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Yonder Report - December 21, 2023
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Small-town papers; wildfire smoke and mental health; working out with recovery court judges

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Voices from the Climate March
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Five speakers from the March to End Fossil Fuels are featured in this week's show

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 2
Nukes in Utah – the past is present as Oppenheimer opens on Big Screen and Northrop Grumman seeks state tax incentives to build next-gen ICBMs
From: KRCL
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This is a 4-way interview with Inkstick military industrial complex reporter Taylor Barnes, and Scoville Peace Fellow and KRCL History Project Co-D...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 25:21
The Red Deal
From: Generation Justice Admin
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What is The Red Deal? Tune in to hear one member of The Red Nation share about this movement document and how it aims for the liberation of Indigen...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 14:57
Housing as a Human Right
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The great American housing crunch and what organizing can do about it. This week on The Laura Flanders Show, we discuss some of the challenges and ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Living Planet 07/19/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Life's a beach - Summer is a time of sun, sea, and sand. But sand isn't just the stuff of beach holidays — we hear how ...

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


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
World in Progress 06/14/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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World in Progress: Battling inequalities - On this week’s show: Cape Town's building boom pushes people out of their homes in the city center...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Coalition hopes Congress will save Great Lakes funding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Boats on Lake Erie during Healing Our Waters Lake Erie tour in 2017., Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
This week, President Trump outlined his 2019 budget and a plan to invest in roads, bridges and other infrastructure. In the Great Lakes region, a ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WVBI-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 8
Trump again seeks to slash Great Lakes funding
From: Great Lakes Today
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President Trump’s 2019 budget outline is out and Great Lakes funding is cut again. But as Great Lakes Today’s Elizabeth Miller reports, politician...

Bought by WSKG, WRVO Public Media, WVBI-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: :43
  • Purchases: 12
Lake Ontario flood victims look for FEMA aid
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The riprap rocks that now act as a barrier between Oswego resident Rich Bowman's house and Lake Ontario were paid for with state aid. Many in New York hope to get federal funding to help residents recover from this year's flooding along the shoreline.
New York State leaders are concerned that recent weather disasters may keep FEMA from giving them aid promised from this year's Lake Ontario floodi...

Bought by WBFO, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WCPN


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 4
Rising Seas in Silicon Valley
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Sea level rise is a global concern, and on the whole, policy and funding for mitigation aren’t keeping pace. Today on Gen Anthro, producer Isha Sal...

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 10:52
  • Purchases: 2
Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WBFO, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 9
Environmental Policy and Energy Plans for the Future
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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A visit with former California Assemblymember and environmental champion, Fred Keeley. Fred has been an advocate for the oceans and land for as lon...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Environmental groups sue EPA over condition of Lake Erie
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Maumee River in the Western Lake Erie Watershed, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
The lawsuit involves a dispute over whether Lake Erie should be classified as an impaired waterway.

Bought by WCMU Michigan, WKSU, WXXI Rochester, and WBFO


  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 4
Trump recommends 2017 Great Lakes cuts
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: International Joint Commission meeting in Buffalo March 28., Credit: Eileen Koteras Elibol/WBFO
Lots of people were already upset about President Trump’s plan to slash Great Lakes funding in next year’s federal budget. Now he’s recommending a...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 9
Great Lakes groups lobby Congress for funding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Tim Eder, executive director of the Great Lakes Commission
Great Lakes advocacy groups are meeting with members of Congress this week to shed light on the region’s priorities.

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WMUK, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
Great Lakes group calls for rebuilding campaign
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A combined sewer over flow in Avon Lake, Ohio's Heider Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
The Great Lakes Commission, a binational group, released its annual list of priorities, which includes recommendations to improve and rebuild water...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WMUK and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 8
What will 2017 bring for the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Donald Trump at a Cleveland rally, Credit: Nick Castele/ideastream
Great Lakes Today previews 2017's most anticipated stories.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 5
What will Trump mean for the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: President-elect Donald Trump, Credit: WBFO File Photo
INTRO: How will a Trump administration impact the Great Lakes? The president-elect has vowed to de-fund the Environmental Protection Agency, and so...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WLPR and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 15: Acre for Acre - The Fight For Strawberry Field
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we take a close look at all sides of a controversial land deal and that bitterly divided the Colorado Springs...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
Bottle Bills in Colorado
From: Hannah Leigh Myers
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Colorado is one of many states that has tried to create a cash for recycling program, or bottle bill. However, opposition from some surprising sour...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
Upgrading San Francisco's aging pipes in times of drought
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: San Francisco's Stockton tunnel is shut down due to a water main break in March of 2014., Credit: Flickr user toyzrus8
The Hetch Hetchy Regional Water system, operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC), carries water to 2.6 million customers in ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
75%
From: Anna Hamilton
Series: Watershed
Caption: Amendment 1 campaign materials at Florida's Water and Land Legacy, Credit: Daniel Ward
In 2014, Florida voters passed Amendment 1—the Florida Water and Land Conservation Amendment—by a sweeping 75%. Advocates believe this should send ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 11:42
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
From: Anna Hamilton
Series: Watershed
Caption: Fossilized coral lies under foot in the pine rockland ecosystem., Credit: Anna Hamilton
In Florida's Miami-Dade County, tensions are mounting over a fragment of endangered pine rockland.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 13:31