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The forested wetlands of Louisiana have inspired Hollywood movie scenes ever since the 'talkies.' But the Cypress swamps and floating marshes of Ba...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Does it really pay to be energy-efficient? The folks at Clarum Homes hope so.
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
If a tree at the bottom of a lake falls, does it make a sound? Either way, it doesn't matter to lumberjacks at the Triton Logging Company.
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest polluter of them all? Is it the company with the biggest smoke-stacks? Or, as a recent study suggests...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
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So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:30
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From Dehli to Dallas, and places in between, just about everybody loves shrimp - but at what cost?
- Added: Jul 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900-but that's up from j...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
It's said that "time and tide wait for no man." But it looks like there's considerable power waiting for us in the tides.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:29
Solar power is gaining attention as an energy source in developing countries.
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:21
In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet ...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:30
It's like a breath of fresh...carbon dioxide? Okay, so that's what you'd be breathing...if you were a plant.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
What do you do when the land you love is 'slip sliding away'? Luckily for folks in Louisiana, legislators and scientists are looking at several cre...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Now here's a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated-Think sixties hippie culture meets Star Trek...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Competition in the hybrid market could be heating up...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:22
Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up?
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:30
As oil prices rise and supplies decline, interest in wind energy is soaring. But finding sites for wind farms hasn't been a breeze...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Over South Africa, the Bateleurs combine love of flying with a passion for nature...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Water shortages could force us to rely on drinking water from treated sewage.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
There is new legislation that would create a "National Integrated Drought Information System" hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The bacterium Thermus aqaticus, discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, made some people rich...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
As oil and gas prices soar, ethanol and biodiesel get more attention as alternatives.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Last year, the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Monsanto and Scotts Company were growing a genetically modified strain of grass when suddenly the grass appeared two miles away.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
