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Living on Earth (Environment)

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About Living on Earth

Steve Curwood hosts this weekly environmental news and information program.

  • Cambridge, MA
  • Call 1-800-218-9988
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Fri, May 18

Living on Earth: May 18, 2012

Fixing a Deformed Frog Face / Hard-hit Neighborhoods in L.A. Seek Zoning Protection / Does Cash Encourage Biking and Walking? / Copenhagen Bikes Update / The Place Where You Live / The Art of Fermentation / EarthEar
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Fri, May 11

Living on Earth: May 11, 2012

Brazil’s New Forest Code / EPA Red Lights Palm Oil / Microsoft Seeks Carbon Neutrality / Note on Emerging Science / Ants’ Social Immunity / A Maine Island Struggles to Stay Afloat / Deciphering Mayan Calendar Records / BirdNote Swainson’s Thrush “Micro Napper” / Paper Made / LOE in Hot Water
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Fri, May 4

Living on Earth: May 4, 2012

Klamath in Peril / Life-Changing Inventors / Clearcut Chemicals / Using Thoreau’s Journals to Track Climate Change / Field Observations from Everyone / Birds Among Alligators / Earth Ear
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Fri, Apr 27

Living on Earth: April 27, 2012

Citrus Disease Threatens California's Fruit Growers / New FDA Guidelines for Nano Particles / Food Deserts: A Mirage or Reality? / Scotland's Wind Farms Have Environmental Drawbacks / BirdNote Limpkin, Bird of the Swamp / The Art of American Cartography
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Fri, Apr 20

Living on Earth: April 20, 2012

Greening The Internet Cloud / Rooftop Solar Goes Massive / Cuts to Environmental Education / Revisiting the Gulf Deepwater Disaster / Goldman Prize Winner Caroline Cannon / Seal Sitters / Ugandan Butterflies Indicate Change / Celebrating Poetry Month
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Fri, Apr 13

Living on Earth: April 13, 2012

Lead Poisoning from Gold Mining / South Africa Gold Mining Lawsuit / The Guar Gum Bubble / Emerging Science Note: Nano Ear / The Continuing Plight of the Sage Grouse / Space Chronicles; Neil DeGrasse Tyson / Celebrating Poetry Month
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Fri, Apr 6

Living on Earth: April 6, 2012

Genetic and Environmental Links to Autism / Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder / Note on Emerging Science – Singing Mice / Antibiotic Use on the Farm / Tracking Pandemics by Computer / The Poetic Power of Memory / The Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes / Google Street View for the Amazon / BirdNote The Rainwater Basin of Nebraska / Earth Ear
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Fri, Mar 30

Living on Earth: March 30, 2012

Limiting Carbon From Future Power Plants / Triclosan Safety Questioned / Africa’s Great Green Wall of Trees / The World’s Largest Wildlife Conservation Area / Big Advances in Testing Chemicals / Satellite Archeology
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Fri, Mar 23

Living on Earth: March 23, 2012

Southern Part of Keystone Pipeline Gets a Push / Fusion Confusion / Is Fracking Making People Sick? / Mushroom Packaging / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / ReThinking A Lot / Note on Emerging Science – Fungi and Lead / Sandhill Cranes Prepare for Liftoff / Earth Ear - Frog Sing-along
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Fri, Mar 16

Living on Earth: March 16, 2012

The Dose Doesn’t Always Make the Poison / Re-mapping the Amazon / Science Note: Magnetic Soap / It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a conservation drone! / Searching for Martens / Home Ground: The Language of Landscape / A Lifetime of Listening / Earth Ear
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Fri, Mar 9

Living on Earth: March 9, 2012

Cleaning up Fukushima / Methane Hydrates: Fire and Ice / Tsunami in a Tank / BirdNote Great Horned Owl Family / Emerging Science Note: Winds of Change / Urban Forests / Seattle Food Forest / Singing with Belugas / Earth Ear
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Fri, Mar 2

Living on Earth: March 2, 2012

Clean Air Act in Court / Fighting a Renewable Army / How Safe is Your Nuclear Power Plant? / Israel Threatens Renewable Energy in West Bank / Cherry Blossom Birthday / BirdNote Navigating by the Earth’s Magnetic Field / Schooling Salmon / Music to Help the Forests of Madagascar
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Fri, Feb 24

