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Mapping the Ocean: Material Survey
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-two of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we discuss the history of resource extraction o...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:54
2020-11-27 Last Call for Gasoline
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Is this the end of the road for the internal combustion engine? California isn’t the first major economy to ban gas-powered cars and trucks, and ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRCB 104.9, WDSE, KSQD Santa Cruz, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
201127: Last Call for Gasoline, 11/27/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Is this the end of the road for the internal combustion engine? California isn’t the first major economy to ban gas-powered cars and trucks, and ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Living Planet 02/14/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Battery powered - We take a look at lithium-ion batteries — how they are both necessary to ending our dependence on foss...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 10/15/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Can you taste where a wine came from? - Volcanic soils, limestone bedrock, steep slate slopes — isn’t it lovely to imagi...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Jonathan Ballesteros — Water wizard
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness
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In todays episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness host Alan Wartes spoke with founder and CEO of Geyser Technologies, Jonathan Ballesteros.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Climate Conversion
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Bath Iron Works is a subsidiary of General Dynamics and Maine's largest defense contractor and a major employer. BIW builds Zumwalt destroyers for the U.S. Navy at its shipyard on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine
This week on World Ocean Radio we're talking about solutions to the climate challenge by highlighting some modern examples of and possibilities for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 2
190503: 2019-05-03 How Climate Broke California’s Biggest Utility, 5/3/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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PG&E has had a bad few years. A series of record-breaking wildfires culminating with 2018’s devastating Camp Fire propelled the California utility ...

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
Lloyd Alter: Transportation Puzzles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lloyd Alter
The industrial revolution ushered in an era of more efficient transportation. As history has shown us, the impact of our ability to move easily acr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
190329: Insane Mode: Tesla’s Wild Ride, 3/29/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Despite having the top-selling luxury car in 2018, and a loyal if not rabid customer base, Tesla has been facing major challenges. In August, maver...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
2019-03-29 Insane Mode: Tesla’s Wild Ride
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Despite having the top-selling luxury car in 2018, and a loyal if not rabid customer base, Tesla has been facing major challenges. In August, maver...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KUOW, WMRA, MPR News Stations and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 14
2019-02-22 Donor Power: The Influence of Climate Philanthropy
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Fighting climate change isn’t cheap. Where’s the money coming from? Major philanthropic organizations like Hewlett and Bloomberg are at the forefro...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WMUU-LP, KFOI Radio, NPR Now and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
190222: Donor Power: The Influence of Climate Philanthropy, 2/22/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Fighting climate change isn’t cheap. Where’s the money coming from? Major philanthropic organizations like Hewlett and Bloomberg are at the forefro...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
Put A Cork In It
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lloyd Alter
What do cork, coffee cups, lettuce, and excessive travel have in common? They are all areas of personal choice that have an environmental impact, a...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Richard Heinberg on Our Bonus Decade
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Richard Heinberg
If you're someone who's curious about the geopolitical implications of carbon fuel and the ecological havoc it wreaks, you've probably come across ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
ThinkBusiness — a conversation with Christopher Caskey
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness
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Christopher Caskey is a scientist and entrepreneur with an innovative business idea to tackle two environmental problems in rural Colorado at once:...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Brent Constantz: Concrete Plans
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brent Constantz
Most people wouldn’t guess it, but concrete is the single most widely used material in the world. And both production and consumption are on the ri...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2018-07-08 Making the Grade: Corporations and the Paris Climate Accord
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When you think of climate activism, Wall Street doesn’t immediately come to mind. But as investors are coming to realize, they do have a voice – an...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, WUTC, MPR News Stations, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 8
Living Planet 06/15/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: The new gold rush We live on a planet of finite resources but our demand for new consumer products and technologies keeps growing....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Autonomous Vehicles at a Crossroads
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alexandria Sage
The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. There are vast resources currently being spent to transfo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Ongoing Race for Arctic Oil
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Svalbard, Norway , Credit: Thomas Hallermann | Marine Photobank
The pursuit for oil continues, even as many alternatives emerge and investments are displaced. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Nei...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 04:50
2018-03-04 Cloudy Days for Solar?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The price of solar power has declined dramatically in recent years. That’s good news for homeowners, the environment and the economy. Renewable pow...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
2018-02-25 Power Shift: The End of Gasoline Cars?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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After more than a century of ruling the roads, oil is starting to lose its dominance over the auto industry. More and more automakers are introduc...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, KUHF, and NPR Now


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Zero Mass Water: A New Source for H2O
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Cody Friesen
In our household we do our best to avoid buying bottled water - we're keenly aware of what those darn plastic bottles are doing to the environment....

  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Takin' It To The Streets: Solar Roadways Update
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Scott and Julie Brusaw
What if the roads we drove on, instead of being made of carbon-intensive petroleum sludge, were actually solar panels? And what if whenever electri...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 28:30