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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
Utilities across the country are shutting off the power of customers who refuse smart meters.
- Added: Jun 29, 2024
- Length: 28:40
- Purchases: 2
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
Investigative reporters talk with Patti and Doug about artificial turf fields and why an unusual number of Phillies baseball players developed brai...
- Added: Jun 09, 2024
- Length: 29:04
- Purchases: 2
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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Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT talks about her research linking pesticide residues in food to the destruction of gut bacteria and link to autism.
- Added: Jan 29, 2024
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 2
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
- Purchases: 1
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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Author and children's health expert Patti Wood talks about the challenges of raising a child in a world filled with chemical and other toxins.
- Added: Jul 24, 2023
- Length: 28:53
- Purchases: 2
On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a community of unhoused people in Echo Park in Los Angeles and how they ...
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- Added: Jan 01, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
Two stories about climate change.
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- Added: Sep 09, 2022
- Length: 50:44
- Purchases: 1
Minnesota's Boundary Waters is the most visited wilderness area in the country. Last summer, the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was s...
- Added: Jun 09, 2022
- Length: 30:00
This month, when the maple sap is flowing, we have three different stories about the importance of trees and our interaction with them. We’ll meet ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2021
- Length: 19:53
In Norfolk, Virginia scientists battling sea level rise enlist residents to help collect data that could help the city better understand its rising...
- Added: Aug 31, 2020
- Length: 32:34
Nature-based preschools are becoming increasingly popular. A school director in Seattle explains why children benefit from time in the woods.
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- Added: May 21, 2020
- Length: 05:50
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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
And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.
- Added: Jun 04, 2019
- Length: 39:44
Our city's economy – what is it for? New York's has been very good at piling up profits and building tall buildings. But all that private profit ha...
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- Added: May 28, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1