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Caption: Joan Michelson (l) of Green Connections Radio and Jaime Carlson (r) of the US Dept of Energy
Curious about how the Dept of Energy is spending your money? Where did all those billions in Recovery Act money go? What financial incentives are t...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 21:26
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Advertisements promoting natural gas drilling promise jobs and energy independence from foreign oil. But what are the unintended consequences of na...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: A A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
Around the world communities are already facing the impacts of climate change. Now international organizations, like the World Bank, are pushing a...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
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From Santa Monica to Seattle, several cities on the West Coast have enacted sit/lie laws. San Francisco began enforcing its Sit/Lie Ordinance in Ma...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:49
Caption: Bangledeshi woman and child, Credit: Flickr user: nomanson
Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need more contr...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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More than 70 percent of processed foods in the supermarket contain genetically engineered (GE/ GMO) ingredients. If you want to know more about GMO...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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The development of Interstate 69 through Indiana is divided into six sections from the Indiana/Kentucky boarder up to Indianapolis. This week, the ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 12:13
Caption: TheCivicCommons.com
When life gives you sludge, old medical equipment and poop...make nature preserves, life saving supplies and energy.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
Caption: The CivicCommons.com
Taking care of trash--should we incinerate or not?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:41
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This Sunday, February 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster in Logan County, West Virginia. The disaster occured when the da...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mark Jacobson, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Stanford University Engineer Mark Z. Jacobson is trying to convince the world that his energy plan based soley on renwables: wind, water, and solar...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 31:08
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Radio Curious visits with Betty Ball, co-founder of the Mendocino Environmental Center in Ukiah, Ca. They discuss the movements to protect Northern...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: UMA, a chemical carrier ship, is waiting to be cut in a ship breaking yard at Sitakunda in Chittagong, Southeastern Bangladesh. There are many ship breaking industries along this coastal region that contribute a huge amount of environmental pollution., Credit: Wahid Adnan/Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll discuss environmental inequality and a number of organizations around the globe active in this area, inc...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: Indian farmer and his wheat, Credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence." He connects the effect...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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On the 22nd of July 2011, witnessed by Africa’s top elephant conservationists, the Kenya Government burned 5 tons of ivory worth 15 million dollars...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:08
Caption: Rosina Philippe wonders whether Grand Bayou can survive as a subsistence community., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Members of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe have found a creative use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:55
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As part of our “Women Rising” series, we profile a dynamic partnership between the Women’s Earth Alliance and the Global Women’s Water Initiative: ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 2 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian E...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 1 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian Ed...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Tom Vilsack, Credit: NPC
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack describes his hopes for his upcoming meeting in Europe with the other G20 agriculture ministers

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
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Hope or Despair on the 41st Earth Day? US Whistleblower Says Fukushima Hydrogen Explosion Could Happen Here. Oil Companies’ Control Over Media

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KQED


  • Added: Apr 23, 2011
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Turning off the water pumps in the Central California Valley to protect the smelt is criminal and will destroy our nations agriculture.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:53
Caption: North Atlantic Right Whale, Credit: US Marine Mammal Commission
This ThoughtCast hour introduces Faculty Insight, a partnership with Harvard Extension School, in addition to a series of interviews on endangered ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: By stevendepolo @ flickr
"Sew Spot Sew" is an audio piece by Sergio Gonzales, who strongly advocates DYI -- Do It Yourself, a movement that began in the late '50s. Since th...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1