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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
2021-07-02 Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
210702: Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets, 7/2/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
EV Culture: 1991 GMC electric van hauls food for Laughing Planet restaurants in Reno
From: Brian Bahouth
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When I think of electric vehicles, I think sleek, futuristic, quiet, fast. But for years I’ve been hearing an electric 1991 GMC Rally/STX van whizz...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 07:00
Science Unscripted (Spectrum) 06/01/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: f your genes make you a "night owl," the odds are higher you'll develop depression. Can we do anything to change that? Al...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
2021-05-21 Hot Cities, Methane Leakers and the Catholic Church
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Mapping has emerged as a powerful tool for helping humans combat climate disruption. Technology for measuring the totality of global carbon emissio...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
210521: Hot Cities, Methane Leakers and the Catholic Church, 5/21/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Mapping has emerged as a powerful tool for helping humans combat climate disruption. Technology for measuring the totality of global carbon emissio...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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
Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone tribal members protest Thacker Pass lithium mine
From: Brian Bahouth
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On January 15 of this year, the US Bureau of Land Management approved the nation’s second lithium mine roughly 70 miles north of Winnemucca, Nevada...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 13:51
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 04/06/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Cruises are among the most carbon-intensive ways to travel, and the sector is growing fast. Cruise ships are also a testing...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 17, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Fight to Make Child Tax Credit Permanent Critical to Reducing Child Pover...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Introduce Madestones
From: Amy Orr
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Madestones Company is a jewelry market leader and widely known European diamond trader. It has almost half a century of work experience in the fiel...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 07:35
FloWater: An Answer To Our Plastic Bottle Woes?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Raz
In the 1990s, I recall my grandfather remarking upon the new ubiquity of plastic water bottles, “When did everybody get so thirsty all of a sudden?...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Study evaluates the electric vehicle use needed to meet renewable energy goals in Nevada
From: Brian Bahouth
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To better understand the level of electric vehicle adoption needed for Nevada to meet CO2 emissions goals, the Natural Resources Defence Council, S...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 17:15
210115: Biden's Climate Opportunity (Part 2), 1/15/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Incoming President Biden faces an unimaginable set of challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a gutted economy and a nation reeling from the r...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Lloyd Alter: Design Trends in Housing + E-Bikes
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lloyd Alter
2020 has certainly been a strange year. Everyone is waiting for things to go “back to normal” but what will normal be? Will there be any adaptation...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2020-11-27 Last Call for Gasoline
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Is this the end of the road for the internal combustion engine? California isn’t the first major economy to ban gas-powered cars and trucks, and ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRCB 104.9, WDSE, KSQD Santa Cruz, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
201127: Last Call for Gasoline, 11/27/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Is this the end of the road for the internal combustion engine? California isn’t the first major economy to ban gas-powered cars and trucks, and ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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
2020-10-02 Tech to the Rescue?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Technology has helped the world survive, thrive, and stay connected through the COVID-19 lockdown. As countries look toward re-opening in a post-pa...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Afterlife of Electric Car Batteries
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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When electric vehicles start retiring, what happens to their batteries? Transportation expert Hanjiro Ambrose discusses the importance of recycling...

Bought by WCNY and WERA-LP


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: Keep Toledo Beautiful
From: WGTE Public Media
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Today, we're talking to Adam Cassi, who has his degree in Restoration Ecology from Defiance College, and is currently the Executive Director for K...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 06:22
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