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231215: This Year in Climate: 2023, 12/15/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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It’s been a year of weather extremes – again. But there’s also been cause for renewed hope about our climate future. On the heels of this year’s i...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Toxic Tracks (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

Bought by WXDU and WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-02-24 Housing Density as a Climate Lever with Scott Wiener
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The lack of affordable housing in the U.S. has contributed to a homelessness crisis and has forced people to move farther away from urban centers. ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
20230224: Housing Density as a Climate Lever with Scott Wiener, 2/24/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The lack of affordable housing in the U.S. has contributed to a homelessness crisis and has forced people to move farther away from urban centers. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
2023-01-13 REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
20230113: REWIND: Coping with Climate Through Music , 1/13/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Mus...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
2022-12-16 Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
20221216: Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner, 12/16/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
2022-10-21 Two Hemispheres, One Story: Reporting on Rising Seas
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Twenty of the world’s richest countries – mostly in the Global North – are responsible for 80 percent of the carbon pollution that’s driving extrem...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
20221021: Two Hemispheres, One Story: Reporting on Rising Seas, 10/21/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Twenty of the world’s richest countries – mostly in the Global North – are responsible for 80 percent of the carbon pollution that’s driving extrem...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
2022-09-23 The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in renewable...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
20220923: The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?, 9/23/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in renewable...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2022-08-19 Will Sustainable Aviation Ever Take Off?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For those of us who love to travel, climate guilt weighs heavily. Civil aviation accounts for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and that...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
20220819: Will Sustainable Aviation Ever Take Off?, 8/19/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For those of us who love to travel, climate guilt weighs heavily. Civil aviation accounts for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and that...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
2022-08-05 REWIND: Climbing, Conservation and Capitalism
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
20220805: REWIND: Climbing, Conservation and Capitalism, 8/5/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
2022-07-29 Patti Poppe: Reinventing Utilities During a Climate Emergency
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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As the CEO of the California utility giant PG&E, Patti Poppe is charged with navigating the company through massive wildfires, disrupted energy mar...

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  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
20220729: Patti Poppe: Reinventing Utilities During a Climate Emergency, 7/29/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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As the CEO of the California utility giant PG&E, Patti Poppe is charged with navigating the company through massive wildfires, disrupted energy mar...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
2022-05-27 Indigenous Insights on Healing Land and Sky
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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According to the World Bank, land managed by Indigenous peoples is associated with lower rates of deforestation, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, WORT and more


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
20220527: Indigenous Insights on Healing Land and Sky, 5/27/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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According to the World Bank, land managed by Indigenous peoples is associated with lower rates of deforestation, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, ...

  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2022-04-08 Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

Bought by WGCU, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
20220408: Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?, 4/8/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Old Docs Take New Patient: The Climate
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Robin Cooper, Psychiatrist and Climate Activist
Older doctors talk about their journey from medicine to hardcore climate activism. Bill McKibben introduces his new group Third Act and explains w...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
613: Plants As People / 614: Guilt Tripping, 8/21/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
Railroads & Fire
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1