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Health And Pollution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery. Thousands died from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours after jumps in partic...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Recycling Wind Turbines
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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With wind turbines popping up all over the world, wind power is quickly becoming one of today's most popular renewable energy sources. But in the m...

Bought by KTXK and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tofu Glue Is Sticking
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Easing fossil fuel dependence involves more than energy-efficient cars and light bulbs. It also involves tofu. That's because scientists at the U.S...

Bought by WXDU and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
'Green' Concrete
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The road to a sustainable future could soon be paved with green concrete. Okay, not as enchanting as a road paved with gold. But since some 27,000 ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Habihuts
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nearly 828 million people live in what the United Nations calls "slums." In some cases, these are temporary "tent" cities that crop up after natura...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Project Open Hand
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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San Francisco's Project Open Hand is in a lot of hot water these days. About 170,000 gallons a year, to be exact. And it's heated by clean, non-pol...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fuel Cells Improve With Platinum
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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 bef...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Galapagos Conservation Helps Native Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Going Green, Vegas Style
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In today's Las Vegas, there's more than money that's green. The desert city's hotels and casinos are going green, as in environmentally friendly, b...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Invasive Algae Vacuumed Up
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Okay, so you're out in the clear waters of Hawaii and notice that algae are smothering the beautiful coral reefs just below the surface. What's goi...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sun In Spain Good For Solar Farm
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. But near Serpa, in neighboring Portugal, the sun shines nearly all the time. This is why an internatio...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Water Pollution Cleanup
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Environmentally Friendly Furniture
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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As eco-friendly furniture makes the transition from small specialty shops to mass market merchandisers, one thing is becoming clear. Green comes in...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
Pyrolysis with Benefits
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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Let’s hear it for “agrichar”! Why?

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Stover Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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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: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Chemistry That’s Green
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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Contrary to what you might think, “green chemistry” is not used to make that “gooey, drippy, oozy, cold and clammy stuff” called “Green Slime” that...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
“Crispy Noodle” Chemistry
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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Crispy noodles: They're tasty, and…fuel-efficient! That is, if someday we're driving hydrogen-fueled cars.

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Prairie Tallgrass Biofuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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Prairie tallgrass may soon make an electrifying comeback. Long considered one of the earth's most endangered ecosystems, today, prairie grass -- es...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
New Plastics from Old Paint
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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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...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Smarter Electric Cars
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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Tomorrow’s electric cars could get smarter, thanks to artificial intelligence and…well, military tanks.

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Low Carb Diet
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Serie
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A low “carb” diet: Good for us, and good for the planet. No, not carbohydrates but low carbon, as in eating foods that minimally impact our planet’...

Bought by WXDU and KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
Green Toilets In New York City
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In New York City, at one public park, people may soon come for the tennis but stay for the toilets. That's because designs for new bathrooms at Riv...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WXDU, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Boat Made Of Plastic Bottles
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Call it a message in 12,500 bottles. Reclaimed plastic bottles, that is, used to build Plastiki, an ocean-going catamaran that crossed the Pacific,...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, WXDU, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Designer Pesticides
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's "bugging" farmers these days? Greenbugs and grain aphids. They're tiny insects found nearly on every continent. And they destroy about 100 m...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Wind Power Offshore
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2014 - 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 KFOK-LPFM and KSKQ


  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2