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Nuclear Fusion
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Fusion, the fusing together of atoms, powers the stars, including our sun -- which means that fusion already powers Earth, just not in a way that w...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 2
Hormone Trouble with Dr. Tom Zoeller
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in everyday products can alter how your body works.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 1
How Could Artificial Intelligence Change Energy?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Pamela Isom, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office for the US Department of Energy, and Anima Anandkumar, Director of Machi...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 2
Environmental Impacts of Energy on Air
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Angel Hsu from the University of North Carolina, and Amod Pokhrel, UC Berkeley health sciences researcher discuss air pollution.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living with Climate Change with Dr. Mary Johnson
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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After the news, Harvard MD and researcher Mary Johnson talks about how the climate is impacting public health.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Good News About Climate Change
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Leia Guccione and Robert Bryce continue the conversation about whether or not solar and wind could one day power the world.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 24:58
  • Purchases: 1
Plastic's Endless Toxic Existence with Erica Cirino
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Author Erica Cirino talks about her work at the non-profit Plastic Pollution Coalition.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
The Grilling Dilemma with Denise Snyder
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Dietician and cancer expert Denise Snyder talks about the hazards associated with grilling meat.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 2
Standing Up to the Natural Gas Industry with Dr. Sandra Steingraber
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Renowned biologist and author Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks about her efforts to push back against the expansion of natural gas pipelines and relate...

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Plastic in the Placenta with Dr. Marcus Garcia
From: Doug Wood
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The scientist who isolated tiny pieces of plastic in human placenta tissue is our guest.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
The BabySafe Project with Patti Wood
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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After discussing the environmental news, Patti & Doug talk about how and why to protect your baby from wireless radiation.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 1
2024-05-10 Big Plastic: The New Big Oil
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
240510: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil, 5/10/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
Secrets of Soil
From: Jim Metzner
Series: Pulse of the Planet
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Not only does soil support virtually every tree, plant and crop on earth, it can control toxic waste and help mitigate climate change.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 12:58
  • Purchases: 1
240419: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts , 4/19/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
2024-04-19 Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
794-An Apollo Space Rock to Follow
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Itakowa, Credit: NASA
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Vivian Carjaval was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Minor with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. ...

Bought by KCHW, Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Children's Health & the Environment with Dr. Mark Miller
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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The Director Emeritus of the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unity at UC San Francisco talks about children and their environmental exposu...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:19
  • Purchases: 1
The H2O Situation with John Rumpler
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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Attorney and Environment America's water specialist John Rumpler talks about the threats to our water.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Drinking Plastic with Mike Belliveau
From: Doug Wood
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Every plastic bottle is filled with hundreds of thousands of tiny pieces of plastic. Here's what you need to know.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:25
Testing for Toxins with Leah Segedie
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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Mamavation is the leading site for independent testing of consumer products. We talk with founder Leah Segedie.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Tradeoffs LIVE! Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Tradeoffs host Dan Gorenstein, ONC Director Micky Tripathi and Oracle Health Government Services Chief Health Officer James Ellzy onstage in Washington, D.C., at the ONC Annual Meeting on Dec. 15, 2023.
A live conversation between a top federal health official and a health care executive about how they must work together to keep AI from exacerbatin...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 24:19
The Glyphosate-Autism Connection
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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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


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Is Wireless Tech Making You Sick?
From: Doug Wood
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The story of Ruth Moss, her smart meter, and her fight to establish a single name for the physical symptoms of exposure to RF radiation.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Stink Over PFAS with Tracy Frisch
From: Doug Wood
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Scientist Dr. Tracy Frisch explains why spreading fertilizer from sewage sludge is a really bad idea.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1