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Poisonous Legacies
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Uranium mining in Niger: a filthy, toxic business. Fifty years after the end of America’s war on Vietnam, traces of US chemical weapons linger. And...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:38
Saltwater Soundwalk: Indigenous Audio Tour of Seattle
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: People listening to Saltwater Soundwalk in Seattle., Credit: Jenny Asarnow
On today's show, we'll travel to Seattle to hear indigenous voices and Coast Salish languages, and to reflect on the importance of the Salish Sea a...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Environment Injustice As Usual During Pandemic
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode, Laura speaks with grassroots environmental organizers Cindy Donis and Laura Cortez from East Yard Communities for Environmental Ju...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Response: Reimagining Paradise in an Age of Disruption
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week on Making Contact, we bring you a story about resilience and rebuilding after a megafire decimated parts of Northern California. This is ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Women of Color Lead the Way
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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At the 2019 Progressive Strategy Summit members of Congress and progressive change makers came together to build a movement that won’t only win bac...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Special Report: Making Buffalo Our City
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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How do you revitalize a city without gentrifying it? In this episode of the Laura Flanders Show, Laura goes to Buffalo, New York, where years of po...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Response: Uneven Burns
From: Making Contact
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In the aftermath of Northern California’s Tubbs Fire in 2017, undocumented families found support outside of traditional disaster service agencies ...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fossil Refusal: Local Models not Global Markets
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Despite the difficult picture painted by the news, there is hope for our planet. We cover several fights against refineries and market based soluti...

Bought by WVAS and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
KILLING THE COLORADO -- Jeffrey Friedman Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Jeffrey Friedman talks water, politics, and surviving civilization.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 08:07
Inside a coal fired power plant
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: The Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania., Credit: Reid Frazier
How do you clean up 100,000 tons of air pollution? Boatloads of air filters, and some basic high school chemistry. This story takes the listener in...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
Fracking
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Dead cow at Hawkwood ranch, Credit: David Kattenburg
Voices of concerned citizens in New Brunswick and Alberta, Canada

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:58
BP Five Years Later: Deepwater Horizon and the Cost of Oil
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Louisiania bayou
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, not everyone is “back to normal.” On this edition, we follow BP’s trail fro...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Heat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it's also having a more surprising influence on the country's tigers. ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
VoxPod #11 - Fish Out of Water
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: VoxPod
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Today's show looks at people protecting the life of Puget Sound.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 1
Foraging for fish in our own backyard
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Kirk Lombard explaining how to catch crab from the Bay , Credit: Angela Johnston
Kirk Lombard calls himself a sea forager, and every other week offers this walking and fishing tour: a two-hour lesson on how to catch your own sea...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:50
The People vs. Syngenta: Jackson County, OR bans GMO crops
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Outspent 3 to 1 by multinational seed companies, the citizens of Jackson County, Oregon successfully campaigned to ban GMO crops.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:42
Culture of Litigation
From: Zoe Sullivan
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In the wake of the 2010 BP oil spill, Vietnamese fisher folk on the Gulf Coast found themselves doubly affected. The disaster made it impossible fo...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 09:48
“Being Black and Green: African-Americans & the Environment” (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oakland, CA Scraper krew, Credit: flickr user vkdir
African-Americans are helping to lead the environmental movement. We take you to a resettlement community in North Carolina, sustainable farms in W...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
In a Gas Boom, Looking for Answers on Health Questions
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Amy Pare, a plastic surgeon in heavily-drilled Washington County, Pa. She's found arsenic, benzene, and other drilling-related contaminants in the urine of her patients., Credit: Photo: Reid R. Frazier
Thousands of wells have been drilled in the Marcellus shale, using new types of drilling methods. But there are questions about the safety of these...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
When 'No' is Not an Option: Gas Boom Brings Problems to Surface Owners
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Marty Whiteman found himself in a struggle with Chesapeake Energy, which leased the gas under his farm. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:05
Part Two
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Coal Ash Scares, Sickens Louisville Residents
Caption: The ash landfill, partially covered with grass, at Louisville Gas & Electric's Cane Run Power Station in Louisville., Credit: Erica Peterson
The power company tries to reassure residents that nothing is wrong. But despite problems with the current landfill, they're still planning a secon...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:30
The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn
From: Amanda Loder
Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service
Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
New Trail Blazes Through Private Lands
From: Todd Bookman
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A new multi-use trail has opened in Peterborough, New Hampshire, linking downtown to the top of Pack Monadnock Mountain. Establishing a path to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Documentary - Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future
From: The Environment Report
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Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...

Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16