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Caption: http://michiganwro.blogspot.com, Credit:  Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
Caption: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed The National Press Club on Thursday, August 19th at a Luncheon featuring Gulf Coast shrimp, Credit: Terry Hill
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon on Thursday August 19th in Washington, D.C. Noting the 5 year anniversary...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
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When the polar ice caps melt, sea level will rise. That’s happened earlier in the history of the world, and it appears it will happen again. In t...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:01
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In this edition of Radio Curious we visit again with Spencer Wells and discuss his new book, “Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization,”...

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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In California's Sierra Nevada the Tsi-Akim Maidu tribe is working to heal from being nearly annihilated when the Gold Rush came to town in the 1800s.

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:11
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An argument for why a old nuclear weapons production site turned wildlife refuge could be harmful for visitors

  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
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ATMI Reporter Aviva Hirsch asks her group mates from Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) what it will take to get a tax through the assembly.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
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A New Hampshire couple argues about environmental issues.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:35
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Dr. Henry Pollack, author of A World Without Ice, is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Pea...

Bought by Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Marquis of Baux, speaks at a National Press Club luncheon on November 30, to discuss the environment and climate change. H.S.H. the Prince will be in Washington, D.C., for the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Antarcti, Credit: Noel St. John
Prince Albert II of Monaco Discusses Climate Change and Environment

  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
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An Indecent Proposal!! EnergySolutions wants to import into the US 20,000 TONS of Italy’s nuclear waste, first melting it down and incinerating it ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 28:41
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Just in time for the global climate summit in Copenhagen and the debate on a climate and energy bill in Washington, this half hour special from Hig...

Bought by WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGNU Community Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Levittown Promotional Material
Can the suburbs be fixed? What does sustainability look like in a land of three car garages, shopping malls, single use zoning and houses on steroi...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KVLU, KWIT, WRIR, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Mitch Larson lives in Saginaw's Riverside neighborhood,  which saw a large dioxin removal project last year.  His home is on the  banks of Tittabawassee River., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee talks with residents about living with Dow and dioxin.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: The southeast corner of the Dow Chemical plant, from the vantage  of Midland's Whiting Overlook Park, which features an homage to and  history of the company and its founder., Credit: Shawn Allee
Residents are asking why it's taken so long to clean up the dioxin. Shawn Allee looks for an answer.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
Caption: Valdus Adamkus, Credit: This photograph was produced by Agência Brasil, a public Brazilian news agency.
Shawn Allee meets a man who took the Dow and dioxin issue to Congress years ago and is shocked it hasn't been dealt with.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:40
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What to do with approximately 78 acres just north of Ukiah, commonly known as the “old Masonite property,” will be on the ballot this fall, at the ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 29:10
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While some have predicted that "water will be the next oil" as the resource that countries will start wars over, the fact is that over centuries no...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KSFR


  • Added: Sep 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
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We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Julia Kennedy interviews Sarah Greenberg on the social and environmental risks that companies sometimes take – and how they affect investors.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KVSC


  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Julia Kennedy interviews Richard Kauffman on sustainability.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
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Julia Kennedy interviews Sujeesh Krishnan and Euan Murray of Carbon Trust about their journey to discover the biggest sources of emissions for busi...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
Caption: Elevator interview with John Kerry., Credit: Ryan Muller, 2007
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf was (and is) still in a shambles in many places. The culprits of the man-made disaster? Ridiculed but l...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 06:58
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The Waxman-Markey Climate Bill is making its way through Congress, and stirring up controversy within the environmental movement between those who ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:36
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1