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International Tiger Day
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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This week marks International Tiger Day. And they certainly need one.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Sierra Leone's Conflict Diamond Trade (2004 NPR's Day2Day)
From: Hechtech
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David Hecht reports on the condition of Sierra Leone's diamond trade

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
Proposed power line under Lake Erie sparks concern from residents
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Douglas Lavery shows a map of part of the proposed project and converter hall. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Douglas Lavery shows a map of part of the proposed project and converter hall.
The Lake Erie Connector is the first power line to connect Canada to the U.S. by crossing under one of the Great Lakes. Developers say the project ...

Bought by WBFO, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, Interlochen Public Radio, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Toronto's islands hurt by Lake Ontario flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: An empty car on Centreville Amusement Park's log flume., Credit: Veronica Volk
Flooding has continued along Lake Ontario for two months -- like some slow-motion natural disaster. And it’s still creating problems in Toronto, th...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, North Country Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 7
Lake Ontario and Montreal are flooded. Can this dam help?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Tom Piekunka has stacked sandbags along his property line in hopes of keeping the rising water at bay., Credit: Veronica Volk
Flooding continues for a second week along Lake Ontario – and there’s no end in sight. Many residents – and New York’s governor – say the solution ...

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


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
Lessons learned -- and missed -- from a deadly water crisis
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Operators monitor Wellington's raw water, water going to residents, and tap water from the town treatment plant., Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Before water contamination emergencies hit Flint, Michigan, a crisis in Canada became deadly. When E. coli invaded the drinking water in Walkerton...

Bought by WCPN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Homeowners fear damage from new Lake Ontario regulations
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: In 1973 waves crashed over Zieres' family's breakwall and flooded their home., Credit: Provided
INTRO: There’s a simmering controversy on the northern border of the United States -- it’s all about water. For the first time in over fifty years,...

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 5
The Green Gold of Chocó: The Next Fever?
From: Lorenzo Morales
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How a small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green and global market.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:24
Brazil: From Sugar Cane to Chevrolets
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Keith Porter examines Brazil's ethanol industry.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
Argentina Jumps on the Biofuels Bandwagon
From: Marie Trigona
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Buenos Aires Hosts Biofuels Conference

  • Added: May 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:51