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Researcher: Tracers Could Clear Up Fracking Controversy
From: Wyoming News Service
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Want to find the “smoking gun” for domestic water well pollution near fracking in Wyoming? Put a tracer in fracking fluids. That’s one recommendati...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
Fracking Hearing Comes to Colorado
From: Colorado News Connection
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The House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources holds a field hearing in Denver this week on proposed federal regulations for the process kn...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
Tom Vanderbilt on Transit & Traffic
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tom Vanderbilt
Has this ever happened to you: you’re sitting in your car, engine idling, watching the cars in front of you and behind you move only inches at a ti...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Walmart: Green or Greed? Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Stacy Mitchell
Walmart. What does the name of the world’s largest retailer evoke for you? Do you think of its reputation as a poor employer and its anti-union tac...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
153: Climate Talks in Durban
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Environmental activists with flags on their backs bury their heads in the sand on Durban's beachfront, highlighting nations that are failing to effectively prevent climate change. , Credit: Mike Hutchings/Reuters) From TakePart.com: Ocean Gets No Respect From Durban
Climate change was in the news again recently, with reports from Durban, South Africa where another U.N. Summit took place. In this episode of Worl...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Imagine you're a country with 17 timezones. Your citizens want cassette players, but your factories only make tanks. What do you do?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The inscription on the granite reads, “This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation...”

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
Environmental Journalist Jeff Goodell on Politics, Policy & Coal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeff Goodell
If you could get the President’s attention for just long enough to tell him the ten things you’d like him to do to save the planet, or at least put...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:59
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) on Creating a Clean Energy Nation
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Jerry McNerney
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney, representing California’s 11th District. In an earlier appearance on Se...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
Kitt Doucette: From the Frontlines of the Plastic Bag Wars
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kitt Doucette
In just a couple of decades the plastic bag has become ubiquitous on this planet – these “disposable” items don’t biodegrade, however, so they’ve b...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Filmmaker Josh Tickell: Fueling the Ethanol Debate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Josh Tickell
Ask an environmentally aware friend of yours what they think about ethanol and the response will probably be negative. Critics of this long-establi...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technologies
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Author Alexis Madrigal examines the history of green technologies in America and shows how they have been entangled with culture, ethics, and gover...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 1
NASA Scientist James Hansen
From: Daphne Wysham
Series: Earthbeat
Caption: NASA Scientist James Hansen
Earthbeat Host and IPS Fellow Daphne Wysham conducted a special one-hour interview with Dr. James Hansen, NASA's top climate scientist.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:53
Vaclav Smil Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Vaclav Smil
Last on Sea Change Radio, we heard from renowned energy expert Vaclav Smil, as he spoke about his book, Energy Transitions, the future of electric ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Smil and the Whole World Smils with You: Part I of Vaclav Smil Interview
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Vaclav Smil
This week on Sea Change Radio, a rare interview with renowned energy expert and futurist, Vaclav Smil. A Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:40
Atomic Dreams, Climate Nightmares
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
Caption: Dr. Helen Caldicott, Credit: Heide Smith
Following "Climate Denial Crock of the Week", we mix pro-nuke green Shelly Thomas with warnings from anti-nuke Helen Caldicott. Plus "Meet Your New...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2010
  • Length: 24:00
Coal and Climate – We Shall Remain
From: Eric Mack
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Just in time for the global climate summit in Copenhagen and the debate on a climate and energy bill in Washington, this half hour special from Hig...

Bought by WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGNU Community Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
City Dividends and EveryBlock
From: Smart City Radio
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Making your city greener and smarter, and news on the local level.

Bought by WFSU, WBEZ, WLRN, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:57:44
  • Purchases: 4
Connecting a City through Greenways
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City, we'll learn how green space can connect a community, even in one of the most industrialized states in America. And we'll ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, WBEZ, and WFSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Winds of Change - Wind Power and Campaign 08
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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A look at the challenges of wind power development in rural areas, and what the election could mean for the future of wind.

Bought by KOSU, KDNK, WILL, and KBIA


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 4
Two Authors on Peak Oil
From: Kellia Ramares
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Interviews with Richard Heinberg & Dale Allen Pfeiffer

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
Part Six: The Future of VegOil
From: Cynthia Shelton
Series: VegOil Fuel: the Unsung Alternative
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VegOil wrap up - Why aren't we all driving VegOil?

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 05:29
Part Three: Regulating VegOil
From: Cynthia Shelton
Series: VegOil Fuel: the Unsung Alternative
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Legality of driving and selling VegOil as discussed by two industry players

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 05:01