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Living on Earth

World Media Foundationwww.loe.org
As the planet we call home faces a climate emergency, Living on Earth is your go-to source for the latest coverage of climate change, ecology, and human health. Hosted by Steve Curwood and brought to you by PRX.
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Episodes

Living on Earth: September 9, 2011

9/11: Together We Feel / Obama's Second Chance On Air Toxics Rule / Gulf Restoration Bill - A No Brainer for Congress? / Un-Damming the Elwha / Bill McKibben on Protesting Pipeline Expansion / A Crude Line in the Land of the Spirit Bear / Birdnote ®/Migration - Long, Short and In-Between / Redefining Environmentalism / Earth Ear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 09, 201152 min

Living on Earth: September 2, 2011

Amazon Forest as a Source of Carbon Dioxide / Lost Frogs Update / Kalimantan / Building Up: Vertical Farms / Birding by Ear / Earth Ear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 02, 201152 min

Living on Earth: August 26, 2011

Forecasting Hurricanes / The Big Uneasy / Human Waste in the Wild / New Moguls of Clean Energy / Low Salt Water with Low Energy Technology / Creating a Thatched Roof / Trumpeting New Orleans' Rebirth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 26, 201152 min

Living on Earth: August 19, 2011

The Future of Biofuels and the Weather / Huge Methane Emissions from Fresh Water / Carrotmobs and the Power of Buycotts / Menagerie on Ice / Trash to Treasure / The Noisy Ocean and its Consequences / The Wave / Earth Ear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 19, 201152 min

Living on Earth: August 12, 2011

Improved Fuel Efficiency for Trucks / Toxic Tide - Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster, Part 2 / Mixing Oil and Water / Science Note/Saved By a Whisker / SNAP to the Farmers' Market / Snow in Summer / On the Grid? Or Off the Grid? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 12, 201152 min

Living on Earth: August 5, 2011

Pesticides' Influence on IQ / Out of (a noble) Gas / Toxic Tide: Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster / Smart Meter, Big Brother / BirdNote® /Hummingbirds See Red / The Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 05, 201152 min

Living on Earth: July 29, 2011

Obama Administration Divided Over Cancer Alley Case / Atomic Sunflowers / Pressure Builds on Pipeline Decision / Science Note: Cow Manure and Methane / Fair Trade Phones / Sun Oven / Cape Wind Spin / Fog Garden / BirdNote®/ White-throated Swifts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 29, 201152 min

Living on Earth: July 22, 2011

Death of Carbon Capture? / Lawmakers Want to Take Away Federal Water Standards- / The Tropic of Chaos / Drought Tolerant Rice / BirdNote®/Common Murres' Swimming Migration / Agony and Ivory / Trees - Is Bigger Better? / Earthear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 22, 201152 min

Living on Earth: July 15, 2011

Nuclear Power Safety Assessment Raises Concerns / Conservation Funding on Chopping Block / Lighting Efficiency / Can the Bluefin Bounce Back? / Few "Like" Environmental News / More Roads, More Traffic / Evolution in Action Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 201152 min

Living on Earth: July 8, 2011

EPA's Good Neighbor Rule has wide Health Benefits / Environmental Triggers for Autism / California State Parks Face Closure Despite Innovation / Science Note/ Between Ocean and Sky / War's Toll on Afghanistan's Environment / ID That Tree / High Tide for Tidal Power? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 08, 201152 min

Living on Earth: July 1, 2011

Fight Over Vehicle Efficiency Revs Up / EU Carbon Market Slumps / Zero Waste Green Grocer / Science Note: Super Sturdy Steel / Closing State Parks / The Nature and Art of Fireworks / Listener Letters Dirt Winner / Protecting a Florida Treasure / Central Park's Trees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 01, 201152 min

Living on Earth: June 24, 2011

Chemicals' Role in Breast Development / Ocean Extinction Trend / Obama Taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve / Fracking Makes Earthquakes? / Natural Gas and Greenhouse Gasses / Many Dishwashers Harbor Dangerous Fungus / BirdNote® Cowbirds and Yellow Warblers / Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act / Can the Moose of Summer Take the Heat? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 24, 201152 min

Living on Earth: June 17, 2011

The Fire and Climate Change Feedback Loop / FDA slaps new regulations on sunscreen / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Earth Enters Period of Turbulent Solar Weather / Predicting the End of the World / Author Looks to Thoreau for Balance / The Life and Legacy of a Creative Scientist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 17, 201152 min

Living on Earth: June 10, 2011

U.N.Climate Talks Underway in Bonn, Germany / Rights of Sinking Nations / Who's Running Down RGGI? / Pros and Cons of Canada-US Oil Pipeline / Choosing to Save Chamois / Buckminster Fuller Challenge Finalist / BirdNote® - Choosing Where to Nest / Eating Dirt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 10, 201152 min

Living on Earth: June 3, 2011

Germany Says No to Nuclear Power / Will Jerry Brown Shift California Cap and Trade? / Environmental Activists Murdered in the Amazon / Wet Fields Prevent Corn Planting / Charting the Health of Coral in the Persian Gulf / "Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next" / Living, Breathing Earth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 03, 201152 min

Living on Earth: May 27, 2011

Black Lung is Back / The Best and the Worst U.S. Cities for Pedestrians / Coal Could Fuel Oil Alternative / Project Mohole Pioneers Deep Sea Drilling / Garden Girl in the City / Raising Kids in a Toxic World / Loon Crosses the Lake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 27, 201152 min

