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Warming & Winter - Airdate: 30 January 2012
Series: Science Update
From Science Update
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Arctic warming may actually be keeping winters cold for now, while raising temperatures in the other three seasons.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
153: Climate Talks in Durban
Series: World Ocean Radio: The Sea Connects All Things
From World Ocean Radio
Caption: Environmental activists with flags on their backs bury their heads in the sand on Durban's beachfront, highlighting nations that are failing to effectively prevent climate change. , Credit: Mike Hutchings/Reuters) From TakePart.com: Ocean Gets No Respect From Durban
Climate change was in the news again recently, with reports from Durban, South Africa where another U.N. Summit took place. In this episode of Worl...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:22
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
RISE: Part I Sounding the Waters
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
From Claire Schoen
Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann
The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO, WNYC, KUOW, KQED and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 9
RISE: Part II Facing the Rising Tide
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
From Claire Schoen
Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

Bought by WYSO, KQED, WCAI / WNAN, KWIT, and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 5
RISE: Part III Chuey’s Story
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
From Claire Schoen
Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

Bought by WYSO, KQED, WCAI / WNAN, KWIT, and KWMR-FM


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Christian Parenti: Unstable Climate, Unstable People
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: Indian farmer and his wheat, Credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence." He connects the effect...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
From Richard Ziglar
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:36
Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 2)
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 2 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian E...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 1)
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 1 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian Ed...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Sci Fi Writer Paolo Bacigalupi, SHIPBREAKER & Literary Critic Harold Bloom on Last Poems
Series: Writer's Voice
From Francesca Rheannon
Caption: Paolo Bacigalupi
Sci Fi author Paolo Bacigalupi talks about his latest novel for young adults, SHIPBREAKER. And in honor of Poetry Month, we talk to literary critic...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
Generation Hot: Mark Hertsgaard and Thomas Yezerski
Series: Writer's Voice
From Francesca Rheannon
Caption: Mark Hertsgaard
Journalist Mark Hertsgaard on HOT: Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth and children’s book author and illustrator Thomas Yezerski on his pict...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
Engineers of the New Millennium: Sustainable Design for the Future
From Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Sustainable Design for the Future, from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation. Sustainable planning – of buildings and communi...

Bought by KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFOK-LP, WNIN, and WCPN


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Climate Protectionism and Competitiveness
Series: Green Ethics
From Carnegie Council
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The global circulation of goods is a major source of both prosperity and carbon emissions. This short video on ethics asks: Can trade be regulated ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:01:30
Geoengineering
Series: Green Ethics
From Carnegie Council
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Global warming makes it impossible to limit environmentalism to one country. Should geoengineering be regulated multilaterally before rogue countri...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 00:02:00
The Price of Nature: Buying Our Way Out of Climate Chaos?
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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At the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, discussion will center on market based solutions. On this edition, a round...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Nourishment And Punishment
From Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Let's find out where those chemicals are Kids! Kids of the Gottfried-Röhl-Schule
We all have a mouth and for the duration of our lives we put mainly food into it. Some people think about what goes down! Others don't care. But m...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 00:31:00
Future Weather -- Groks Science Show 2010-09-15
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
From Charles Lee
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Heidi Cullen discussed the weather of the future.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 00:26:22
  • Purchases: 1
The War Over Climate: Eric Pooley & Eli Kintisch
Series: Writer's Voice
From Francesca Rheannon
Caption: Eric Pooley
Eric Pooley on THE CLIMATE WAR: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth. Also, Eli Kintisch on HACKING THE PLANET: Science’s...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:01
Due to Economic Concerns, Gulf Coast Residents Still Support Big Oil
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
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You might think that the people of Southern Louisiana would be calling for major changes to the way the oil companies do business. But the economi...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:13
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond BP: A Future Without Oil
Series: Making Contact
From Making Contact
Caption: sign in London outside Parliment house, Credit: http://www.nowpublic.com
We go to the gulf coast to hear why despite the dangerous and deadly consequences, locals aren’t ready to turn their back on the oil industry. Wha...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1