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From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour

Two stories about climate change.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)

Huge pot farm coming to Great Lakes region

From: Great Lakes Today

Canada is moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and officials predict that it’s likely to happen by the end of the year. As pot supplie...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WVBI-LP, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Cleveland has big plans for its waterfront. But can people get there?

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Richard Pace, Credit: Matt Richmond, ideastream

Cleveland, which sits on Lake Erie, has big plans for building homes and shop along its waterfront. But the city faces some major obstacles – like ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO

Nuclear plant shutdown divides Great Lakes community

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., Credit: File photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Decades ago, the Great Lakes shoreline was a popular spot to build nuclear power plants, because there was plenty of water to cool reactors. Now, s...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio

Plastic bag bans spark debate in Great Lakes region

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: A plastic bag washed up on the beach at the Erie Basin Marina., Credit: Veronica Volk

Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the ...

Bought by Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more

"Lake Effect" can bring trouble, but some companies embrace name

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish

Residents along the Great Lakes corridor are very familiar with lake effect snows. When cold dry air passes over the lakes, it generates enough sno...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, Interlochen Public Radio and more

“Steelhead Alley” brings a bump to Great Lakes economy

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Patrick Robinson goes to catch a fish in Elk Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

As winter sets in, Americans who live along the Great Lakes are bundling up. But another season is underway – and it brings an economic bump to an ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN

Bottle Bills in Colorado

From: Hannah Leigh Myers

Colorado is one of many states that has tried to create a cash for recycling program, or bottle bill. However, opposition from some surprising sour...

Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE

Confusion at the gas pump: which grade is best?

From: KALW

Gas prices in California are always a big problem. And this year, the average price per gallon is set to hit four dollars – the highest average eve...

The true cost of plastic bags

From: KALW

In February, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the expansion of an existing ban on plastic, single-use bags to apply to restaurants, ...

Fishing for the truth behind seafood prices

From: KALW

KALW's Angela Johnston goes fishing for answers about varying costs of seafood.

Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded

From: StateImpact Oklahoma

Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz

The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From: Katherine Perry

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...