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One Planet (Environment)

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KPCC 89.3 Sun, May 27 at 1:30am (Pacific)

About One Planet

One Planet uncovers what's really happening on our planet by looking beyond the headlines at the real environmental stories around the world. From the BBC.

  • London, United Kingdom
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Fri, May 18

OnePlanet: Russia's New Energy Frontier

The Yamal region sits in the north-west of Russia - a land of Siberian tundra and few people. But populations are rising, because here above the Arctic Circle there is potentially enough fuel to heat a quarter of the homes in Europe for the next 35 years. This week on One Planet, Lucy Ash heads into Siberia to explore Russia's new energy frontier. We hear from the recently arrived workers who have been brought into the region to pump up the gas, and from the nomadic reindeer herders who have...
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Fri, May 11

OnePlanet: The World's Ultimate Super Food

This week on One Planet, we look at one of the most important and underrated groups of organisms on the planet. Without them, the world would be uninhabitable, and we use them every day for food, drugs and drink - welcome to the weird world of the fungus. We hear from Rwanda, where they're a new weapon in the battle against hunger and malnutrition, and from New York, where they're a new alternative to plastic packaging.
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Fri, May 4

OnePlanet: Sustainability on the High Seas

The shipping industry is trying to become more environmentally friendly - but when your business is transporting heavy things around the world, how sustainable can you be? This week, One Planet goes out on one of the biggest ships in the world to find out. We're on the Ebba Maersk on the first leg of its journey to China, laden with containers full of everything from pork to cotton. We visit the bridge as the captain steers us out of port, head to the engine room to talk about alternatives...
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Fri, Apr 27

OnePlanet: Canada and CO2

Canada caused a stir at the UN climate conference in Durban last year by announcing its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol. Combined with their determination to pursue the controversial Keystone oil sands project, the Canadian government has come in for heavy criticism from environmental groups. This week, One Planet speaks to the Canadian environment minister, who insists Canada is at the forefront of the fight against climate change. Plus, we hear from Auckland in New Zealand, which has...
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One Planet looks at how we use our planet, and how what we do affects...

Fri, Jun 1
One Planet looks at how we use our planet, and how what we do affects our lives.