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Wind turbines are a great source for alternative energy. They're less great, however, for birds.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Americans love potatoes. Fried, baked, steamed, boiled, and broiled. On average, each of us scarfs up about 140 pounds of this delectable tuber a y...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Chicago may be the Windy City, but California may become the wind-powered state. That’s thanks to the Tehachapi Renewal Transmission Project.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Together with Sandia National Labs, engineers from Knight and Carver of San Diego have added a new twist to wind turbines used for generating elect...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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And to the Red Light District, for birds. Migratory birds make amazing journeys to their wintering grounds and back. But conservation scientist Joe...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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“Get out of my space--or else!” Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf. Some even produce a kind of poison ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year, sin...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Call it the Manure Mandate. California’s utilities face a state-ordered goal: Provide one-fifth of electricity from renewable resources by 2010. No...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. But near Serpa [say err pa], in neighboring Portugal, the sun shines nearly all the time. This is why...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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A German company has developed a way to get more mileage out of junked cars. Of course they have to shred them to pieces first.

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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i-Pods powered by Kool-Aid? Yep. They might be just around the corner -- no kidding!

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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You think gas is expensive? What about the price of platinum? Believe it or not, that’s one of the things the automotive industry is looking at be...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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When it comes to selling solar cells, it pays to be cheap -- and thin. At least that’s what Professor Ken Durose at England’s Durham University is ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Let’s hear it for “agrichar”! Why? First, because agrichar is a carbon byproduct of pyrolysis, a process that involves heating crop waste in the a...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Henry Ford had the right idea. Back in the early 1940s, he developed the world's first "bio-car." Actually, it was a prototype displayed once at a ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Attention feed lot operators. Panda Energy International in Hereford, Texas, wants your manure. But only the good stuff.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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There’s a fungus among us that could become a more environmentally-friendly way to weatherize your home, or business. Eben Bayer, a recent graduate...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In rural India, electricity is scarce. About 70 percent of rural areas have no electricity, so most families use kerosene lamps for light. These a...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
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New Orleans. Home to Dixieland Jazz, Mardi Gras, and some of the best fresh seafood you’ll ever eat. Shrimp etouffee. Oysters on the half shell. Wh...

Bought by WTIP and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2