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Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Emergency Declaration Violates the Constitution, Endangers Democrac...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Just ten years ago, an entire state running on 100% renewable electricity seemed fanciful. But this dreamy vision became reality when, with the bac...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
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Just ten years ago, an entire state running on 100% renewable electricity seemed fanciful. But this dreamy vision became reality when, with the bac...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KVMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
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We have long enjoyed the ocean edge for leisurely ends: as a place to gather with family and friends to enjoy surf and sand, and to relax in the fr...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:35
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In its infancy, the Paris Agreement carried the promise of a truly global climate solution. Supporters still say the Agreement is the first step in...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KZYX, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, NPR Now and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
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The math is clear: lowering greenhouse gas emissions is not enough to keep the earth below 1.5 degrees Celsius of post-industrial warming. The late...

Bought by WJCT, KBBI Alaska, KVMR, Gallatin Valley Community Radio, WKAR and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Landmark Senate Vote Calls for End to U.S. Support for War in Yemen; New S...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss The Earth Law Center, a New York-based environmental non-profit organization that is dedicated to t...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:19
Caption: Biodiversity in the Maldives , Credit: Husian, Flikr
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss publications, reports, and projects integral to the evolution of ocean policy and science, includin...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
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In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned of the dangers of overpopulation. These included mass starvation, societal uph...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KBBI Alaska, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Nationwide #ProtectMueller Protests Erupt After Trump Fires Attorney Gener...

Bought by WRIR and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On the heels of the Arctic Circle Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland in October, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill offers some additional thoughts o...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2018
  • Length: 05:08
Caption: The Arctic Circle Conference, an annual gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland
This week on World Ocean Radio we provide our annual observations on the Arctic Circle Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. This year's report highlig...

Bought by WTJU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: From "The Sea Ice is Our Highway: An Inuit Perspective on Transportation in the Arctic" a contribution to the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, Credit: Inuit Circumpolar Council, CANADA
The first Arctic highway was the sea: a moving, shifting, frozen system that allowed its inhabitants to be sustained for generations. Since 1974, t...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 04:57
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2018 was a summer of extremes: hurricanes, wildfires, drought, floods, heat, earthquakes, tsunami. It's increasingly evident that human interventio...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 05:19
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Climate used to have bipartisan support. Now that the Republican party is skeptical about fighting climate, companies are moving into a leadership ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Democratic Socialism on the Rise Across the U.S.; Bayou Bridge Pipeline O...

Bought by WRIR, WSLR, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: March 11, 2011 In Otsuchi, Japan following the 9.0 earthquake and devastating Tsunami, Credit: Tarah Millen/Marine Photobank
As climate change is continually felt everywhere on the planet, how might we protect against the impacts of extreme weather, sea level rise, and mo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMPG, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Humankind has for centuries been connected to the cycles of the year for sustenance from land and sea. We have built our communities and our spirit...

  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 05:41
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In June 2017, President Trump announced his plan to withdraw the country from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, claiming it disadvantaged the United S...

Bought by WJCT, KPIP-LP, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, NPR Now and more


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Earth from the International Space Station, Credit: NASA Johnson
On April 22nd we celebrated Earth Day, a day set aside each year to celebrate the environmental movement of the 70s to demand action for the health...

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 04:49
Caption: https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/world-news/photos-spotlight-on-reducing-plastic-waste-clogging-oceans/photo-OFMThFTnYNAAL9foFlgwcN.html, Credit: Andres Stapff/REUTERS
Waste and waste management are new and increasing challenges in recent decades. How do we dispose of toxic waste, plastic packaging, electronics, a...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 04:55
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, part 2 of a two-part series on environmental law, host Peter Neill provides a series of examples of systems w...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 05:14
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill outlines laws that are intended to protect Nature and its resources--water, fresh air, food,...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
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Volkswagen’s brazen cheating on air pollution rules rocked an industry with a history of skulduggery. The scandal has now cost the company $30 bill...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4