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Fresh water as a resource is under constant threat by over-consumption, toxins, pollutants and waste from industrial and agricultural production. I...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 88 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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CASPER, Wyo. - A federal study of the use of silica in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil and gas fields found that workers are sometimes ov...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
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LONGMONT, Colo. - Grassroots organizations in Colorado are fighting the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in residential areas. They're hop...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:29
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CONCORD, N.H. - The risks to water and wildlife if tar sands from Alberta are sent through an existing, aging pipeline across Vermont, New Hampshir...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:34
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New York, NY - The Cuomo administration appears to have a new "fracking plan" that would place geographic limitations on shale gas drilling in New ...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Fracking is on the fast track in North Carolina. A state Senate bill already has passed, and now the House, after making some chan...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:37
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The fast-moving High Park Fire sent a plume of choking smoke over the Front Range urban corridor on Tuesday morning - the mos...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
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How might toxic elements in our air, water and food explain the recent staggering rise of autism spectrum disorders ? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) save energy and last longer than incandescent bulbs, but when they do burn out, disposing...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:13
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:56:29
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - It started in Texas a year ago: grassroots pressure on the nation's leading retailer to recycle hazardous electronic waste (e-...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:10
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When the state begins auctioning off cap-and-trade revenues next year, a new report suggests those dollars be put into California's clean-energy ec...

  • Added: May 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:29
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DENVER – El paisaje natural de Colorado es igual a beneficios económicos, y no sólo en recreación al aire libre y en turismo. Tales son los resulta...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:14
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DENVER - Colorado's natural landscape yields big economic benefits, according to a report released today - and not just in terms of outdoor recreat...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
Caption: Wilma Subra questions how the government measures seafood safety., Credit: Barry Yeoman
(NOTE: This piece is non-narrated.) The Guardian has described Louisiana chemist Wilma Subra as BP’s “worst nightmare.” A winner of the MacArthur ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 05:49
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Interviews with Richard Heinberg & Dale Allen Pfeiffer

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
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What are the health hazards of gas drilling? Dr. Theo Colborn, author of Our Stolen Future discusses the health impacts to humans, wildlife and do...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Aug 07, 2007
  • Length: 28:36
  • Purchases: 1
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?Downy brome? and ?Mormon oats? are a few of its nicer names, but it?s hard to find a kind thing to say about cheatgrass, one of the West?s most tr...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:00