Environment
Company making detergent bottles out of ocean plastic
The Pacific Ocean is filling with discarded plastic. One company wants to use that plastic to create recycled bottles.
Virgin's Richard Branson joins fight against global warming
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson turns his attention to climate change, enlisting capitalists and entrepreneurs to fight against global warming with the Carbon War Room....
Mapping error sparks new stance on climate change
Glaciologists are up in arms about a new map of the world that they think overstates the effects of climate change....
Secret of rare 'spirit bear' revealed by First Nation community
A First Nation community in British Columbia hopes exposing the rare white black bear will help protect the species from threat of a planned oil pipeline project....
How $20 billion in BP fines can go to restoring the Gulf
Bill S-1400, going before Congress this fall, mandates the federal government to use the BP oil spill damages to fix the Gulf -- and taxpayers won't have to pay a dime....
Ancient Incan agriculture revived due to climate change
Ancient Andean crops and farming methods are revived as Peruvians struggle to deal with the effects of climate change....
Manatees' growing dependence on power plants for survival
Manatees have come to rely on power plants as a source of warm water, but that could become a problem in the future....
Oil pipeline from Canada could be election issue for Obama
The oil pipeline running from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico would provide oil and create jobs, but environmentalists want President Obama to say no to project....
Former airport turned campground a hit in the Big Apple
A new campground in Brooklyn offers a taste of the great outdoors for New Yorkers and tourists alike....
Irene floods Philadelphia, New Jersey and Vermont
The storm left neighborhoods, towns and cities flooded along the eastern seaboard, with Philadelphia one of the worst hit....
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PUdden N Tane (20 May, 2013 09:40:50)Take her crayons away then put her in the corner. How could anyone even 'think' they are doing right by the picture when they make ... -
Womprat (20 May, 2013 02:50:44)There were no swamp rats. There were Womprats, though.
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Jonathan (20 May, 2013 11:59:28)You're quite right. Sorry about that! Jonathan Kealing PRI.org
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My Other Car's the Tardis (20 May, 2013 11:37:03)I think you dropped a letter in the album's title: "Ela" is "she"--not "he"--in Portuguese.
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Jonathan (20 May, 2013 11:08:23)Hi Carl-- We can't think of such a solicitation coming from The World — and The World typically airs Monday through Friday. Is it possible you ...