With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is
one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering
population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change,
is driving the oasis-based society close to the b...
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The Great Lakes―Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior―hold 20
percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide
sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they
are under threat as never before, and their problems are sprea...
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One of the biggest challenges to protecting, restoring and managing
significant urban natural areas and critical fish and wildlife habitat is the
notion that cities are bereft of significant wildlife or the habitats that
support them----that urban biodiversity is an oxym...
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The Trump administration has declared a war on science. The first thing they
did upon taking office was erase all references and data about climate change
from government websites, and impose gag orders on scientists working for the
EPA and Department of Energy. Then Tru...
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For millennia, cats have been celebrated as secretive, mysterious companions,
content to live alongside, yet apart from humans. But science is beginning to
reveal that their cool exterior actually conceals hidden depths of emotion
and affection—for us, and for each other...
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This program originally aired on February 13, 2017
It's hard not to be disheartened by the news everyday coming from the
Trump-occupied White House. But one way to stay energized is to resist at the
local level.
As the Trump Administration's federal policies look to favo...
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There are few things in life you can count on more than the regularity of the
tides. However, as you start to learn more about this basic natural
phenomenon you begin to realize just how complex tides are - that there is a
lot more to tides than high tide and low tide.
...
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In 2012 a massive fire ripped through the Chevron Richmond Refinery, sending
a towering plume of toxic smoke into the air over Richmond, California. For
over a hundred years, Richmond was a classic company town, whose politics,
economy and environment were defined by Ch...
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The Trump administration has launched an all-out war on independent science,
environmental safeguards, and facts. Leading this attack on science are
industry insiders who now occupy positions of power at the EPA, Department
of Energy, and other critical federal agencies....
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It's been a rocky and rolling six weeks since we talked with George Polisner,
a former senior executive at Oracle who very publicly resigned from the
company after its CEO enthusiastically joined the Trump transition team in
January. Since quitting Oracle George has devo...
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