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The Enormous Tiny Plastic Problem
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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No matter what you eat, it probably has tiny bits of plastic in it. Research scientists Madeleine Milne joins Patti and Doug for a lively discussion.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 57:38
  • Purchases: 1
2023-12-29 REWIND: Just a Walk or Bike Ride Away: The 15-Minute City
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Can you imagine if everything you needed in your everyday life was just a walk or bike ride away? That’s the goal of the 15-minute city, a new name...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KCBX, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KALW and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 13
231229: REWIND: Just a Walk or Bike Ride Away: The 15-Minute City, 12/29/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Can you imagine if everything you needed in your everyday life was just a walk or bike ride away? That’s the goal of the 15-minute city, a new name...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
Insurance in a New Climate Era
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are aware of the key role played by insurance, more so as we face increasing events of extreme weather destruction. Government agencies are sign...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 05:16
Henrietta Lacks' Immortal Cells
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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One of medical science’s greatest paradoxes: The cancer cells that killed Henrietta Lacks revolutionized medicine -- medical care her own family co...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:14
Planetary Boundaries Breached
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Six out of nine planetary systems key to the survival of the human species are under threat. Is Earth still a safe operating space for human beings...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
Poisoning the Hudson...Again - with Dr. Gordon Edwards
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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What's wrong with dumping a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River?

Bought by WRFA-LP, WYAP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 3
Poisonous Legacies
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Uranium mining in Niger: a filthy, toxic business. Fifty years after the end of America’s war on Vietnam, traces of US chemical weapons linger. And...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:38
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 17
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Humanity’s impact on Planet Earth has a name: the Anthropocene. The start of Earth’s human age can be pinpointed in ice and biological cores, and t...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 15
From: David Kattenburg
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A US Supreme Court ruling throws American wetlands under the bus. In the oven, wheat and corn flour turn into bread and tortillas; spread on farm f...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 59:21
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 8
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Extinction Rebellion protests pack London streets; human beings have commandeered an astonishing quarter of Earth’s natural productivity, decimatin...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Dan Egan
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Interlochen Public Radio's Patrick Shea talks with environmental reporter and author Dan Egan.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 4
2023-04-21 Missed Connections: Modernizing Our Multiple Grids
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Thousands of renewable energy projects are ready to be built and start producing fossil-free power, but they’re stuck in a long limbo for one essen...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGUA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
20230421: Missed Connections: Modernizing Our Multiple Grids, 4/21/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Thousands of renewable energy projects are ready to be built and start producing fossil-free power, but they’re stuck in a long limbo for one essen...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
How the Soil Sponge and Essential Biological Workers are Changing the World - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Listen to author Didi Pershouse [https://www.didipershouse.com/], founder of the Land & Leadership Initiative [http://www.landandleadership.org], s...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
National Writers Series: Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Sheri McWhirter talks with environmental authors Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 2
2022-10-07 Political Climate: The Midterm Forecast
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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With the US midterm elections looming, the window for enacting meaningful climate policy may be closing. November’s elections will determine which ...

Bought by WGCU, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRCB 104.9, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 12
20221007: Political Climate: The Midterm Forecast, 10/7/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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With the US midterm elections looming, the window for enacting meaningful climate policy may be closing. November’s elections will determine which ...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
Feeding 7.9 Billion…Without Wrecking the Planet
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear from two experts with competing visions of how we can sustainably feed a growing planet.

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
We Know the Heat Is Coming. SF Has a Plan.
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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San Francisco plans for future heat waves after record breaking heat in 2017 claimed six lives.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Feedback Loops: Climate Change's Most Critical Dynamic - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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On this show we sit down with the creators of the five-part documentary series, “Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops.” Narrated by Richard Gere, this...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
The Age of Waste
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Portugal coast , Credit: Tobia Tullius
This week we're discussing the consequence of consumption. We point to a recent exhibit entitled "Waste Age: What Can Design Do?" that highlights t...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 05:32
David Neiwert, Author of "Of Orcas and Men"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Bob Kustra interviews David Neiwert about his book "Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us"

  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
Abrupt Climate Change
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses abrupt climate change with Guy McPherson, professor Emeritus of Natural Resources, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:27:03
WorldCanvass: Climate Science and the Environment (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Leading experts in climate science and environmental research join WorldCanvass host Joan Kjaer to discuss the most pressing concerns facing Iowans...

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 1