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Imagine if you didn’t have a recycling bin anymore- You just put everything in the trash, but somehow the reusable stuff still got recycled? Some p...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 1
With the effects of climate change all around us, there's a push to power more of our lives with renewable electricity, including things that used ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 12, 2022
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
Two years ago, we aired an episode responding to a question from a listener named Monica. She wanted to know if it was possible to convert her gas ...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Mar 21, 2022
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 2
Today we’re answering a question from Cori Myers- she’s the sister-in-law of our founder Stephen Porder. She wants to know if the laundry detergent...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 03:55
- Purchases: 1
In recent episodes, we’ve talked a lot about electric cars, but we haven’t really spent time talking about what makes them work- the battery. What ...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 08, 2022
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 2
A few months ago, our team was talking on Zoom when our founder, Stephen Porder, asked if he could pitch a story idea. For this episode, we’re goin...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 14, 2021
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Today, we’re going to talk about painting roofs white. Some experts say white shingles could lower electricity bills and cool down hot cities. So, ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
On our show, we talk a lot about how to reduce our carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions. But some scientists are developing another approach to climat...
- Added: Apr 19, 2021
- Length: 03:51
Today, we have a question from listener Todd Penoyer. He does maintenance for retail shopping centers in southeastern Massachusetts and he uses a l...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 03:56
Today, we have a question from listener Tom Chun. Recently, his water heater stopped working. Tom didn’t have time to spare, so he just went with t...
- Added: Mar 01, 2021
- Length: 03:46
If you follow the news about climate change, you’ve probably heard the phrase “net zero.” But what does “net zero” really mean?
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 03:37
Taking into account the energy that goes into making a whole new car, is it more energy-efficient to keep the gas car you already have, or to get a...
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 04:00
Hydroelectric power is the most widely-used renewable energy source in the world. It creates about one-sixth of the world’s electricity. But how ex...
- Added: Dec 09, 2020
- Length: 03:58
Over the last few months, many of us have turned to digital devices to stay connected. We wondered: how much energy are we using with all of this t...
- Added: Nov 02, 2020
- Length: 03:47
