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Sea of Plastic
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
Sailing To Hawaii To Raise Awareness About Ocean Stewardship
From: Ben Markus
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Two very different environmental groups sailed to Hawaii at the same time to bring about awareness for ocean pollution

  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:47
Migrating with Antelope
From: Addie Goss
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Pronghorn antelope trek 340 miles each year, the longest land migration in the lower 48. But the route is filling in with homes and oil and gas we...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 1
How to Eat a Low-Carbon Diet
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is local food necessarily low-carbon?

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KVNF, KGOU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 4
Who Will Revive the Electric Car?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is the much-maligned electric car poised for a comeback?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 2
Does the Internet Have A Carbon Footprint?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by WABE, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Brazil: From Sugar Cane to Chevrolets
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Keith Porter examines Brazil's ethanol industry.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
Cement's Dirty Secret
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's coming out of that local cement plant?

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
"Molt This"
From: ANNE KEALA KELLY
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This is a story about a Hawaiian Monk Seal molting on Kailua Beach.

  • Added: May 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:57
Sage Grouse Strut
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Noise from energy development may threaten Sage Grouse mating

  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 05:12
It's Not Easy Going Green
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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It's one thing for a city to set environmental goals -- another thing entirely to meet them.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
Stamping Out the Light Brown Apple Moth
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How should we be of the light brown apple moth?

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
Reinventing Community Part 5
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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From Superfund to "Superfun:" A mining valley regains its former luster

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
Reventing Community Part 2
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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Coos Bay: Little City, Big Port

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
Reventing Community Part 3
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Series: Reinventing Community
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Grays Anatomy: On the Washington Coast, a Timber County Embraces Green

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
Mining's Toxic Legacy
From: KVMR
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Historic Legislative Hearing on the Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 13:50
Do Carbon Offsets Work?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How can you tell if a carbon offset is just hype?

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
Dumped Tires Land on Doorsteps
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: The finished product
Re-purposing dumped tires combats poverty, vacant lots, and environmental degredation

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Mysterious Death of the Barn Owl
From: Guy Hand
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Barn owls die in larger numbers than any other animal on Idaho highways. Why?

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 03:56
How Many Cows Now?
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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As factory farms grow bigger, they get harder to regulate. Just try counting cows on a mega-dairy.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 05:35
QUEST The New Clean Tech
From: KQED
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Who will be the Googles and Yahoos of clean tech?

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Restoring sagebrush
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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The federal government is using tens-of-millions of your tax dollars to restore a scrubby looking brush to the Western landscape

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Grape Escape
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Living in or near wine country has gained the cache once reserved only for golf course communities

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Cleansing the Past with White Water
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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You're probably familiar with skateboard parks. Now get ready for white water parks. They're skateboard parks with rapids

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: 03:37
QUEST Nature Deficit Disorder
From: KQED
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How can we get kids outside?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1

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