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Wind Power at Sea
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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As oil prices rise and supplies decline, interest in wind energy is soaring. But finding sites for wind farms hasn’t been a breeze.

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bright Ideas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the race to energy efficiency it looks like CFLs, or compact florescent lightbulbs, are slowly gaining on traditional incandescents. But, there’...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Fuel Duel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Face it. We’re energy junkies -- and our fix is getting more expensive.

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fuel to the Last Drop
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Regular, unleaded or decaf?” Coffee may keep our eyes open, but coffee grounds might, someday, fuel our cars.

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Beetle: Feet of Inspiration
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Oceans of Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Interest in developing new sources of renewable energy is on the rise, and scientists at Florida Atlantic University are going with the flow.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hatching Hydrogen
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Roads and Health
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
“CDA” Saves Fuel, Cuts Pollution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Is there an environmentally friendly way to land airplanes? There is.

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Earthworm Gold
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Earthworms rate pretty low on the “cuddly” scale for most people, but they do something exceedingly well: They eat all kinds of trash and turn it i...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Rocky Flats Declared Clean
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It took ten years, but one of the country’s worst toxic waste sites is clean.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Boy Genius Makes Good
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's good to know that tomorrow's scientists are solving environmental problems today. Meet Daniel Burd from Waterloo, Canada.

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cleaner Commute
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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These days, Americans are driving three times as many miles per capita as they did in 1980. Not only are longer commutes driving us crazy, they’re...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
I Sing the Fan Belt Electric
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Getting better gas mileage for the ride doesn’t have to mean hydrogen fuel cells, or a fancy hybrid. One solution already exists right under the hood!

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Conservation for Cheetahs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Checkup for Leopards
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Organic Spuds Could Bring Home the Bacon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Americans love potatoes. Fried, baked, steamed, boiled, and broiled. On average, each of us scarfs up about 140 pounds of this delectable tuber a y...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bio-Gas Your Ride
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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"Unleaded, super unleaded, or tree fungus." It could be an option someday!

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Three Cheers for Biofuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What to do you get after you empty a barrel of fermented beer or whiskey? Besides a hangover, that is.

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Greenest Fuel of All
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that’s not always the case.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Zoo on Ice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A frozen zoo...for all animals? Well, no one’s making the Panamanian golden frog shiver in its terrarium. Instead, this is a unique way that the Sa...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sweet Solution for Making Ethanol
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Monitoring Sea Temperatures
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they ...

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  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
California Cows Pass Gas to Grid
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Call it the Manure Mandate. California’s utilities face a state-ordered goal: Provide one-fifth of electricity from renewable resources by 2010. No...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
“Good Onya, Oz”
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2