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Do wind turbines kill birds?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildli...

Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...

The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a via Wikimedia Commons

In an era where climate change is top of mind for all and our futures hang in the balance, scientists think they’ve found a solution: geoengineerin...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer

Why does it take five years to build a wind farm?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

The United States has a goal to power the country with 100% clean electricity by 2035. Unfortunately, our energy regulations are not set up to make...

A public health expert’s guide to climate change

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

We all want to live full, healthy lives. But climate change is threatening a growing number of people’s lives and well-being. Professor of public h...

Wildfires—and how we're changing them

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

If you live in the U.S. Mountain West, the Pacific Coast of the Americas, or large parts of Australia or southern Europe, there’s a good chance a m...

The Glyphosate-Autism Connection

From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News

Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT talks about her research linking pesticide residues in food to the destruction of gut bacteria and link to autism.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP

Don't throw away your refrigerator

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

Refrigerants are in every refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner, and the world is on track to make a lot more of them in the years to come. The...

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How tackling methane cools the planet fast

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

Carbon dioxide—CO2—is the greenhouse gas you’ve probably heard most about. But it turns out, methane is an incredibly important greenhouse gas too....

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Wait, how do greenhouse gases actually warm the planet?

From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast

You probably know that today’s climate change is caused by certain gases—what scientists call greenhouse gases—that human activity has been adding ...

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Smithsonian Associate, Dr. Noah Whiteman: Toxic Allure: The Hidden World of Nature's Most Captivating Poisons

From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show

Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series

My guest today, Dr. Noah Whiteman, tells us to scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxg...

Elemental Forces: The Five Building Blocks That Shaped Our World

From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show

It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reve...

Raising Baby in a Toxic World

From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News

Author and children's health expert Patti Wood talks about the challenges of raising a child in a world filled with chemical and other toxins.

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP

The military is converting to electric vehicles on bases, but charging them remains a challenge

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: An electric vehicle owned by the Army recharges at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. The base plans to eventually have hundreds of electric vehicles to comply with a Pentagon mandate that all military branches convert their fleets of non-combat vehicles from, Credit: Jonathan Ahl / St, Louis Public Radio

In order to comply with a Pentagon mandate to electrify its non-tactical vehicles, one base in Missouri is outsourcing the charging stations to the...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KUT, and KPBS

70 Million: Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 1

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a community of unhoused people in Echo Park in Los Angeles and how they ...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVSC and more

Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

We talk to Raj Patel and Rupa Marya about their new book "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice."

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 14

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour

Two stories about climate change.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)

Save the Planet, Go Solar With A Friend

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

Solar United Neighbors is building a movement by helping neighbors go solar.

Bought by KZYX, WFHB, and KICI Iowa City

A History of Fire in the Boundary Waters

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth

Caption: Whelp Fire: The Whelp and John Ek fires lead, in part, to the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2021. , Credit: Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service

Minnesota's Boundary Waters is the most visited wilderness area in the country. Last summer, the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was s...

Health Care’s Climate Change Contradiction

From: Tradeoffs

The U.S. health care system is responsible for 8.5% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. We discuss how health care contributes to climate ch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Fly-fishing programs catch on as therapy for troops and veterans recovering from trauma

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some say the experience helps them heal., Credit: Studio Macleod

Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some ...

Bought by KJZZ, KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio and more

But Next Time Part 1: Toward the Fire

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

As fires ravaged California's world-famous wine country in 2017,a community radio station, emergency dispatcher, and tenant organizers helped the m...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

After billions of dollars in damage, the military is trying to protect bases from climate change

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Military and civilian officials attend a ceremonial groundbreaking at Camp Lejeune, N.C. for a major reconstruction effort that will make the base more resilient to the effects of climate change., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront

Hurricanes caused catastrophic damage to East Coast military bases in 2018. Now, as it starts to rebuild, the Pentagon wants to make bases less vul...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KPBS, KMXT, and KPCC

Episode 3 - Agroforestry

From: Grounded Hope

This month, when the maple sap is flowing, we have three different stories about the importance of trees and our interaction with them. We’ll meet ...

GN_5.05_CaliforniaWinWin

From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5

The ‘California Air Resources’ board in the summer of 2018, conclusively showed that California had met its 2020 emissions goal four years earlier ...

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