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Pine Beetle Epidemic
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Dead Pine Beetles, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Pine Bark Beetles are turning green trees red

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:02
Montana Timber Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Sun Mountain Lumber, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Many timber operations are fighting to stay in business.

Bought by Topics Education


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Montana Minimum Wage
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
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The minimum wage went up by $.35 in Montana in July

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:25
Ranch Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Rocking Z Ranch, Credit: Emilie Ritter
In the last century the American West ranch economy has drastically changed.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Gambling Down
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
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As unemployment rises in Montana, fewer people are gambling.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:57
Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market
From: Patrick De Oliveira
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The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 05:48
Microfinance in the US gets a boost
From: Rachel Dornhelm
Caption: Viki Sinipata is one of the microentrepreneurs whose loan was funded by Kiva.org users. Her business offers support and companionship to the elderly.
A number of Web sites help Internet users fund entrepreneurs from developing countries. Now one of the biggest, Kiva.org, is allowing users to make...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Stimulus Checks, Fort Sumner
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Federal stimulus checks are arriving for retired railroad workers, veterans and people on Social Security Disability and SSI. Rogi Riverstone inte...

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:23
Tax Me, I’m Yours
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s tax time. Yet even in these hard economic times, many folks are calling for more taxes. On this edition, we hear from people who say we need t...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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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
The Zell Effect
From: Patrick Burke
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The LA Times is shrinking and reporters are suing.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:09
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Renewable Energy industry needs more than Obama's stimulus money...
From: Paul Brandus
Series: Green Energy Brief
Caption: Niko Markun
Supporters of renewable energy are happy, of course, that the economic stimulus bill signed last month has billions in financial incentives for win...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
Autos Katrina
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: "Autos Katrina" are taken into Bolivia from Chile, Credit: Ruxandra guidi
Over the last 6 months, cars damaged by Hurricane Katrina and discarded by the U.S., have been ending up in Bolivia.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1