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Caption: Antelope trying to move through deep snow , Credit: David Grubbs, Billings Gazette
Biologists estimate thousands of pronghorn antelope died in Montana over the long, harsh winter...thousands more are stranded at the Fort Peck Rese...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
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Japan's recent tsunami and nuclear disaster have devastated its fishing industry. Fish are at the heart of Japanese culture, yet worldwide stocks o...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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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
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The global circulation of goods is a major source of both prosperity and carbon emissions. This short video on ethics asks: Can trade be regulated ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Exploring the appeal and annoyances of backyard chickens as some Denver residents push for an initiative to change the city's current hen laws.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:09
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
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Coral reefs are the "canary in the coal mine" for the oceans, and they are not doing well.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
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In this program recorded on site in northeastern Pennsylvania, we follow the Marcellus Shale trail and find the fracturing of the bedrock under thi...

Bought by WSKG and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: An infected little brown bat., Credit: Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation
A fungal disease has been destroying bat colonies in the northeastern United States and is now spreading south and west across the country. What is...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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As worldwide population increases and the world gets hotter, water shortages are expected worldwide, including in the US.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Caption: Thomas Azwell with tea tank, Port Sonoma, CA, Credit: Catherine Girardeau
A UC Berkeley researcher is attacking toxic hydrocarbons left over from oil spills with microbes, earthworms, and a few acres of land. Catherine Gi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Asian Carp: an interview with Luke Skinner, Supervisor of the MN DNR’s Invasive Species Program.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 19:52
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Wildlife biologist Pam Perry talks about the fate of Minnesota loons migrating to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill region this fall and the shooting of...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 13:22
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Conversation with our early bird fishing guide Jeff Sundin. July 1st, 2010

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 16:42
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Discussed in this piece are an Arctic map made partially of Arctic muskox fur, a venison-keeper made with materials from deer, and many more pieces...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and mnartists.org


  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 2
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A new business helps local restaurants save money and help the planet by composting.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
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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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Are new methods to help the environment solutions or scams? Independent journalist and author Heather Rogers traveled the globe to get the scoop on...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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Interviews from an indigenous climate change conference during the summer of 2009 in Alaska.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 1
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For the past week, the world’s leaders have hashed out policy details at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change. Now some of the spotlight wil...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
Caption: Imerman Park sits on the flood plain of the Tittabawassee River.  Signs along the trail warn visitors about dioxin contamination in some of the park's soil., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
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: Residents are warned by Dow to 'enter at their own risk', Credit: Vincent Duffy
A Preview of the series "Dioxin Delays" by the Environment Report

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
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The executive director of "Mendocino County Tomorrow", Robin Collier, known locally for her skills in making excellent cheese cake, is the guest on...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 31:44
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With school back in session, administrators have to deal with the possibility of swine flu in their classrooms.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:39