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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


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
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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


  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 1
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And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 39:44
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There’s a very robust debate going on right now as to exactly how much sea level rise we’re in for, and the Cliffs Notes version is that it’s betwe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pennsylvania farmer sees fracking's effects on farms., Credit: Credit Under CC license from Flickr user Public Herald
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” could be a revenue bonanza for California. The nation’s largest reserve of deep-rock oil is in ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
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This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Here's one silver lining to a slow economy: High recycling rates. Americans are wasting far less, and recycling far more. Nowhere is the trend as s...

Bought by KZYX, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
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On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Imerman Park sits on the flood plain of the Tittabawassee River.  Signs along the trail warn visitors about dioxin contamination in some of the park's soil., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: Residents are warned by Dow to 'enter at their own risk', Credit: Vincent Duffy
A Preview of the series "Dioxin Delays" by the Environment Report

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
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Bald Eagles still affected by toxic chemicals.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
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Greener ways to keep your lawn green.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
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Crop production from higher CO2 levels not as good as thought.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
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Automakers want the oil companies to deal with CO2 issue.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
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Remembering an invader's destruction

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
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Making electricity more efficient

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:05

  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:40
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Hydrogen powered vehicles merely shift pollution upstream.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Who?s watching out for water pollution?

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
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Polar bears might be protected by Endangered Species Act because of global warming

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Flex-fuel vehicles might only be a stop-gap measure at best.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:40
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Scientists are freezing the seeds of a tree being destroyed by insects in hopes to save it for the future.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Saving the American Chestnut

  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:51
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Coyotes are adapting to the city and preying on the animals they find there.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2006
  • Length: 04:22