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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
DIY Green Building
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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On the frontiers of green building

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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
Acidic Seas
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's global warming doing to the ocean?

Bought by KZYX, KRUA, KUOW, WRNC-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 6
Oyster Larvae Dying Off at Alarming Rates
From: KUOW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The oyster industry in the Pacific Northwest could be facing serious trouble.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
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
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
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
It's Not Easy Going Green
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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It's one thing for a city to set environmental goals -- another thing entirely to meet them.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
Stamping Out the Light Brown Apple Moth
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How should we be of the light brown apple moth?

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
Sewage Happens
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Think your city has a sewage problem? You haven't seen the half ot it.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Going Solar Where the Sun Don't Shine
From: Rebecca Sheir
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The pros and cons of solar power in the Land of the 'Missing' Sun.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:28
World Solar Challenge Race
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Engineers and students design solar powered racecars to compete in international event.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 05:53
Wireless Research
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Scientist constructs remote wireless network for environmenal researchers.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
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
Ecological Footprint
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Studying cities ecological footprint in order to design more sustainable communities.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:09
Gone Mousin'
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
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In Alaska, sometimes it isn't "Go Fish"; it's "Go Mouse"...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 02:59
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
Brazilian Multifuel Cars
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Brazilian Automotive developers create the car that runs on most any fuel

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 06:01
European Clean Coal
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Swedish company designs clean coal powereed plant

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Google Goes Green
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Google Mega Search Engine goes Green with Solar Power

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
"Songbird Journeys" discussed by author and ornithologist Miyoko Chu
From: Tish Pearlman
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Ornithologist MIYOKO CHU discusses her bestselling book "Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds"

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Home Power Energy
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Is "cogeneration" the new way for powering your house and home?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2007
  • Length: 06:40
Keeping an Eye on Eagles
From: The Environment Report
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Bald Eagles still affected by toxic chemicals.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:58