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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
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
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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
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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
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Science has given us a realistic picture of what Earth will look like with unmitigated climate change: increased extreme weather events, crippled e...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
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Curtiss Motorcycle, Makers of American History and Winners in the Race for the Immortal Future with Matt Chambers CEO. Once the Fastest man in the...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2020
  • Length: 27:14
Caption: Paul Wheaton
Many of us are spending a whole lot more time at home these days, and are consequently knee-deep in a bunch of home improvement projects. A great a...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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America's latest oil boom began with a bang, literally, on Earth Day, 2010. That’s when an offshore oil rig owned by BP exploded, killing eleven wo...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
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America's latest oil boom began with a bang, literally, on Earth Day, 2010. That’s when an offshore oil rig owned by BP exploded, killing eleven wo...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
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After decades of relying on imported oil, the U.S. achieved the unthinkable and became the world’s largest producer. Production has doubled over th...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
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After decades of relying on imported oil, the U.S. achieved the unthinkable and became the world’s largest producer. Production has doubled over th...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
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Can we solve the climate crisis by reimagining our cities? Climate activists have long envisioned the zero-carbon cities of the future. Now, with C...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, KUHF, KICI Iowa City, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 9
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Can we solve the climate crisis by reimagining our cities? Climate activists have long envisioned the zero-carbon cities of the future. Now, with C...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
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When institutional investors divest from fossil fuel companies, does it make a difference, or is the impact merely symbolic? Some advocate keeping ...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WFHB and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Nuclear power - revive it or allow a slow death? Today, about a hundred nuclear plants provide 20 percent of America’s electricity. Once touted as...

Bought by WUTC, WJCT, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 6
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Nuclear power - revive it or allow a slow death? Once touted as a modern power source, nuclear fell out of favor after a series of major accidents...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
Caption: Liz Kimbrough
Looking for some good news as we enter yet another week of sheltering-in-place? Perhaps you feel like doing a Google search to discover an upside t...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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“How do you move from a place of simply trying to stop bad things and asking instead how would you make products and services in a sustainable mann...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSQD Santa Cruz, and Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Stefanie Lemcke
Do you ever find yourself sitting stuck in traffic with your thoughts moving from benign irritation with the sheer number of cars on the road, to a...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In her new book, After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Restoration, today’s guest Holly Jean Buck charts a possible course to a liveab...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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We all know about the environmental effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that their patient...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WFHB, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 6
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We all know about the environmental effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that their patient...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
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The 2018 Camp Fire was one of the most destructive in California’s history, resulting in over eighty deaths and destroying the town of Paradise. Dr...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
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The 2018 Camp Fire was one of the most destructive in California’s history, resulting in over eighty deaths and destroying the town of Paradise. Dr...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KSQD Santa Cruz, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 5
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Category 5 Hurricanes & Mega Fires the New Normal ? We get the facts with data based Volo Foundation co-founder Thais Lopez Vogel

  • Added: Sep 15, 2019
  • Length: 25:39