Living on Earth: February 24, 2012

Short Term Solution for Climate Change / Waterworld / Keeping up with the Green Gastronomic Jones' / TransCanada Claims Texas Land / Goat Accents / Arctic Explorers / Sled Dogs
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Fri, Feb 17

Living on Earth: February 17, 2012

President Proposes 2013 Budget / Dolphin Strandings Update / Manned Space - 50 Years and Counting / Chemicals and Health / Smart Bridges / Dying Yellow Cedars / BirdNote Consider the Ostrich / Sanibel Seashells / America’s First Pets
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Fri, Feb 10

Living on Earth: February 10, 2012

BP & The Trial of the Century / U.S. Becomes Net Energy Exporter / Dolphin Strandings / Trying to Silence Navy Sonar / Wave Glider / BirdNote Mating for Life / Keeping Emissions Down in California / FREEZE! The Great Ice Heist / EarthEar
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Fri, Feb 3

Living on Earth: February 3, 2012

Planes, Trains, Automobiles; But Bicycles? / New Transportation Bill Proposes Big Changes / Microbes Transform Wastewater to Energy / The World's Largest Environmental Cleanup has Problems / Science Note: Tapeworms and Climate Change / Vanishing Tonewoods / Turning Tree Rings Into Music / Earth Ear
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Fri, Jan 27

Living on Earth: January 27, 2012

The Environment in the State of the Union / Ode to Ogallala / Mozambican Farmers Get Help to Weather Extreme Weather Events / Hybrid Sharks / H5N1 Research Moratorium / BirdNote Kittiwake, Kittiwake, Kittiwake! / Green Cement / Lignin / Overheating Musk Oxen
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Fri, Jan 20

Living on Earth: January 20, 2012

Keystone Pipeline Rejected, For Now / The Explosive Growth of Natural Gas Networks / Bare Shoulders: Herbicide Along the Highway / Hybrids: The Cars Of The Future That Nobody's Buying / Cellulosic Fuel Update / Oh Narwhal, Where Art Thou? / China in the Arctic? / The Many Meanings of Cold / Earth Ear - Into India
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Fri, Jan 13

Living on Earth: January 13, 2012

Nuclear Power Comeback? / Grand Canyon Safe from Uranium Mining / Rampant City Gas Leaks / Emerging Science Note / Ode to Caterpillars / BirdNote Why Arctic Terns Have Short Beaks / An Environmental Map Made by You
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Fri, Jan 6

Living on Earth: January 6, 2012

The GOP Presidential Race and the Environment / New Recommendations for Lead Levels in Children / Disposal of Fracking Wastewater Polluting PA Rivers / Tiger Sharks Dine on Migrating Birds / BirdNote Bohemian Waxwings / A Green Ocean / The Rap Guide to Evolution / Earthear
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Fri, Dec 30 2011

Living on Earth: December 30, 2011

Replanting Kenya
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Fri, Dec 23 2011

Living on Earth: December 23, 2011

Under the Mango Trees / Day of the Dead / Legend of the Poinsettia / Cuban Celebrations
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Fri, Dec 16 2011

Living on Earth: December 16, 2011

After the Durban Climate Conference / Adapting to our Warming Planet / 2011 at the EPA / Evangelicals, Catholics Back Mercury Limits / Remote West Bank Villages Get Power / LOE Update / Adroitly Adrift / BirdNote Why Birds’ Feet Don’t Freeze / Endangered Reindeer / Earth Ear
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Fri, Dec 2 2011

Living on Earth: December 2, 2011

Climate Talks Begin in South Africa / Remembering Dr. Paul Epstein / Mozambique Coal Rush / Oil Spill off Brazil's Coast / Living on Earth Updates / What's Missing from Commercial Honey / Pizza Crusts and Hot Dogs as Fish Food / BirdNote – Birds of Paradise
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Fri, Nov 25 2011

Living on Earth: November 25, 2011

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Fri, Nov 18 2011

Living on Earth: November 18, 2011

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Fri, Nov 11 2011

Living on Earth: November 11, 2011

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Fri, Nov 4 2011

Living on Earth: November 4, 2011

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Fri, Oct 28 2011

Living on Earth: October 28, 2011

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Fri, Oct 21 2011

Living on Earth: October 21, 2011

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