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Batteries are a critical part of the transition away from fossil fuels. From electric vehicles to grid scale storage for wind and solar, demand for...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Bill Shanabruch leads Conservation Landscaping Workshop.
Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 26:08
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We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
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Last week we learned that individuals’ home water consumption doesn’t really make a dent in the water supply, and the benefit of personal water con...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:37
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Saving water might not seem all that important in a humid climate like Rhode Island. But actually, there are plenty of reasons why water conservati...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:26
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"What gives me hope is watching the sparkle in the eye of a child, a young mother, a middle-aged business person, or an elderly person when they im...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
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Today, we’re taking a look at how we dispose of our food. Next time you’re scraping a plate, should that food go into compost, your sink disposal, ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:32
Caption: De-Permafrosting, Credit: Seth Shostak
Above the Arctic Circle, much of the land is underlaid by permafrost. But climate change is causing it to thaw. This is not good news for the plane...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, KMXT, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
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After the headlines, Sierra Club Connecticut's Martha Klein talk with Patti & Doug about stopping a big new natural gas pipeline known as Project M...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:54
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Dr. Nedal Nassar, Chief of the Materials Intelligence Research at the US Geological Survey, and Dr. Adam Simon, Professor of Earth and Environmenta...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
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Get out of this world this week with The Children's Hour! We're going to The Moon with Commander Reid Wiseman from NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. The Ba...

Bought by KECG, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDLG, KMXT, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Fool’s Gold May Turn Out to Be Golden. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Nucleus of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, Credit: Jan Erik Vallestad
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes near the Sun once every 71 years. It was discovered in 1812 by Jean Louis Pons at Marseilles, France and then rediscov...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRWG, KICI Iowa City, and KKRN


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
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HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: :00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
We discussed the recent Taiwan quake, cloud seeding, and healthy science.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
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Brian Dunning takes on a bevy of student questions with topics ranging from nuclear waste to fad diets to drinking one's own urine.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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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
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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 KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KOWS, WGCU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Dave visits with one of the world's foremost experts on sharks, Dr. David Ebert. Dave is the Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center at San J...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Kwane Stewart cares for the pets of the homeless, and blesses human lives in the process.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WYAP, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
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We're assuming at one point or another that you have heard (probably from an older relative?) that music is in decline. Songs these days just aren'...

Bought by WMFE and WFHB


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The third week of April is California Native Plant week, this year being celebrated by the California Native Plant Society via 8 days of action in ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Maria Gallucci
When it comes to energy transitions, marine vessels tend to get overlooked, even though they are some of the worst polluters of our oceans and air....

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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Jess hosts a conversation between climate scientist Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel and environmentalist and actor Eric Balfour about climate solutions and the...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00