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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
What does the future of natural gas look like in Rhode Island?
From: Possibly
Series: What does a Public Utilities Commission have to do with climate change?
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It’s getting colder, and a lot of people are turning on their furnaces. Many of those run on “natural” gas, which is basically methane, a potent gr...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
What's a Public Utilities Commission?
From: Possibly
Series: What does a Public Utilities Commission have to do with climate change?
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If we want to avoid the worst of climate change, it’s pretty clear that we need to start getting our energy from sources that don’t create greenhou...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2
What do you do when rising waters threaten a neighborhood?
From: Possibly
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Warren, Rhode Island is one of the smallest towns in the smallest state — but when it comes to dealing with climate change, it has big plans. Locat...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
What will it take to switch everyone over to electric cars?
From: Possibly
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In another episode, we talked about electric cars and how they’re not only better for the environment, but also cheaper in the long run. But it’s...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Six: When a horse goes 'home'
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Montana, two ranchers adopted ‘Delilah.’ They’re among the growing number of people actually getting paid to adopt wild horses and burros.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 15:40
Episode Five: The unsexy burro
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Arizona, two incarcerated men rehabilitate wild donkeys for adoption.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 18:19
Episode Three: Australia's wild horse conundrum parallels the West's
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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The 'Brumbies' are protected but their abundance has degraded the land Down Under and sparked heated debate.

Bought by KGLP


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 21:24
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Four: Why helicopter gathers are so controversial
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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The risks inherent in the Bureau of Land Management’s ‘most humane’ method of wild horse removal.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 23:49
Episode Two: Why wild horses pull on our heartstrings
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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Horses and humans evolved together. Much as we do with dogs, we have a special relationship with the species. In this episode, host Anna Coburn spe...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 21:25
  • Purchases: 1
Episode One: Is federal mustang management reaching a breaking point?
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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If wildlife managers, landowners, wild horse advocates and the BLM cannot work together to come to a solution, the Wild Horse and Burro Program wil...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 18:53
  • Purchases: 1
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
Can Asian carp be kept out of Lake Michigan?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Kiowa pushes barges over electric carp barrier , Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's 2018 eliminates $300 million for projects along the Great Lakes. That threatens efforts to...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 9
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
Lake Superior cleanup threatened by Trump budget cuts
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Working for U.S. Steel, employees from Barr Engineering install instruments that measure groundwater seepage and flow between the sediments and St. Louis river. Data collected from the instruments will help in the design, construction and installation of , Credit: Derek Montgomery for MPR News
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's budget plan eliminates $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- hurting ...

Bought by WLPR , North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 8
Waukesha full speed ahead as mayors fight Great Lakes water diversion
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Oak CReek treatment plans, Credit: Susan Bence
A Wisconsin town is getting a lot of attention -- on the issue of drinking water. Waukesha lies outside the Great Lakes basin, but it has permissio...

Bought by WBFO, WMUK, WCPN, Interlochen Public Radio, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
Wisconsin cuts climate change warning, sparks fear of U.S rollback
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Graphic showing the way the website looks now, compared to how it looked previously.
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources revised its website recently, deleting information concerning climate change, including references to g...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Tim Giago_Peace and Violence at Standing Rock
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
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Tim Giago talks about the elders and their thoughts on the mix of peace and violence at the front

  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
Liz Maw and Net Impact: Creating Connections for Social Change
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Managing Editor Robert Rimm and Liz Maw, CEO of Net Impact. Liz discusses nonprofit strategy and the importan...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 34:18
Andreas Merkl and Ocean Conservancy: Detecting and Preventing Damage to the Ocean
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our latest Innovate podcast with Andreas Merkl, CEO of Ocean Conservancy, and learn about his mission to educate and empower citizens to ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 46:08
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
Bill Would Impose Water Quality Standards on Marijuana Cultivation
From: Cannabis Radio News
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California Assembly Member Jim Wood represents one of the richest marijuana cultivation regions in the world. The costal district stretches from th...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
Stanford considering the fate of century-old dam threatening endangered trout
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Searsville Dam, Credit: Wikimedia commons user Gazebo
The Searsville Dam is causing big trouble on the peninsula. The 122-year-old, 65-foot-tall dam is closed to the public, hidden away on 1,200 acres ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
The (political) lure of Minnehaha Falls
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minnehaha Falls has been a popular tourist spot for politicians since Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his epic poem, “The Song of Hiawatha” in 185...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Sounding the Alarm: Noise Pollution
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Noise pollution is a growing problem. Effecting everything from the lives of people living under airplane flight paths, to marine life. On this edi...

Bought by WFHB and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2