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210101: Erin Brockovich/Inconspicuous Consumption, 1/1/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Twenty years ago, Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her portrayal of maverick environmental activist Erin Brockovich in the film of the same name. The...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2021-01-01 Erin Brockovich/Inconspicuous Consumption
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Twenty years ago, Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her portrayal of maverick environmental activist Erin Brockovich in the film of the same name. The...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGUA and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
2020-12-25 Reimagining Capitalism / Fossil Fuels in Your Portfolio
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Maintaining a consumption-driven economy while keeping emissions down seems more and more like a pipe dream -- is it time to re-think capitalism al...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMUN, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
201225: Reimagining Capitalism / Fossil Fuels in Your Portfolio, 12/25/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Maintaining a consumption-driven economy while keeping emissions down seems more and more like a pipe dream -- is it time to re-think capitalism al...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
201218: Biden's Climate Opportunity (Part 1), 12/18/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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President-elect Joe Biden says he will infuse climate change into every corner of his agenda. That’s becoming evident looking at his emerging team....

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Ocean Equity Banking
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Manhattan Beach Pier, New York, Credit: Nathan Dumlao
This week on World Ocean Radio: part sixteen of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about the blue and the green economy in th...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 06:09
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 ...

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  • 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
Central Banking
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Spouting Horn blow hole at sunset. Courtesy: NOAA
This week on World Ocean Radio: part fifteen of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we look at the Federal Reserve in the USA through ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 05:46
200904: Polluting and Providing: The Dirty Energy Dilemma, 9/4/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The cost and health burdens of electricity production have long been higher for low-income communities of color than for wealthy white ones. But fo...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
200814: Flooding in America, 8/14/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Miami may be the poster child of rising waters in the U.S., but further inland, states are grappling with torrential flooding that is becoming the ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
2020-08-14 Flooding in America
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Miami may be the poster child of rising waters in the U.S., but further inland, states are grappling with torrential flooding that is becoming the ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WYAP, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
200724: Billionaire Wilderness, 7/24/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For many of us, the story of the American wilderness begins when Europeans arrived on these shores and began conquering it. The wide open spaces of...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
200529: Feeding a Hotter Planet, 5/29/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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How do we go about feeding a planet that’s hotter, drier, and more crowded than ever? The connection between global warming and the dinner table is...

  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
200424: Fossil Fuels in the Ground and in Your Portfolio, 4/24/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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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 ...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
A Green Swan
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: https://www.techinasia.com/talk/startups-worry-black-swans, Credit: Infographic by Call Levels
Since the mid 2000s, economists have spoken of Black Swans, disruptive financial events that embody three special characteristics: they are rare, w...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 05:52
200124: Drawdown / Solving Climate Change, 1/24/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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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...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
200110: Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have, 1/10/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Everyday choices – like deciding which shirt to buy and what to binge-watch tonight – may impact the planet more than you think. Tatiana's Schlossb...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2020-01-10 Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Everyday choices – like deciding which shirt to buy and what to binge-watch tonight – may impact the planet more than you think. Tatiana's Schlossb...

Bought by WJCT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
2019-11-29 Shadows to Spotlight: Climate in the Media
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Murder, love, and the human experience are the stuff of great stories, as podcasts like Serial and Radiolab have shown us. But climate change? Not ...

Bought by WJCT, KUSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Maine Public Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
2019-11-15 John Browne: Engineering the Future
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Can oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? John Browne attempted it over more than a decade as CEO of British Petroleum, wher...

Bought by WJCT, KUSU, WMUU-LP, KCSB-FM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
191115: John Browne: Engineering the Future, 11/15/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Can oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? John Browne attempted it over more than a decade as CEO of British Petroleum, wher...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
191025: Cities for the Future, 10/25/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Cities around the world are bracing for a growth spurt. With over half of the global population living in urban centers, and another 2.5 billion ex...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
2019-10-25 Cities for the Future
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Cities around the world are bracing for a growth spurt. With over half of the global population living in urban centers, and another 2.5 billion ex...

Bought by WCNY, WJCT, Nevada Public Radio, KWGS, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
2019-10-18 Law and Disorder: Climate Change in the Courts
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The jury is out on whether our legal system is equipped to deal with climate change. While some parts of the country are inundated by floods, other...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 6