an offshore oil rig owned by BP exploded, killing eleven wo...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
200605: A Decade of Oil: From Deepwater Horizon to Deflation, 6/5/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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America's latest oil boom began with a bang, literally, on Earth Day, 2010. That’s when an offshore oil rig owned by BP exploded, killing eleven wo...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
Revealing the Seabed Floor
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project aims to bring together all available data to produce a General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean by 2030, Credit: GEBCO
In 2019 a partnership was announced between The Nippon Foundation and the International Hydrographic Organization to undertake the GEBCO Seabed 203...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
2020-05-22 COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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After decades of relying on imported oil, the U.S. achieved the unthinkable and became the world’s largest producer. Production has doubled over th...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
200522: COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy, 5/22/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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After decades of relying on imported oil, the U.S. achieved the unthinkable and became the world’s largest producer. Production has doubled over th...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
2020-05-08 Zero-Emission Cities
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Can we solve the climate crisis by reimagining our cities? Climate activists have long envisioned the zero-carbon cities of the future. Now, with C...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, KUHF, KICI Iowa City, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 9
200508: Zero-Emission Cities, 5/8/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Can we solve the climate crisis by reimagining our cities? Climate activists have long envisioned the zero-carbon cities of the future. Now, with C...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
2019-04-24 Fossil Fuels in the Ground and in Your Portfolio
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When institutional investors divest from fossil fuel companies, does it make a difference, or is the impact merely symbolic? Some advocate keeping ...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WFHB and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
2020-04-10 What’s the Future of Nuclear Power?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Nuclear power - revive it or allow a slow death? Today, about a hundred nuclear plants provide 20 percent of America’s electricity. Once touted as...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 6
200410: What's the Future of Nuclear Power?, 4/10/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Nuclear power - revive it or allow a slow death? Once touted as a modern power source, nuclear fell out of favor after a series of major accidents...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
2020-03-27 REWIND: Aligning Profits with Planet/The Circular Economy
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 WJCT, WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSQD Santa Cruz, and Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Carbon Offsets at a Scale That Matters
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Carbon offset programs offer ways for retailers and consumers to help address the challenge of climate impacts and environmental consequences, and ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 10:51
2020-01-24 Drawdown / Solving Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When it comes to cutting carbon pollution, where do we start? Today’s solutions are doable, but daunting: decrease global meat consumption, improve...

Bought by WJCT, KJZZ, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, WMRA and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
2020-01-17 Exploring Climate Psychology / Getting Outside in the Digital Age
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We all know about the environmental effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that their patient...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WFHB, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 6
200117: Exploring Climate Psychology / Getting Outside in the Digital Age, 1/17/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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We all know about the environmental effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that their patient...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
Ocean Alchemy: Clean Water for Kiunga and Beyond
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Fresh drinking water from brackish seawater in Kiunga, Kenya , Credit: © GivePower
In the middle ages, alchemists for a time believed they could turn base metal into gold. This early endeavor may be the origin story for modern inv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:31