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If corporations can be legal persons, why can’t Mother Earth? In 2017, New Zealand granted the Whanganui River the full legal rights of a person....

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, WGCU, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
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If corporations can be legal persons, why can’t Mother Earth? In 2017, New Zealand granted the Whanganui River the full legal rights of a person....

  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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Mapping has emerged as a powerful tool for helping humans combat climate disruption. Technology for measuring the totality of global carbon emissio...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
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Mapping has emerged as a powerful tool for helping humans combat climate disruption. Technology for measuring the totality of global carbon emissio...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
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What motivates the activists? Grassroots activism can take many forms, from protests to letter-writing to citizen science to community organizing. ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KUOW, Maine Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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This week on the show: The Mekong River flows 5,000 kilometers from China to Vietnam. China's construction of a number of large hydropower dams al...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
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As the spring of 2021 arrives, it would be hard to design a more challenging — or more promising — moment for implementing climate solutions. Ameri...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WLPR , KSQD Santa Cruz, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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As the spring of 2021 arrives, it would be hard to design a more challenging — or more promising — moment for implementing climate solutions. Ameri...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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This week on the show: Water wars - In the Global North, clean water is taken for granted — but in some places it means the difference betwee...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Some greats from a grueling year - In this year-end special, we reflect on the challenges of the pandemic and beyond. F...

Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Twenty years ago, Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her portrayal of maverick environmental activist Erin Brockovich in the film of the same name. The...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
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Science has given us a realistic picture of what Earth will look like with unmitigated climate change: increased extreme weather events, crippled e...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KSQD Santa Cruz, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
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The national uprising ignited by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on the country’s embedded, institutional racism, including the fra...

Bought by MPR News Stations, KCBX, WAMU, WHYY, WUTC and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 13
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Picture what it would look like for Seattle's housing and hospital infrastructure to reflect Coast Salish culture. Consider the role that forced st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: Cement factories suck Indonesia dry - Villagers in the Kendeng mountains of Java are fighting for their livelihoods as a...

Bought by WFIU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Climate change has become a major risk factor for corporations. With groups like the Carbon Disclosure Project grading companies on their carbon fo...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
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Cities around the world are bracing for a growth spurt. With over half of the global population living in urban centers, and another 2.5 billion ex...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
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Cities around the world are bracing for a growth spurt. With over half of the global population living in urban centers, and another 2.5 billion ex...

Bought by WCNY, WJCT, Nevada Public Radio, KWGS, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
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From the Amazon to the Congo to California, our planet’s forests are being decimated. And along with them, the stability of our climate. Why? Becau...

Bought by WJCT, KTSW 89.9, MPR News Stations, KCPW Salt Lake City, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 11
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From the Amazon to the Congo to California, our planet’s forests are being decimated. And along with them, the stability of our climate. Why? Becau...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
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Climate change is upending Miami’s real estate markets, turning one of its poorest neighborhoods into some of the most desirable real estate around...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
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Climate change is turning one of Miami’s poorest neighborhoods into some of the most desirable real estate around. But there’s only so much Little ...

Bought by WJCT, WMRA, WLPR , Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Can we beat the traffic by taking to the skies? Sailing over freeways in a flying car, getting to work in minutes instead of hours, has long been t...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
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This week on the show: Living Planet: Jumping in the green end - DW's Neil King, Gabriel Borrud and Vanessa Fischer drop by the studio to talk...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on the show: Is there such a thing as 'clean cobalt'? - Cobalt is one of the most important raw materials used to make batteries for sm...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2019
  • Length: 30:00