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Analysis Says Pesticide Drift a Problem in Central Minnesota
From: Minnesota News Connection
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PARK RAPIDS, Minn. – Communities in Central Minnesota face frequent exposure to multiple pesticides in the air they breathe, according to a new rep...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:28
Las empresas pequeñas de CO apoyan la política energética “todo lo dicho”
From: Colorado News Connection
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DENVER - Una nueva encuesta de la organización Small Business Majority (Mayoría de Empresas Pequeñas) reporta que los propietarios de negocios de C...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:54
Green Asia: Segment 2
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Nobuo Tanaka sees diverse energy sources--including nuclear--as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "POLLI-bricks." This p...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 18:10
Green Asia: Segment 1
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Nobuo Tanaka sees alternative energy sources-including nuclear-as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "polli-bricks." This...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 13:20
Concerns over Pesticides in Drinking Water Resurface in IL
From: Illinois News Connection
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The Pesticide Action Network asked rural families in Illinois and three other Midwestern states to sample their drinking water, and the Illinois sa...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
The Toxic Truth About Nail Salons (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Uyen Nguyen, owner of Isabella Nail Bar, Credit: Pauline Bartolone
We take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure in nail salons, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Greening Health Care
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Linda McCauley, a renowned environmental health researcher and national leader on greener health care practices, joins us today.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 24:20
Detox! The Movement for Chemicals Reform
From: A World of Possibilities
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More than 80,000 existing chemicals are actively in use in a wide range of consumer products with no assurance that they don’t pose serious health ...

Bought by KPVL and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
Cooling Our Jets:  Reversing the Climate Meltdown
From: A World of Possibilities
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The science of man-made global climate change is irrefutable. We speak with two eminent scientists, a conservation biologist and an environmental e...

Bought by KPVL and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 2)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 2 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian E...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 1)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 1 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian Ed...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Edward Glaeser on the Triumph of the City
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some sylvan suburb," says...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Impact of Dependence on Oil
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Oil is cost-efficient as a primary energy source -- in the short term. Long-term, however, oil poses economic risks and damages the environment. Sh...

Bought by WRFA-LP, WMNF, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Colette Lespinasse on Haiti
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Colette Lespinasse discusses pre-existing governance and human rights issues in disaster-stricken Haiti. She addresses the recent earthquake and ch...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2011
  • Length: 27:57
Fractured Bedrock, Fractured Communities
From: A World of Possibilities
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In this program recorded on site in northeastern Pennsylvania, we follow the Marcellus Shale trail and find the fracturing of the bedrock under thi...

Bought by WSKG and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT GLOBALLY
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: Tsunami aftermath in Indonesia, Credit: UNEP
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR ENVIRONMENT, DISASTERS, AND CONFLICT.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 27:57
The Miner's Canary: First Peoples on Climate Change
From: A World of Possibilities
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Interviews from an indigenous climate change conference during the summer of 2009 in Alaska.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 1
Issue Nine
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City, the group Cincinnatians for progress fight for their right to transit and we'll hear a conversation with Alex Steffan abou...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFSU, WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 5
Walk More
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City we'll talk with the creator of one of my favorite sites, WalkScore.com, and we'll find out what Chicago's former Sustanabil...

Bought by WFSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ, and WLRN


  • Added: Oct 21, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 5
Tapped Out: Clean Water in Peril (1-hour version) with Newshole
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country. They’re people wor...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Tapped Out: Clean Water in Peril
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Gowanus Canal, Credit: brainware3000 on flickr
From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country, working to protect...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Century of the City
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City: Darren Walker of the Rockefeller foundation joins us to talk about the worldwide phenomenon of accelerating urbanization....

Bought by WFSU, Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainability
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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Hosted by Barbara Bogaev, and produced by Richard Paul, Sustainability looks at what is being done to address our energy needs and environmental c...

Bought by WFHB, WNIJ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 27
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03