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Biloxi, Mississippi, is losing a foot of salt marsh shoreline a year

Climate Connections - May 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 104 ratings
So Mississippi State University and Keesler Air Force Base are working on a project to shield a 2.5-mile stretch of the city from erosion. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

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EPR LIVE from Minneapolis with Mike Mayer, Hassan Bouchareb, and Fred Wagner

Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR) - May 17, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick!  On today’s episode we are coming to you live from Minneapolis with Mike Mayer, Hassan Bouchareb, and Fred Wagner! Help ...

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May 16, 2024 - Orville Schell | Kim Lane Scheppele | James Zirin

Background Briefing with Ian Masters - May 16, 2024 21:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 551 ratings
The Murky Ties to the Poet and Would-be Assassin of Slovakia's PM Robert Fico | At their 40th Meeting, Xi and Putin Pledge to Deepen Defense and Military Ties | Trump's Lawyer Attacks Michael Cohen as a Liar Even Though Trump's Fixer Lied in the Service of the Liar-in-Chief backgroundbriefing.or...

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Storms, rising seas are growing threats to Portsmouth Village in North Carolina

Climate Connections - May 16, 2024 09:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 104 ratings
‘There can be standing water in the village nearly any day of the year.’ Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

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325: Literally Redoing the Oregon Trail: An Eccentric Environmental History—w/ Rinker Buck, author and adventurer

Reversing Climate Change - May 16, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 262 ratings
If you're going to write about the Oregon Trail or the Mississippi flatboat era, why not go gonzo? Does it make for better history or just better bar stories? What can you really learn about change by recreating epic journeys in contemporary times, and what can that teach us about how we live up...

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Tinder Swindler: how 'romance fraud' became a multi-billion dollar cybercrime

Radio Davos - May 16, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes
The Netflix documentary 'The Tinder Swindler' is a mind-boggling case of so-called 'romance fraud' in which a charming, handsome - and apparently very rich - man meets women on a dating app - gets them to fall in love with him - and then cons them out of lots of money. Cecilie Fjellhøy is the ...

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The Chicago Department of Environment is Operational with Iyana Simba

House Warming - May 15, 2024 23:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
House Warming Podcast, Episode 022: Human Composting: A Cleaner, Greener End with Iyana Simba of the Illinois Environmental Council.  In this episode, Sarah talks with Iyana Simba about the Chicago Department of Environment (spoiler: it is up and running)! Iyana currently serves as the City Pr...

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May 15, 2024 - Corey Brettschneider | Simon Shuster | Austin Frerick

Background Briefing with Ian Masters - May 15, 2024 20:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 551 ratings
The Party of Law and Order Now Embraces Lawlessness as the GOP Speaker Trashes the Rule of Law to Please the Scofflaw-in-Chief | The Setbacks the Ukrainian Military is Suffering as a Result of Trump's 6 Month Delay of U.S. Arms and Ammunition | What is Behind the Rise in Food Prices as a Few Mono...

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Lost Angel Travel Adventures in South America

Nature Connection Radio - May 15, 2024 19:00 - 36 minutes
From the Andes to Patagonia, this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Lost Angel Travel Adventures with Linda Ballou" covers her 17-day sojourn into South America with Overseas Adventure Travel. You can read her stories on her South American experiences on NABBW.org here: * Chile: https://tinyurl.com/...

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The Magical Periodic Cicada

Walkin' on the Wild Side - May 15, 2024 12:00 - 24 minutes
Hey Everyone!  I  know we've done a podcast on cicadas earlier, but I couldn't help myself, I had to focus on the magical periodic cicadas.  I'm flying solo for this episode, so join me on the back porch "studio" for a "magical" episode.  The 13 year cicadas are emerging and making a lot of nois...

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Escaping Imperialism: Where Does Darth Vader Get His Lithium?

Crazy Town - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 182 ratings
Perhaps no community has undergone more versions of imperialism than the tiny island nation of Nauru, which has morphed from being "Pleasant Island" to the mined-out home of offshore banks, discarded refugees, and deep sea mining interests. Jason, Rob, and Asher take a bad trip to wrap their hea...

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Escaping Imperialism: Where Does Darth Vader Get His Lithium?

Crazy Town - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
Perhaps no community has undergone more versions of imperialism than the tiny island nation of Nauru, which has morphed from being "Pleasant Island" to the mined-out home of offshore banks, discarded refugees, and deep sea mining interests. Jason, Rob, and Asher take a bad trip to wrap their hea...

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Estuaries provide more than a billion dollars in environmental benefits, research shows

Climate Connections - May 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 104 ratings
They serve as flood barriers and store climate-warming carbon pollution. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

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Anne Bonny - pirate queen

Marine Conservation Happy Hour - May 15, 2024 04:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Dr Scarlett Smash & Dr Craken MacCraic chat  about the infamous female pirate Anne Bonny, her fascinating life and swashbuckling exploits. If you liked this show please support us so we can keep providing more content,  $1 helps : www.patreon.com/marineconservation  Contact info@absolutelysm...

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Alleviating Urban Heat Traps, with Jeff Goodell

Climate Break - May 14, 2024 21:41 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
What Does Extreme Heat Do? Since the pre-industrialized era, the global temperature has increased by about one degree Celsius. Although one degree may not seem significant, the consequences are increases in the intensity of heatwaves and drier conditions. In addition, in dense urban settings bu...

