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The light bulb as we know it is being outlawed.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jun 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
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When we look at all the things that made America what it is, It's fair to say that for the last hundred years or so, America has been shaped, more ...

Bought by KZYX, WILL, Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 39
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A group of Fresno businessmen is challenging California's 31 year-old ban on new nuclear power plants.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Progressive mechanics learn new hybrid technology.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 2
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In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet ...

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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It's like a breath of fresh...carbon dioxide? Okay, so that's what you'd be breathing...if you were a plant.

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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What do you do when the land you love is 'slip sliding away'? Luckily for folks in Louisiana, legislators and scientists are looking at several cre...

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Now here's a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated-Think sixties hippie culture meets Star Trek...

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Competition in the hybrid market could be heating up...

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:22
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A comment on GM's recent, "green" press release

  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
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Congragulations! You bought carbon offsets! But how do you know you're really carbon neutral? The only way is to prove that the offsets you purc...

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:56
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Are cell phones killing bees?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 02:28
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Catching the energy of wind in urban areas.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
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Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up?

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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As oil prices rise and supplies decline, interest in wind energy is soaring. But finding sites for wind farms hasn't been a breeze...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Over South Africa, the Bateleurs combine love of flying with a passion for nature...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Water shortages could force us to rely on drinking water from treated sewage.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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There is new legislation that would create a "National Integrated Drought Information System" hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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The bacterium Thermus aqaticus, discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, made some people rich...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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As oil and gas prices soar, ethanol and biodiesel get more attention as alternatives.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Last year, the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Monsanto and Scotts Company were growing a genetically modified strain of grass when suddenly the grass appeared two miles away.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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The compact fluorescent light is way more efficient at converting electricity to light than the incandescent bulb.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Pollution from China and India is making its way to cities thousands of miles away.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Scientists are working to find a way to capture the carbon dioxide before it's released into the atmosphere.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32