Living on Earth
World Media Foundation
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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Aug 8, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: August 8, 2014
Groundwater Contamination on Fracked Land / Fracking With Recycled Mine Water / The Pros and Cons of Geoengineering / The Sixth Extinction / Oregon Minnow Thriving and No Longer Endangered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 1, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: August 1, 2014
Antibiotic Resistance and Livestock / The Burden of Beef / Science Note: Reducing Bovine Belches and Global Warming Gases / A Green Building Blooms in the Bronx / Beyond the Headlines / American Catch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 25, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 25, 2014
Hottest June Ever / California's Water Crisis / Pennsylvania's Complicated Groundwater Contamination / Unprecedented New England Pipeline Proposal / Beyond the Headlines / The Collapse of Western Civilization Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 18, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 18, 2014
The Pope and the Sin of Environmental Degradation / Climate Risk for Real Estate Values in South Florida / A Summertime Ice Mine / Beyond the Headlines / The End of Night Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 11, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 11, 2014
Great Lakes Wind Power On Hold / Feds Fund Cape Wind / Oklahoma Earthquakes Linked to Wastewater Injection / BNSF Railways Workers Forced To Ignore Oil Train Safety / Beyond the Headlines / Tangier, The Shrinking Island in Chesapeake Bay / Endangered Languages / Moose at the Mt. Engadine Wallow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 4, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: July 4, 2014
The Fight To Save the Elephants / WildLeaks / At Home With Humba, the Mountain Gorilla / Science Note--Loss of Large Grazing Mammals Alters African Savannas / A Window On Eternity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 27, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 27, 2014
Canada Approves A Keystone XL Alternative: Northern Gateway Pipeline / Radioactive Risks From Fracking Waste / Beyond the Headlines / Autism Linked to Pesticide Exposure / Honeybee Collapse linked to New Insecticides / White House Protects Pollinators (and also the Monarch) / Flight Behavior Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 20, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 20, 2014
U.S. To Create World's Biggest Marine Reserve / Sick Sea Stars / Camp Lejeune Water Pollution Victims Setback / Nature's Dividend--Pricing Global Ecosystem Services / Adding Up the True (and Tricky) Cost of Carbon Pollution / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote on Burrowing Owls / Digging for Owls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 13, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 13, 2014
EPA Rules Ignore Methane / World Cup Host and Climate Leader / Louisiana Sinkhole Spoils Bayou Paradise / Beyond the Headlines / Margaret Atwood on Fiction, The Future, and Environmental Crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 6, 2014 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 6, 2014
EPA To Regulate Emissions From Power Plants / A Regional Model for Reducing Power Plant Emissions / International Response To Proposed EPA Regs / Beyond the Headlines / Iron-eating Bacteria / Gold-Mining in Alaska / John Muir and the Ice that Started a Fire / Whooper Swans of Southern Iceland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
