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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: July 7, 2006

Carbon Black / The Make Love, Not War Species / Surf's Up! / Emerging Science Note/Mosquito Fish / Home Grown / Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 07, 200651 min

Living on Earth: June 30, 2006

Drilling for Votes / Pumping Up Butanol / Dead Zones / Striped Bass: A Cautionary Fish Tale / Comfy Camping / From the Islands to the Ozarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 30, 200651 min

Living on Earth: June 23, 2006

A Supreme Look at the Swamp / A Green Legacy? / Fishy Business / Cultural Connection / Greening Your Grass the Eco Way / The U.S. Interstate System Turns 50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 23, 200651 min

Living on Earth: June 16, 2006

New Nukes for North America / Row Over Roadless Area / New Marching Orders for the Army Corps of Engineers / Lake Okeechobee At Risk / Shelter from the Storm / Emerging Science Note/Backs to the Future / Remaking the Los Angeles River Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 16, 200651 min

Living on Earth: June 9, 2006

Price of Nation's Newest Weather Satellites Soar - Its Future is Cloudy / Storm Brewing / Stemming Red Tide / Cities in the Wilderness / Emerging Science Note/"Doomsday" Seed Bank / Listener Letters / The Good Good Pig / The Herons Return Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 09, 200651 min

Living on Earth: June 2, 2006

The View Today / A Checkered Past / Future Outlook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 02, 200651 min

Living on Earth: May 26, 2006

Cleaner Truckin' / In Search of Oil / Preserving the Magic of Madagascar / Prairie Pothole Wetland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 26, 200652 min

Living on Earth: May 19, 2006

Environmental Justice / Mercury's Legacy / Consumer Reports/Beating the Heat / EV on Ebay / Secrets of the Savanna / Emerging Science Note/Dragonfly Journeys / Early Signs: Kilimanjaro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 19, 200651 min

Living on Earth: May 12, 2006

Nuclear Renaissance / Going Against the Green / Out to Sea / Our Fisheries Today / Emerging Science Note/Lawnmower No More / Hunt for Justice / View From the Top - Preserving the Nation's Fire Towers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 12, 200652 min

Living on Earth: May 5, 2006

Venus or Bust / Star Search / Carbon Confessionals / Listener Letters / Liberating Liberia / Emerging Science Note/Seasonal Maladies / The Man Cave / The Eco-Lap of Luxury / What Calls Beneath Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 05, 200652 min

Living on Earth: April 28, 2006

Beyond CAFÉ / Who Killed the Electric Car? / Que Viva La Tierra / An Afternoon with Pete Seeger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 28, 200651 min

Living on Earth: April 21, 2006

EU on Atrazine / Chernobyl at 20 / Shinin' on Through / Global Warming for Ages 10 and Up / Listening to Alaska / Note on Emerging Science / Early Signs: Bangladesh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 21, 200651 min

Living on Earth: April 14, 2006

What's New in Nukes / Contaminated Water / Swamp Songs / Hip-Hoppity Lady / America's Report Card on the Environment / Note on Emerging Science / Early Signs: Water Disappearing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 200651 min

Living on Earth: April 7, 2006

Feel the Heat / The Liberal Republican / Bridging the Straits of Messina / Treetop Adventures / Early Signs: Melting Ice Caps in Ecuador Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 07, 200651 min

Living on Earth: March 31, 2006

Redefining a Region / Energy Park A Go-Go / Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Add to Obesity Epidemic in Kids / Thai Traditions Gone By / Emerging Science Note/Cleaning Contaminants / Early Signs: New Zealand's Climate Refugees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 31, 200651 min

Living on Earth: March 24, 2006

Which Way the Wind Blows / Listener Letters / Water Dialogues / Quenching Australia's Thirst / Robins All Ears / Warning About Warming / Emerging Science Note/Northeast Forecast: Big Hurricanes / Early Signs: Reports From a Warming Planet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 24, 200651 min

Living on Earth: March 17, 2006

New Interior Head Picked / Moons & Money / Biosphere 2 PLUS 15 / Emerging Science Note/Inoculating Mosquitos / Field Notes / Early Signs: Reports From a Warming Planet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 17, 200651 min

Living on Earth: March 10, 2006

Recycling Nuclear Waste / The Latest in Power Plants? / Chernobyl Remembered / Flight of Technology / Too Hot for the Trot / Out of the Loop / Dancing Gnats / Note on Emerging Science / The Baby Business / One Too Many Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 10, 200651 min

Living on Earth: March 3, 2006

Pandemic Pointers / Ready or Not / The Politics of Salvage Logging / Land Sales for Rural Towns / Who's an Environmentalist? / Enviro Hollywood / Emerging Science Note/Taste Test / China's Environment / Changing Chengdu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 03, 200651 min

Living on Earth: February 24, 2006

Some Like It Hot.... / Cold Fusion: A Heated History / Pebble Bed Technology -- Nuclear promise or peril? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 24, 200653 min

Living on Earth: February 17, 2006

Bird Markets Pose Possible Risk for Avian Flu / Whither the Waterways / Got Organic? / Space Survival / Emerging Science Note/Coral Cornucopia / Lost Mountain / Working in a Strip Mine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 17, 200651 min

Living on Earth: February 10, 2006

Particulate Particulars / Emerging Science Note/Sugar Blues / Toxic Car Interiors / Texas Green / Taxing California Crude / Timothy the Turtle / U.S. Indian Tribes Challenge Canadian Company's Legacy of Waste Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 10, 200652 min

Living on Earth: February 3, 2006

Bush Calls for Less Foreign Oil, More Renewables / The Road to Hydrogen / Gagged Climate Expert / Sounds of Silence / Smoke Gets in Your Lungs / Emerging Science Note/Asian Big Foot / The Chemistry of Love Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 03, 200651 min

Living on Earth: January 27, 2006

Drought in East Africa Causes Crisis / Assessing the Planet's Future / N.Y. Governor Goes Green / Ford's Secret Weapon / Winter Blahs / Emerging Science Note/Follow the Money / Challenging Pombo / Natural Chickens / Cheers to Poet Robert Burns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 27, 200651 min

Living on Earth: January 20, 2006

A Nuclear Incident "Worse Than Three Mile Island" / Sticky Situation Update / Hot on Solar / Life Bytes / Emerging Science Note/Sex in the Jungle / Writers' Ethics / Urban Crow Invasion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 20, 200651 min

Living on Earth: January 13, 2006

Mercury in Fish: Casting Caution to the Wind? / Alito on Trial / Pond Scum or Planet Savers? / Windy City Wileys / Emerging Science Note/Star Times Three / Redwoods Revisited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 13, 200651 min

Living on Earth: January 6, 2006

DuPont in Sticky Situation Over Teflon Chemical / Mine Closure / From Ashes to Bricks / Forecasting 2006 / Emerging Science Note/Mine Hazards / Big Brother / Greening California's Seaports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 06, 200651 min

A Place Called Home

Diane Ferlatte / André Aciman / Jay O'Callahan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 30, 200551 min

Living on Earth: December 23, 2005

Tab Benoit / Susan Spicer / Angela Davis / Frank Minyard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 23, 200551 min

Living on Earth: December 16, 2005

Race Matters / New Orleans Sediment: Harmless or Hazardous? / Nanotechnology / Listener Letters / Intelligent Design: "It's Not Science" / Emerging Science Note/Discovery & Extinction / Inventor Interrupted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 16, 200551 min
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