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The FDA and the Law with Doug Wood
From: Doug Wood
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After the week s headlines, Patti and Doug talk about how the FDA is violating its own law regarding cell phone radiation,

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:22
The Politics of Plastic with Judith Enck
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Fore EPA Region II Administrator Judith Enck tells why we need legislation to make companies like Coca Cola do the right thing.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 1
New York City's Giant 5G Problem
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Giant 5G antennas are being constructed all over New York City, and residents are pushing back.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Part 4: On Grief
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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Cooper must abruptly leave Wyoming for an unexpected trip home. But there's no break in reporting on coal country: another coal-fired power plant h...

  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 46:20
Introduce Madestones
From: Amy Orr
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Madestones Company is a jewelry market leader and widely known European diamond trader. It has almost half a century of work experience in the fiel...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 07:35
Spectrum 02/05/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Do I scare you? - "Careful, he's Chinese." It was a throwaway comment whispered in a German pedestrian zone. But it jo...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 11/26/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Clean up after yourself - Plug your nose, folks, because "poop streak science" goes well beyond the toilet bowl. Also, w...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 07/23/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Science on the move - On the ground, up in the air, and in the belly of a barge — science is everywhere. Zip around wi...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Developer wants action on stalled Lake Erie wind farm
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Map of Project Icebreaker, Credit: Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation
A Cleveland company trying to build a set of wind turbines on Lake Erie has been waiting since last July for the state to certify its project. This...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WVBI-LP, Michigan Radio, WBFO, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: :50
  • Purchases: 9
Huge Wisconsin factory sparks worry over Great Lakes water use
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Water pipes are being installed near Foxconn site., Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
A huge factory -- as big as 11 football fields -- is triggering concerns in Wisconsin. Foxconn Technology plans to make liquid crystal display scre...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, WVBI-LP, WCPN, WBFO and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
Using Social Media for Wildlife Monitoring
From: Betsy Brown
Caption: Instagram Hashtag Search for #monkseal
Learn how scientists are using social to monitor endangered monk seals and the people who see them in the wild.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:25
Niagara Falls sewage release highlights aging systems
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Aerial photo of July discharge in Niagara River, Credit: Twitter/@MaidOfTheMist
Niagara Falls New York has a messy problem – it continues to dump sewage and discolored water downriver from the falls. The most recent incident ha...

Bought by WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
How can cities keep sewage out of Great Lakes? Go underground
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the finished Euclid Creek Tunnel, the first of 7., Credit: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Combined sewer overflows are common in over 700 cities and towns in the country. Several cities are under consent decrees to solve this problem --...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Got pollution? Canadian city puts it in giant box
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: John Gee with Environment and Climate Change Canada stands on a platform overlooking the Randle Reef restoration project., Credit: Veronica Volk
Imagine a huge steel box – whose lid is 10 football fields across. It's being built in Hamilton's harbor on the western end of Lake Ontario. It’s d...

Bought by WMUK, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WLPR , WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 8
Great Lakes targeted for offshore wind farms
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lorry Wagner, CEO of LEEDCo, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
The nation's first offshore wind farm recently began operating in New England, and developers now are eying vast body of water: the Great Lakes. Pr...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUVO, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 8
New web tool aims to prevent invasive species sales online
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Invasive hydrilla, also called water thyme , Credit: N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation
The Great Lakes Commission created a web tool designed to prevent sales of aquatic invasive species over the Internet. Now, the commission is worki...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 8
Gridlocked
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Something very different is going on up in Boothbay, Maine. It was an experiment which – if it works – could represent a fundamental shift in the w...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:15
To LEED or not to LEED
From: Nina Milligan
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The University of Washington exemplifies the future of LEED certification.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:55
  • Purchases: 1
"For the price of a latte, save a town." Iowa town needs $3.00 from 1.5 million.
From: Deborah Van Fleet
Caption: Hamburg, Iowa residents dancing at the "flash mob".
While much of Iowa is now dealing with drought, last summer Hamburg, IA residents held up to 17 feet of floodwater at bay. Eight feet of dirt was ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:54
Computer Talk Radio (April 21st-27th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting April 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the nerdy host, opened with the news, includi...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
The Boom: Pinedale, Wyoming in Transition
From: Claire Woodard
Series: Cow Town to Boom Town
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"The Boom" is a collection of Pinedale, Wyoming residents' reactions to the recent natural gas boom in surrounding Sublette County. Townsfolk refle...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
Innovation spurred in Fairfield, OH through stimulus dollars
From: Joe Sampson
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When you think innovation, places like Silicon Valley usually come to mind. But in one Ohio city a company called Ecosil Technologies is trying to ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
The House That Rice Built
From: NPR Intern Edition
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Rice University joins 19 other collegiate teams to play house on the National Mall in the 2009 Solar Decathlon.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 02:48
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Highways #2: Energy Frontiers
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2