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KQED

Call Letters: KQED
Frequency: 88.5
Formats: News

Description

KQED Public Radio 88.5 and 89.3 informs, educates and entertains listeners throughout the Bay Area, the state and beyond with a wide variety of news, public affairs and cultural affairs programming, composed of the best from National Public Radio, Public Radio International and the BBC. KQED is the most-listened-to public radio station in the country, reaching more than 745,000 listeners each week. KQED Public Radio began broadcasting its 24-hour news and information program service over KQEI-FM North Highlands/Sacramento 89.3FM on May 12, 2003.

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As Renewables Boom, California Struggles to Quit Coal

Series: QUEST: Coal at the Crossroads
From KQED

Caption: The coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico. , Credit: Matt Preusch

California is known for its "green" reputation. Just look at all the new solar and wind farms popping up around the state. So it might be a surpris...

Bought by WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUMD and more

Added: Sep 27, 2011
Length: 00:05:09
Purchases: 8

Mercury Rises on Coal Costs

Series: QUEST: Coal at the Crossroads
From KQED

Caption: Bluestem Lake near Lincoln, Nebraska.

Half of the airborne mercury pollution in the US comes from coal-fired power plants. After years of study and debate, the Environmental Protection ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and more

Added: Sep 27, 2011
Length: 00:04:03
Purchases: 9

The View from Coal Country in the Age of Green

Series: QUEST: Coal at the Crossroads
From KQED

Caption: Coal miner, Larry Myer., Credit: Kimberly Paynter

Coal produces nearly half the electricity in the U.S., but the mercury, sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide it emits also make it one of the most con...

Bought by WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUMD and more

Added: Sep 27, 2011
Length: 00:04:10
Purchases: 10

A Difficult Path for Clean Coal

Series: QUEST: Coal at the Crossroads
From KQED

Caption: Taking measurements during carbon storage project in Canton, Ohio., Credit: Courtesy ODNR

Coal generates half of all the electricity in the U.S. It’s also the biggest source of global-warming emissions and other air pollution. The coal i...

Bought by WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUMD and more

Added: Sep 27, 2011
Length: 00:04:05
Purchases: 9

#4: E-Waste Programs Reach Milestone

Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
From KQED

Caption: E-waste circuit boards, Credit: QUEST

Every year, Americans throw away more than 300 million outdated lap tops, cell phones, printers, broken computer monitors and old television sets. ...

Bought by WAMC and WTIP

Added: Aug 04, 2011
Length: 00:03:46
Purchases: 2

#3: Bioplastic Boom

Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
From KQED

Caption: Bioplastic packaging, Credit: QUEST

Companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Heinz ketchup have determined that plastic made from plants — not oil — makes sense both for the environment a...

Bought by WAMC and WTIP

Added: Aug 04, 2011
Length: 00:04:40
Purchases: 2

#2: Revisiting Mandatory Recycling

Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
From KQED

Caption: City recycling worker, Credit: QUEST

Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash. But all that began to change a few years ago when the city steppe...

Bought by WAMC and WTIP

Added: Aug 04, 2011
Length: 00:04:21
Purchases: 2

#1: Boom Times For The Recycling Industry

Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
From KQED

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, WTIP, and WAMC

Added: Aug 04, 2011
Length: 00:04:54
Purchases: 4

Coho Survival

Series: QUEST
From KQED

Can we save Coho salmon from "the vortex of extinction?"

Added: Mar 23, 2010
Length: 00:05:10

Condor Rescue

Series: QUEST
From KQED

A condor refuge recovers after a wildfire, and volunteers prepare for a dramatic release.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KMXT

Added: Nov 03, 2008
Length: 00:04:57
Purchases: 2

Why Don't Kids Learn Science Anymore?

Series: QUEST
From KQED

Despite high-tech hubs like Silicon Valley, California's science literacy is in steep decline.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Nov 03, 2008
Length: 00:04:39
Purchases: 1

Hayward Fault

Series: QUEST
From KQED

The big quake is coming

Added: Oct 20, 2008
Length: 00:04:47

How to ID a Bullet

Series: QUEST
From KQED

What if every bullet could tell you who fired it?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Oct 14, 2008
Length: 00:05:05
Purchases: 1

Waiting for California's High Speed Rail

Series: QUEST
From KQED

Getting from San Francisco to LA in two-and-a-half hours -- and a $10 billion ticket price

Added: Oct 14, 2008
Length: 00:08:05

Wildlife CSI

Series: QUEST
From KQED

Using DNA to catch wildlife poachers

Bought by KVNF and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Oct 14, 2008
Length: 00:04:53
Purchases: 2

Sea Lion Rescue

Series: QUEST
From KQED

A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

Added: Oct 14, 2008
Length: 00:05:03

Drugs in the Drinking Water

Series: QUEST
From KQED

Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and KRUA

Added: Oct 14, 2008
Length: 00:05:00
Purchases: 3

DIY Green Building

Series: QUEST
From KQED

On the frontiers of green building

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Oct 01, 2008
Length: 00:04:59
Purchases: 1

Rethinking Air Conditioning

Series: QUEST
From KQED

Why your central AC unit sucks way more juice than it should

Added: Sep 17, 2008
Length: 00:05:29

Disappearing Plants

Series: QUEST
From KQED

For plants, global warming means move or die.

Bought by Remix Radio

Added: Sep 17, 2008
Length: 00:04:57
Purchases: 1

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