Science, Tech & Environment
Living on Earth
December 17, 2012
A number of college students across the country are trying to convince the administrators running their endowments that for the good of everyone, they need to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. A similar effort around South African businesses was an important part in ending apartheid.
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Science, Tech & Environment
To fight climate change, activist says Obama's policy needs 'to be as good as physics demands'
PRI's The World
January 15, 2014
Climate activist Bill McKibben gives his take on President Obama, the fossil fuel industry, and the problem of flying around the world to further his crusade.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Climate warrior? Champion of 'Big Oil'? Canada's leader wants to be both.
PRI's The World
July 21, 2017
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to make steep cuts in climate pollution while still increasing the flow of dirty tar sands oil. It's a high-wire act that has him taking fire from both sides.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Living Green
April 12, 2008
'To the Best of Our Knowledge' takes a look at how individuals are trying to do good for the planet.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Environmentalist says global climate catastrophe is inevitable without intervention
Living on Earth
August 10, 2012
Catastrophic global warming can be staved off if humans can keep the climate from warming more than two degrees Celsius, and emit less than 565 Gigatons of carbon dioxide, some scientists believe. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says that's not enough.
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Science, Tech & Environment
New PBS documentary 'Climate of Doubt' looks at organizations fueling doubt in climate change
The Takeaway
October 23, 2012
Four years ago, there was political consensus that climate change was one of the most pressing issues facing the world and the U.S. But now, after a great deal of spending and lobbying, politicians are refusing to do anything about it. A new documentary looks at why.
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Science, Tech & Environment
University students rally to get endowments out of fossil fuels
Living on Earth
December 17, 2012
A number of college students across the country are trying to convince the administrators running their endowments that for the good of everyone, they need to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. A similar effort around South African businesses was an important part in ending apartheid.
Arts, Culture & Media
Environmental art in Iceland
PRI's The World
November 16, 2010
For the Geo Quiz, we head for the southern-most village in Iceland. This quaint Icelandic village is 100 miles or so south-east of the capital Reykjavik. This outpost is one of several far-flung settings for an environmental art project called 350 Earth.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Debate over oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas
Living on Earth
August 03, 2011
The oil pipeline from Canada to Gulf Coast could provide 700 thousand barrels a day, but critics say it would wreak environmental havoc.
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Politics
Over 1,200 protesters of oil pipeline arrested at White House
Living on Earth
September 14, 2011
Protest to stop a proposed 17 hundred-mile oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf 'biggest display of civil disobedience in 30 years' in US.