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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....

  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Andrea Copping
We hear a lot about solar and wind power, but a renewable source of clean energy that continues to be largely untapped is the ocean. According to t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1: How do National Park officials decide which plants and animals to save as the climate changes? Topic 2: Imagine the harm a fake satellite ...

Bought by WYAP, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSTK


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
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Hundreds of people have been arrested in Minnesota in ongoing protests against Line 3, a pipeline that will move Canadian tar sands oil, and which ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
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Hundreds of people have been arrested in Minnesota in ongoing protests against Line 3, a pipeline that will move Canadian tar sands oil, and which ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Jim Motavalli
If you haven’t considered buying an electric vehicle yet, there’s a good chance that in the not-so-distant future, the decision will already be mad...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sebastian Sajoux
This week on Sea Change Radio, we learn about a small, innovative company that is recycling all sorts of plastics and turning them into gravel. We ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The United States is famous for its car culture. But a hundred years ago, pedestrians didn’t want cars to take over the streets — and it took decad...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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
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This week on the show: Sat up - As we enter the age of satellite mega-constellations, it’s time to celebrate an unsung satellite hero that’s wa...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 39:44
Caption: Lloyd Alter
The industrial revolution ushered in an era of more efficient transportation. As history has shown us, the impact of our ability to move easily acr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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This week on the show: High tech farming - Drones flying above farms in the United Kingdom, app-based farming in Uganda and improving potato far...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and WFIU


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: From fossil fuels to water usage, our consumption has causes hidden environmental damage further along the supply chain....

Bought by KMUN, KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Adrian Dybwad
Northern California’s now infamous Camp Fire was not only the largest, longest, and deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, it also produced rec...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lloyd Alter
What do cork, coffee cups, lettuce, and excessive travel have in common? They are all areas of personal choice that have an environmental impact, a...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Richard Heinberg
If you're someone who's curious about the geopolitical implications of carbon fuel and the ecological havoc it wreaks, you've probably come across ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Erik Hoffner
Occam’s Razor is a principle that tells us that the simplest solution to a problem tends to be the correct one. Farmers around the world are abidin...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
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Our Changing Planet: when it comes to a world limit for global warming, 1.5 is the new 2 degrees. If temperatures continue to rise we may lose ou...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KMUN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on the show: Training to fight youth uneployment in Kenya. Solving global Problems: Interview with Prof.Dirk Messner. And, bringing the W...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Doniece Sandoval
One thing that we are consistently reminded of during election season is that each and every person can make a difference – whether it’s casting a ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Ian Power
There is no silver bullet to solve the intractable problem of global warming. Nevertheless, there is a lot of vital and hopeful work being done to ...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
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The Living Well Show presents Arthur Firstenberg. Mr. Firstenberg is the author of The Invisible Rainbow- A History of Electricity and Life. Mr. Fi...

Bought by WPCA-LP and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Brent Constantz
Most people wouldn’t guess it, but concrete is the single most widely used material in the world. And both production and consumption are on the ri...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Living Planet: The new gold rush We live on a planet of finite resources but our demand for new consumer products and technologies keeps growing....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3