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The Pesticide Action Network asked rural families in Illinois and three other Midwestern states to sample their drinking water, and the Illinois sa...
- Added: May 03, 2012
- Length: 01:59
On May 2, 1982, Exxon unexpectedly closed its oil-shale exploration and development project in Parachute, leaving 2,200 people out of work, causing...
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 01:49
In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the “Hockey Stick,” ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 28:59
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...
Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 3
Carnegie Council's Evan O'Neil ponders the future of mega-cities, and leading Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun discusses China's air and water crisi...
- Added: Jan 18, 2012
- Length: 23:23
Oakland has the 5th busiest port in the country. According to the Port of Oakland they support between 50,000 and 73,000 jobs in Northern Californi...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 12:33
After a series of earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio last week, some observers are pointing to an unusual culprit. Yesterday seismologist John Armbr...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 08:28
With the 17th annual global climate change talks foundering in Durban, little hope is left for a worldwide initiative designed to combat global war...
- Added: Dec 21, 2011
- Length: 02:00
On this episode of "Don't Cha Know" we venture back to Prairie Island Campground in Winona, Minnesota, and partake in a lesson on fur trading. The ...
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 18:01
Global climate change is here. And only now, as our nation is ravaged by hurricanes, floods and droughts, is this new reality becoming all too obvi...
Bought by KVMR, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WZEN.org, KPVL, and KUOW
- Added: Nov 28, 2011
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 5
We take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure in nail salons, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail...
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 29:00
According to NASA, over 135 million pieces of man-made metal debris orbit the Earth. While the space race may be over, someone's got to do the clea...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Dr. Linda McCauley, a renowned environmental health researcher and national leader on greener health care practices, joins us today.
- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 24:20
A proposed Canadian pipeline would transport bitumen from the tar sands of Alberta to refineries on the Gulf Coast, crossing the border. Is Keyston...
- Added: Sep 08, 2011
- Length: 02:00
More than 80,000 existing chemicals are actively in use in a wide range of consumer products with no assurance that they don’t pose serious health ...
- Added: Aug 08, 2011
- Length: 55:02
- Purchases: 2
The science of man-made global climate change is irrefutable. We speak with two eminent scientists, a conservation biologist and an environmental e...
- Added: Aug 02, 2011
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 2
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This week Nell Boase discovers the radical and reckless side of great science when she meets Michael Brooks, who's new book Free Radicals: The Secr...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 30:37
- Purchases: 1
Michael Ellis, from the sustainability consulting firm GreenOrder, discusses how companies can work with employees to make sure they're onboard wit...
- Added: Jun 01, 2011
- Length: 29:18
Oil is cost-efficient as a primary energy source -- in the short term. Long-term, however, oil poses economic risks and damages the environment. Sh...
Bought by WRFA-LP, WMNF, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 3
Colette Lespinasse discusses pre-existing governance and human rights issues in disaster-stricken Haiti. She addresses the recent earthquake and ch...
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 27:57
A professor at Yale University, a landscape architect, and an urban ecologist, Alex Felson creates designs that take local and built environments i...
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 26:42
Jonathan Rose discusses his focus on green building and transportation as key drivers in combating climate change.
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 27:17
Join us for the second part of this week's show on China World Heritage with special guests Ms. Lulu Zhou, associate director of philanthropy at Th...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 07:26
We continue the Chinese New Year celebration with the first part of this week's show on China World Heritage with special guests Ms. Lulu Zhou, ass...
- Added: Feb 07, 2011
- Length: 07:16
In this program recorded on site in northeastern Pennsylvania, we follow the Marcellus Shale trail and find the fracturing of the bedrock under thi...
- Added: Nov 09, 2010
- Length: 55:30
- Purchases: 2
