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2024-05-10 Big Plastic: The New Big Oil
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
240510: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil, 5/10/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
240419: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts , 4/19/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
2023-09-15 The Nuclear Option
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Fourteen years after receiving its permit, the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in decades just fired up in Georgia. Massive, traditional nuclea...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Maine Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
230915: The Nuclear Option, 9/15/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Fourteen years after receiving its permit, the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in decades just fired up in Georgia. Massive, traditional nuclea...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
The Truth About Hydrogen: Green Fuel or Greenwash?
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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The fossil fuel industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, low carbon, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes, and generate electr...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
A Poison Life No Other
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mat Simon, Credit: Wired magazine
Our world is surrounded by microplastic pollution. It’s in the air we breathe. It’s in the food we eat. Our homes are among the most polluted place...

Bought by KMUN and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2022-04-08 Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

Bought by WGCU, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
20220408: Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?, 4/8/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2022-02-18 Our Greatest Unintended Experiment
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...

Bought by KRVS, WVTF, Maine Public Radio, KUHF, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 13
220218: Our Greatest Unintended Experiment, 2/18/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
Dimming the Sun
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Dimming the Sun, Credit: Seth Shostak
Does geoengineering offer a Plan B if nations at the U.N. climate meeting can't reduce carbon emissions? The Glasgow meeting has been called “the l...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
New Water Worlds
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: New Water Worlds, Credit: Seth Shostak
The water is coming. By century’s end, the oceans could be anywhere from 2 to 6 feet higher, threatening millions of people and low-lying property....

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
2021-07-09 Mark Carney, Fatih Birol and the Narrow Path to Net Zero
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When we think of action on climate change, we usually think of what individuals can do, what governments can do, and maybe what businesses can do. ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
210709: Mark Carney, Fatih Birol and the Narrow Path to Net Zero, 7/9/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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When we think of action on climate change, we usually think of what individuals can do, what governments can do, and maybe what businesses can do. ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles are having a moment
From: Brian Bahouth
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California currently has the largest total number of fuel cell electric vehicles of any state, and one of the largest networks of retail refueling ...

  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 30:44
Planetary Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Howard Frumkin
Recent events around the globe clearly demonstrates the interconnectedness of human health and the health of our planet. Heat waves in California, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
On Thin Ice
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: On Thin Ice
Ice is more than a repository for water that would otherwise raise sea levels. It’s part of Earth’s cooling system, a barrier preventing decaying o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KUAC, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Climate Changed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Climate Changed, Credit: Seth Shostak
Rising waters, more destructive wildfires, record-breaking heatwaves. Scientists have long predicted these events, but reporting on climate change ...

Bought by KZUM, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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We’re use to hearing about how much humans have impacted the earth. Scientists have given a name for this period to recognize human dominance over ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2018-08-26 Permanently Temporary
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Larry Goldzband, Executive Director of BCDC, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Credit: Sarah Gonzalez
With the melting of Antarctica’s ice and the Greenland ice sheet, projections for the oceans to rise dramatically and quickly are increasing. Watch...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
2018-04-22 Engineering Climate Solutions
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In an emergency, we’re told to “break the glass” and grab the fire extinguisher. If we’re in the midst of a climate emergency, is there a firehose ...

Bought by WJCT, KPIP-LP, KUHF, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
Dr. Devra Davis - Health Risks of Cell Phone Radiation - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two-part interview with Dr. Devra Davis and Theodora Scarato, MSW. Dr. Davis is the author of Disconnect: The Trut...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KRZA, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
Diamond Planets and Super Earths (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Newly discovered worlds hold wonders beyond our wildest imagination - Exploring the history of science onstage - Discovering new technologies by st...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Diamond Planets and Super Earths (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Newly discovered worlds hold wonders beyond our wildest imagination - Exploring the history of science onstage - Discovering new technologies by st...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WCWP, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 12