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Caption: Northern Leopard Frog, Credit: Andy on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_emcee/)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced Endangered Species Act protection is not warranted for the northern leopard frog in 19 states...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
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
Caption: UMA, a chemical carrier ship, is waiting to be cut in a ship breaking yard at Sitakunda in Chittagong, Southeastern Bangladesh. There are many ship breaking industries along this coastal region that contribute a huge amount of environmental pollution., Credit: Wahid Adnan/Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll discuss environmental inequality and a number of organizations around the globe active in this area, inc...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: Coastal Development - Southern California, Credit: (c) Wolcott Henry 2005/Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill lists a few actions, however improbable each might sound, to outline changes in policy, plan...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:21
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
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Beyond Nuclear's Paul Gunter analyzes the state of nuclear power in the US.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:43
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
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
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A proposed Canadian pipeline would transport bitumen from the tar sands of Alberta to refineries on the Gulf Coast, crossing the border. Is Keyston...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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Christian Parenti and Alison Thompson, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
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This program is second of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, recorded on August 8, 2011. We continue our discussion about ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Indian farmer and his wheat, Credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence." He connects the effect...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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On the 22nd of July 2011, witnessed by Africa’s top elephant conservationists, the Kenya Government burned 5 tons of ivory worth 15 million dollars...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:08
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The recent government shut-down causes a ripple of unrest with lumber company’s up North. In this edition of Points North, Shawn delves into the cu...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Darla Rooks looks out over the oiled marshland of Bay Jimmy. , Credit: Barry Yeoman
It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 11:47
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: This is a view of a brownfield across the street from Exelon City Solar. The plant cleaned up about half the brownfield space in Chicago's 34th Ward.
Long-abandoned factories have scarred the Midwest landscape for generations. Tens of thousands sit vacant across the region, the tally growing by ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:27
Caption: Andrew Revkin, Credit: NY Times
The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will exceed 9 billion. How will that affect life on the local level, on the global...

  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:33
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Residents of the island of Vinalhaven, Maine discuss the noise created by the arrival of three new wind turbines.

Bought by KPVL, KXOT Public Radio, WDSE, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
It took humankind 1800 years to get from a global population of about 200 million to 1 billion. But it only took us 200 years to go from a billion ...

  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Chinese basketball star Yao Ming is the face of WildAid's international campaign to end shark finning
Yao flew into town from Shanghai last week to receive WildAid’s International Ambassador award; the basketball star’s been working with the organiz...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
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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
Caption: Dr. Seth Moore of Grand Portage Trust Lands, tracking radio-collared moose, Credit: Carah Thomas-Maskell, WTIP
The Grand Portage Reservation is located in the extreme northeast corner of Minnesota, on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Cook County. Bordere...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 2