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Caption: David Fenton, Founder and Chairman, Fenton Communications
The scientific consensus is that human activity is cooking the planet and disrupting our economies. Yet many people still don’t believe that climat...

Bought by WJCT, KPIP-LP, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: L-R: Patrick Flynn, Aron Cramer, Lynelle Cameron
Tech companies are cleaning up their data centers and building shiny new buildings that sip water and energy. But are they really as green as they ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Christine Pelosi and Debbie Dooley
Executive Committeewoman of Democratic National Committee Christine Pelosi, as well as staunch Trump supporter and clean energy advocate, Debbie Do...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP-Nunes Memo Part of Unfolding Constitutional Crisis; Women of Color Bea...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Timely, In-Depth, Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Reverses Tillerson's Offer to Talk with North Korea Without Precondi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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What do football, tobacco and oil have in common? A common narrative of deceit. When tobacco companies faced public scrutiny about the link between...

Bought by WORT, KWIT, KCPW Salt Lake City, and NPR Now


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Ban on EPA-Funded Scientists Serving on Agency Advisory Boards Endan...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Rising temperatures are making hard outdoor jobs even harder. It is the kind of heat that will ground airplanes and melt rail lines, and health exp...

Bought by KQED and NPR Now


  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Communicating about climate change and convincing the public that something needs to be done about it is a complicated proposition, one that report...

Bought by KWIT, KCPW Salt Lake City, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Who are the people bankrolling our political system? New Yorker writer Jane Mayer takes us behind the scenes and exposes the powerful group of indi...

Bought by KWIT, WLPR , KMUD, KZUM, and NPR Now


  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk
Tesla is the most valuable car company in the US, recently surpassing even the auto giant, General Motors. But this high valuation is not due to th...

Bought by KWIT, WAMU, and NPR Now


  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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For much of her nearly six-decade-long career, Dr. Jane Goodall has worked to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our planet. The Ja...

Bought by KQUA, KUHF, KWIT, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCQS and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Climate Ride co-founder Caeli Quinn and Climate One host Greg Dalton, Credit: Kip Pierson
One of the simplest things that individuals can do to fight climate disruption is as easy as riding a bike. Urban planners and people working on cl...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KWIT, KHSU and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Capitalocene – maybe it doesn’t roll off the tongue, but a group of thinkers argue the term is preferable to Anthropocene because it's more diagnos...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 33:19
Caption: Corina McWilliams, Co-director, Earth Guardians 350 Club, South Eugene High School
As Buffalo Springfield sang in 1967, “There’s something happening here…” But today’s youth revolution is happening far beyond the Sunset Strip. The...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, KUHF, KWMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Credit: Ed Ritger
Over the past few years, many parts of the country have experienced wetter wets and drier drys. California has seen five years of severe drought – ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KWIT, KHSU, RadioFreePalmer, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Bruce Gibney, Author, A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed
Do the baby boomers owe millennials a clean planet? Or is it every generation for itself? Consumption-crazed baby boomers are leaving their younger...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, KZYX, KWMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump's Rationale for Withdrawing U.S. from Paris Climate Accord Based on ...

Bought by WMUU-LP and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Diane Doucette and Carl Pope
Cities around the country are reshaping their economies for a greener future. Mayors and chambers of commerce are promoting smart growth and moving...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, KWIT, KZYX, KUNM and more


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Stephanie Smith. COO, Greencastle LLC
When Californians think of Texas, images of JR Ewing and pump jacks quickly come to mind. But the Lone Star State is greener than you think – it le...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lowell Bergman, Investigative Journalist
How closely does the story of climate denial mirror the story of tobacco denial? For decades, cigarette makers downplayed the dangers of smoking wi...

Bought by KZYX, KCMJ Community Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP's Failure to Replace Obamacare Opens Space to Debate Medicare-For-All ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Coleman, Fellow, Alliance for Climate Education, Credit: Ed Ritger
As Buffalo Springfield sang in 1967, “There’s something happening here…” But today’s youth revolution is happening far beyond the Sunset Strip. The...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump's Proposed Slash and Burn Budget Hurts the Vulnerable Most; Voices o...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched California's attack on climate change by signing a pioneering law to reduce carbon poll...

Bought by WCPN, WCQS, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3