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Former US Vice President Al Gore is perhaps the best known poster boy for climate change. Both a winner of a Nobel prize along with an Oscar, he ta...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chuck Leavell
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from two very different guests. First, it’s rock and roll legend, conservationist and environmental author, C...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
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The drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing -- or fracking -- has drawn increased scrutiny around the United State and the world in recent y...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 08:41
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University of Wyoming just initiated a new program out of its burgeoning School of Energy Resources. The professional land management concentration...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:57
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There once was a saying in northern Minnesota that tourist towns "rolled up the sidewalks after Labor Day," because tourism came to a grinding halt...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Last week the Hoosier Environmental Council announced a long list of concerns it has with legislation that been proposed by lawmakers in the Indian...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 08:36
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James Wells and Nicole Brown of Whatcom County explain the Scoping process of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Cherry Point Coal Terminal...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:59
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Follow a breadcrumb trail of black wax and wheel marks to a secret war over public space.

Bought by WABE, The Story, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: A Dam Nice View, The Hoover Dam, Credit: Amyn Kassam
As we look for a solution to global energy problems and a way out of the climate crisis- some are turning to dams and hydroelectric power as a sour...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joan Michelson (l) of Green Connections Radio and Jaime Carlson (r) of the US Dept of Energy
Curious about how the Dept of Energy is spending your money? Where did all those billions in Recovery Act money go? What financial incentives are t...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 21:26
Caption: Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation
Energy policy expert Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation talks about what state and local governments, as well as Congress and the Pr...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:18
Caption: James Gustave Speth
Average Americans are painfully aware of the challenges we face as a nation – joblessness, failing schools, declining health, intractable poverty, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Governor Dayton, Credit: easystand on Flickr
Minnesota's environmental health just had a checkup. The results, contained in the recently released Minnesota Environment and Energy Report Card, ...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode First half: : a fable from the future told now..based on half remembered tales of the past and present. Second half: excerpts from...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 57:19
Caption: A A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
Around the world communities are already facing the impacts of climate change. Now international organizations, like the World Bank, are pushing a...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Image: Trains stand in a flooded Metro-North's Harmon Yard, Oct. 31, 2012, on the Hudson Line, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Credit: AP Photo | Metropolitan Transportation Authority
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the New York Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and their exemplary five-point st...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
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The Republican Party finally addresses climate change.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
Caption: Fred Kaufman
This week, along with the rest of the country, we'll be piling my plate high with abundant turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and apple pie. It seem...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
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On Thursday, October 25, The Indiana Forest Alliance and environmentalists from across the state gathered to speak out against illegal logging. The...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:16
Caption: Ken Burns
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has produced a new film series on the dustbowl. It features survivors, experts on climate and farming, as well as s...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Neela Banerjee
Hurricane Sandy highlighted the devastating effects of a changing climate and rising sea levels like perhaps no other event we have seen in this co...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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When you're out on the northern plains, a place some call the "Big Empty," there's a freedom that comes with the loneliness of such landscapes. On ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Ashley Hathaway
Like it or not, genetically engineered foods make up a significant portion of our nation’s food supply. Approximately ninety-three percent of all U...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Bicyclists take to the streets en mass in a fight over the ‘right to the city’.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTSW 89.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WXDU and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 13