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Season 1, Episode 7 - 'Green Amendment' feat Maya K van Rossum
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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We all deserve clean air and clean water.

Bought by WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Interviews with Lisa Patel on Toronto's Real Estate Market, Legendary Canadian Philanthropist Don Johnson, Plus Entrepreneurial & Cultural Updates
From: Ray Samuels
Caption: Donald K. Johnson, Credit: UWO
In this edition of Toronto Business Journal, we speak with TRREB President Lisa Patel about Toronto's hot real estate market. In our Business Se...

  • Added: May 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Sea Change
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
Reshaping the Coast
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley to get first grocery store in decades
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The discount supermarket Grocery Outlet is opening a new store in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley neighborhood
Almost 30 million Americans live a mile or more away from a supermarket. That may not sound very far, but for the five million plus who don’t have ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
Will Bay Area Bike Share expand on its downtown success?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The Bay Area Bike Share station in front of San Francisco City Hall, Credit: Isabel Angell
The success of Bay Area Bike Share depends on one place: downtown San Francisco. Back in August, the program. made a well-calculated gamble and stu...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
Wildlife CSI
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Using DNA to catch wildlife poachers

Bought by WABE, Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Drugs in the Drinking Water
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rethinking Air Conditioning
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Why your central AC unit sucks way more juice than it should

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Disappearing Plants
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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For plants, global warming means move or die.

Bought by WABE, KZYX, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sea of Plastic
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
How to Eat a Low-Carbon Diet
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is local food necessarily low-carbon?

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KVNF, KGOU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 4
Who Will Revive the Electric Car?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is the much-maligned electric car poised for a comeback?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 2
Does the Internet Have A Carbon Footprint?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by WABE, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Bike to Work!
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How hard is it to trade in four wheels for two?

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
Designer Biofuels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How do you make fuel from plants?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Do Carbon Offsets Work?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How can you tell if a carbon offset is just hype?

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
Paper or Plastic?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's better for the environment?

Bought by KZYX and KLCC


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
QUEST Nature Deficit Disorder
From: KQED
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How can we get kids outside?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Quest_Marine Protected Areas
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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One Fish, Two Fish: The Science of Protecting Sea Life

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 04:45
Quest_The Return of the Canal
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is California's most controversial water proposal making a comeback?

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
QUEST Legacy of Hunters Point
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Quest explores Hunters Point's dramatic military history -- and the task of preparing it for its next act.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
Trash into Cash
From: Charles Lane
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story of Riverhead, New York, a community that's trying to turn its closed landfill into marketable resources

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 04:54
Maui Water Issues Revised
From: Robynn Takayama
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Maui County officials are working to put control of water back in public hands

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1