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Maria Gallucci: Zero Emission Marine Vessels
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Maria Gallucci
When it comes to energy transitions, marine vessels tend to get overlooked, even though they are some of the worst polluters of our oceans and air....

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
California Termites and the Atmosphere
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dylan Gaeta
California is famous for its picturesque sunsets, year-round mild weather, excellent surf, and largely progressive politics, including forward-thin...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Season 1, Episode 30 - 'Sustainable Transportation' feat Giulia Marzetti
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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What can we do to make transporting humans more sustainable?

Bought by WOJB and KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:41
  • Purchases: 2
Nicole Voudren: Charged Up For EVs
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Nicole Voudren
According to Reuters, electric vehicle sales leapt 50% in the US in 2023, and are expected to grow by another 30% in 2024. But driving around your ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
All the Noise Surrounding Electric Cars
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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Brian Dunning separates fact from fiction as he examines the talking points made by the many people who hate electric cars.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a via Wikimedia Commons
In an era where climate change is top of mind for all and our futures hang in the balance, scientists think they’ve found a solution: geoengineerin...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
Andrea Thompson: Battling Extreme Heat Fatigue
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrea Thompson
While you're shoveling snow out of the driveway this week, you may not want to hear about extreme heat - but then again, maybe you do! This week on...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Facing Danger in the Boundary Waters
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Aboard an LL6 rescue plane in the BWCA, Credit: Joe Friedrichs
Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area is known as one of the most beautiful places in the country. It can also be a dangerous place.

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 27:05
Salt Lake City Water Reclamation Center
From: KRCL
Series: Ways of Water
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Connor visited the site of the new Salt Lake City Water Reclamation Center. This is the largest public utilities project in SLC's history, coming i...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 08:54
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned that the plastics industry plans to triple production in the next 40 years, reaching 3 trillion pounds of...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Look around you: at this very moment, chances are that within a one-foot radius of your body, there’s something plastic. The ubiquity of plastic co...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Constant Wonder - A Humble Farmer Walks the Globe and Meets the World's Elite
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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By age 25, a young Croatian had come down with a bad case of wanderlust. So much wanderlust that he lived out his days as a perpetual pedestrian, w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Jim Motavalli on the EV Revolution
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jim Motavalli
According to the International Energy Agency, over 14 million electric vehicles, or EVs, are expected to be sold globally in 2023. If this is accur...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
20230421: Missed Connections: Modernizing Our Multiple Grids, 4/21/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Thousands of renewable energy projects are ready to be built and start producing fossil-free power, but they’re stuck in a long limbo for one essen...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
2023-03-03 Has Hydrogen’s Moment Finally Arrived?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Not long ago, it was said that “hydrogen is the fuel of the future - and always will be.” Now, with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law tagging $9.5 ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
230303: Has Hydrogen’s Moment Finally Arrived?, 3/3/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Not long ago, it was said that “hydrogen is the fuel of the future - and always will be.” Now, with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law tagging $9.5 ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
2022-12-02 What’s in My Air?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Over a 20-year period, methane is 80 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Yet those responsible for releasing methane into the a...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 12
221202: What’s in My Air?, 12/2/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Over a 20-year period, methane is 80 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Yet those responsible for releasing methane into the a...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
Top of Mind - Upcycled Food, Blind Cooking, Nitrous Oxide
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Renewal Mill is trying to reduce food waste and greenhouse gases by transforming spoiled byproducts into something edible. Topic 2: Mitche...

Bought by KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 9
Sammy Roth of the LA Times: Repowering The West
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sammy Roth
About 24% of the US population resides in the West, a region already profoundly affected by climate change. In 2021 nearly 95% of the American West...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Sachu Constantine of Vote Solar
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sachu Constantine
It is estimated that over 2.5 million homes are equipped with solar panels in the U.S. And the popularity of capturing the natural power of the sun...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Neel Dhanesha: Nurdle Hurdles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neel Dhanesha
What is a nurdle, you ask? Is it the latest variation on the popular New York Times puzzle, Wordle? No, not quite. Nurdles are the tiny little petr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
20220311 Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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It has been 3 million years since we’ve had this much CO2 in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all burning of fossil fuels today, humans have already...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KWIT, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
20220311: Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal, 3/11/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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It has been 3 million years since we’ve had this much CO2 in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all burning of fossil fuels today, humans have already...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
2022-02-25 Cow Poop and Compost: Digesting the Methane Menace
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In a 20-year time frame, methane is 80 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. Nationally, 37% of methane emissions come from cows....

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


  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10