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The landmark Paris Agreement of 2015 gave the world a shared target for halting climate change: that global warming should stop well short of 2 deg...
- Added: Aug 13, 2024
- Length: 15:26
Today, companies are storing millions of tons of carbon dioxide underground every year to prevent this climate pollution from warming the planet. I...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 12:22
Is hydrogen fuel a climate solution? That depends on how you produce it. Dr. Emre Gençer of the MIT Energy Initiative joins MIT's TILclimate podcas...
- Added: Jun 17, 2024
- Length: 13:44
Just 20 years ago, hydrogen cars and battery electric cars (EVs) were pretty evenly matched as clean alternatives to gas-powered cars. But today, E...
- Added: May 02, 2024
- Length: 10:08
Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildli...
- Added: Apr 11, 2024
- Length: 06:41
In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 07:03
The United States has a goal to power the country with 100% clean electricity by 2035. Unfortunately, our energy regulations are not set up to make...
- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 14:31
We all want to live full, healthy lives. But climate change is threatening a growing number of people’s lives and well-being. Professor of public h...
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- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 11:20
- Purchases: 1
If you live in the U.S. Mountain West, the Pacific Coast of the Americas, or large parts of Australia or southern Europe, there’s a good chance a m...
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- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 13:08
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Refrigerants are in every refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner, and the world is on track to make a lot more of them in the years to come. The...
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- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 14:21
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Carbon dioxide—CO2—is the greenhouse gas you’ve probably heard most about. But it turns out, methane is an incredibly important greenhouse gas too....
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- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 12:02
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You probably know that today’s climate change is caused by certain gases—what scientists call greenhouse gases—that human activity has been adding ...
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- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 13:36
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Scientists on Martha's vineyard investigate how to save bats from the deadly White Nose Fungus, which has been killing bats across North America.
- Added: Jun 11, 2019
- Length: 09:32
Wildfire victims rebuild all solar, all electric homes with help from their community energy program. Hear one family's story, learn what makes a h...
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- Added: Oct 13, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 6
In 2002, Juan Carlos Cancino, was riding his bike around town and found an entire city block of dilapidated greenhouses, near a hill in the Portola...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 08:44
What would you do if you were headmistress of a school with no water--none for drinking, none for cleaning, none for flushing, none? Here is the st...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 19:41
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...
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- Added: Mar 04, 2009
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 1