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May 14, 2024 - Amanda Marcotte | Joe Lowndes | Spencer Sunshine

Background Briefing with Ian Masters - May 14, 2024 21:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 551 ratings
Mike Johnson Personifies the Staggering Hypocrisy of the "Christian" Right | Is the New York Trial Hurting Trump Who is Polling Ahead in all Swing States But Wisconsin? | The Mainstreaming of America's Neo-Nazi Movement and the Potential for Violence in the Election backgroundbriefing.org/donate ...

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Harnessing the Power of New Technology for Greener Cities with Nadina Galle

Biophilic Solutions: Nature Has the Answers - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
The smart cities movement, which seeks to optimize public wellbeing through the use of technology and data, and the biophilic cities movement are happening at the same time - but it rarely feels like these two movements are working together towards a common goal. Our guest today, Dr. Nadina Gall...

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West Virginia man works to boost solar industry in his home state

Climate Connections - May 14, 2024 09:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 104 ratings
Solar Holler founder Dan Conant wants to create new career paths for young West Virginians. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

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Dead Planets Society: Giving the Milky Way More Arms

New Scientist Podcasts - May 14, 2024 08:41 - 34 minutes
Galaxies come in only a few shapes, which are all very round looking. You’ve got spirals and you’ve got blobs. Not content with this boring assortment, Leah Crane and Chelsea Whyte want to shake things up a bit. First up they want to give our own spiral galaxy, the Milky Way, more arms. One, tw...

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The Carbon Dioxide Removal Gap

Carbon Removal Newsroom - May 14, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Lots of news in carbon removal this past week! Frontier made their largest-ever purchase of $58 million from relatively new BiCRS company Vaulted Deep, Climeworks unveiled their Mammoth facility in Iceland, and Microsoft purchased 3.3 million tons of CO2 from BECCs in Sweden. These deals repres...

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Seeds of Influence: Exploring Leadership in Agriculture with Christine Tacon

Tramlines - May 14, 2024 06:00 - 20 minutes
Today we are going to be talking with Christine Tacon. The focus of today is all about leadership in agriculture; what does that mean for you and your farm business and why is it so important now and in the future. This episode also marks the first of Season 4! Find out more about the Agri Lea...

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May 13, 2024 - Adele Stan | Lincoln Mitchell | John Branstetter

Background Briefing with Ian Masters - May 13, 2024 21:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 551 ratings
In Paying Off A Porn Star For Her Silence Trump Tells Cohen to "Just do it!" | Georgia's Billionaire-Owned Government Passes a Kremlin-Style Law Although the Vast Majority Want to Join the EU | Neo-Nazis, Christian Nationalists and Proud Boys Were in the Pro-Israel Mob at UCLA Claiming to Fight A...

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Oil Market Interventions

Energy 360° - May 13, 2024 20:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
Adi Imsirovic and Ben Cahill discuss the short term oil market outlook and the impact of embargoes, sanctions, and other interventions on global crude and product flows.

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Tampa Bay Waterwise Award with Lynn Barber & Julia Palaschak

Sustainable Living - May 13, 2024 15:06 ★ - 1 rating
Anni & Tanja talk with Lynn Barber and Juilia Palaschak about the Tampa Bay Community Waterwise Award for 2024

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Interview with Tim Weiss CEO of Optera

Climate Change with Scott Amyx - May 13, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
Get the latest insights on climate change and breakthrough technologies and innovations that are fighting climate change! According to a United Nations climate change report, the evidence of human-caused climate change is overwhelming and continues to strengthen. The impacts of climate change ar...

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Brook trout are in trouble in Adirondacks lakes

Climate Connections - May 13, 2024 09:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 104 ratings
Climate change is squeezing the habitat of this colorful fish. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

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Revisiting: Communicating the Science Behind the Biofluorescent Platypus

Terra Informa - May 13, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This episode originally aired on December 7, 2020: Science is cool. You may agree, since you're listening to a podcast that talks a lot about science of the environmental variety. But, science can be hard to understand, and research can be hard to access. Here at Terra Informa, we asked...

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Introducing the Bizarre Knifefishes

Fish of the Week! - May 12, 2024 17:09 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 62 ratings
Meet the knifefishes! From the Clown Knifefish to the to the Electric Eel, Katrina and Guy take a broad brush look at this bizarre group of fascinating fishes.

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May 12, 2024 - Joshua Shifrinson | Luke Goldstein

Background Briefing with Ian Masters - May 12, 2024 17:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 551 ratings
As Ukraine Faces a Long War, Will the US and NATO be There and Is There Any Hope of a Peace Deal? | The FTC Goes After Corporate Greed and AIPAC Goes After a January 6 Hero backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

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Christy Wood - Horse Care, Colic, and Common Sense

Nature Connection Radio - May 11, 2024 23:00 - 54 minutes
It's all about Horse Care, Colic, and Common Sense on this episode of Big Blend Radio's "ABC's of Horses" equestrian podcast with Christy Wood. Christy Wood is a World Champion horse trainer, also exhibiting in jumping and trail. She is a winner in extreme trail obstacle challenges, and is a ca...