Living on Earth: May 20, 2011

Remaking the Mississippi--Engineering Marvel or Monster? / EPA Stalls on Cleaning Up Industrial Air Pollution / Science Note/ Candles / The Republican Climate Conundrum / A Teenager Sues Uncle Sam over Climate Inaction / Blessing of the Bicycles / Lion Meat, Anyone? / BirdNote® - How Birds Produce Sound / Earthear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 20, 201152 min

Living on Earth: May 13, 2011

Flammable Gas In Drinking Water From Hydraulic Fracking / Cut the Deficit By Cutting Oil Subsidies, Senate Democrats Say / Coal in the Classroom / Japan Says No More Nukes / Plugging Kids Into the Great Outdoors / Cool Fix / Air Batteries / Belly Button Biomes / Climate Change and Chasing Chile Peppers / **NEW**Coal in The Classroom Story Triggers Response Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 201152 min

Living on Earth: May 6, 2011

Arctic Melting Speeds Up Rising Sea Levels / Floods, Tornadoes and Climate Change / Tornado Recovery As a Pathway to Sustainability / Re-engineering the Mississippi River to Reduce Floods and Bring Back Big Fish / GMO Hay Threatens Organic Dairy Farmers? / BirdNote®: Frank Bellrose and the Wood Ducks / Science Note: Fighting Fires With Electricity / Collecting Seeds From Historical Trees / Computer Game based on Climate Models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 06, 201152 min

Living on Earth: April 29, 2011

China Adopts Cap-and-Trade to Curb Emissions / LOE Lookback - It's All Happening at the Zoo / Science Note: Early Birds / Sustainable City Gardening / The Indonesia Mega Rice Disaster / Earth Ear: Maple Sugaring / **New** Big Floods, Big Explosion Along Mississippi River Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 29, 201152 min

Living on Earth: April 22, 2011

Pesticides Influence on IQ / Climate Goes to Court / Remembering Chernobyl / Solar Street Lamps could be a Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Coal and Oil Shape Cultural Stereotypes / BirdNote® / **Web Extra" TVA's Landmark Decision Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 22, 201152 min

Living on Earth: April 15, 2011

Feds Cut Cash for Environmental Protection / Warnings About a New Nuclear Reactor / Breast Cancer & Pesticides in 1991 / The 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize / The Human Costs of Coal and Oil / Tracking the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 15, 201152 min

Living on Earth: April 8, 2011

EPA in Congressional Crosshairs / Deficit Woes Trim Support for Ethanol / LOE Retrospective/ Cancer Alley / Cockroach, Robot, Astronaut / Operation Ice Bridge / BirdNote® How Brown Pelicans Dive / Los Angeles Suburbs Try Neighborhood Electric Cars / Turning Waste to Fertilizer -- Humanure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 08, 201152 min

Living on Earth: April 1, 2011

Fukushima Disaster Makes Japan's Coastal Waters Radioactive / President Calls For more US Oil & Gas Drilling / Should we Recycle Spent Nuclear Fuel? / A Deadly Spill For Cetaceans? / Breakthrough Discovery For Cystic Fibrosis Treatment / The Drive to Improve Mass Transit / Living on Earth Marks 20 Years On the Air Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 01, 201152 min

Living on Earth: March 25, 2011

Dueling Senate Bills to Block EPA CO2 Regs / True Cost Accounting for Nuclear Power / An End to Nuclear Power in Vermont? / Experts Warned of Reactor Flaws Decades Ago / Rare Penguins Endangered By Oil Spill On Remote Island / Adventures Above the Arctic Circle / Monsters, Manipulation, and the Message from Nuclear Films Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 25, 201152 min

Living on Earth: March 18, 2011

Fighting Further Meltdowns / Dangers From Depleted Atomic Fuel / Japans Nuclear Regulatory Failures / Pro Nuke or No Nuke? Washington Reacts / Which Way Will Duke Energy Go? / Carbon Nation: The Movie / Understanding the Sounds of Ecosystems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 18, 201152 min

Living on Earth: March 11, 2011

Rethinking the "Debate" Over Climate Science / China's Five Year Plan / Chemical Review / Lost Frogs Update / We Like Lichen / May Be Alien Bacteria / Can a Hollywood Producer inspire Americans on Climate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 11, 201152 min

Living on Earth: March 4, 2011

Can REDD Work for the Amazon? / Curing Mosquitoes of Malaria / The Future of Biofuels and the Weather / Science Note/Sting to the Heart / The Rx for Healthy Kids / Sea Otters at Bay / The Language of Landscape / Generation Hot / Botanical Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 04, 201152 min

Living on Earth: February 25, 2011

The Sometimes Frost / Lessons from surging oil prices / Sustainable Science at EPA / Smart Meter, Big Brother / How Green are E-Books? / Where the Antelope Played / Science Note/Crustaceans in the Reef / The Fearsome Nematodes of the Dry Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 25, 201152 min

Living on Earth: February 18, 2011

The Budget / White House Wants to Cut Energy Help for Poor / Toxic Tide - Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster, Part 2 / Costs of Coal / BirdNote ® Sooty Shearwater Migration / How Close are we to the Edge / Black History Month and Environmental Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 201152 min
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