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Cow Pie Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Attention feed lot operators. Panda Energy International in Hereford, Texas, wants your manure. But only the good stuff.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Manmade Photosynthesis
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Medieval alchemy -- you’ve seen it in the movies: A wizard-like figure hovers over a glowing vat adding mysterious ingredients in his quest to tur...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
When Windmills Fly
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
The TDP Way
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Thermal depolymerization.” No, it’s not a code word for ‘global warming.’ But it IS a big buzz in alternative energy circles.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Seaweed to the Rescue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Wave
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Beetle Inspired Water Technologies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation and scientists are hoping to capitalize on the beetle’s adaptation...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Potable Water to Drinking Water
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sink the Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The New Power Suit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Elephant DNA Maps
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Plug and Drive?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Hybrid vehicles on a wall socket: The next “plug-and-play” technology? We might have an answer soon.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Down With Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tuning Into Elephant Sounds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Hope Floats (and it’s Slimy!)
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Solar Cell Breakthrough?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Fields
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Cell Sets a New World Record
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
New Fuel From Old Sources
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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: Nov 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Underwater Powerhouse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We burn a lot of fossil fuels, and many of us would like to curb our dependence on foreign oil. Ocean tides and crashing waves could be at least a ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bottled vs. Tap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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American's have been hitting the bottle a lot lately -- to the tune of 9 billion gallons of water in 2007.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Gassing Up The Greenhouse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's like a breath of fresh...carbon dioxide? Okay, so that's what you'd be breathing...if you were a plant.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fly the Environmentally Friendly Skies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wind Power Offshore
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Harnessing Geothermal Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever think to yourself, "California and Iceland sure have a lot in common"? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1