Living on Earth

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Living on Earth: May 27, 2011 May 27, 2011

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Black Lung is Back / The Best and the Worst U.S. Cities for Pedestrians / Coal Could Fuel Oil Alternative / Project Mohole Pioneers Deep Sea Drilling / Garden Girl in the City / Raising Kids in a Toxic World / Loon Crosses the Lake

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Living on Earth: May 20, 2011 May 20, 2011

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Remaking the Mississippi--Engineering Marvel or Monster? / EPA Stalls on Cleaning Up Industrial Air Pollution / Science Note/ Candles / The Republican Climate Conundrum / A Teenager Sues Uncle Sam over Climate Inaction / Blessing of the Bicycles / Lion Meat, Anyone? / BirdNote® - How Birds Produce Sound / Earthear

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Living on Earth: May 13, 2011 May 13, 2011

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Flammable Gas In Drinking Water From Hydraulic Fracking / Cut the Deficit By Cutting Oil Subsidies, Senate Democrats Say / Coal in the Classroom / Japan Says No More Nukes / Plugging Kids Into the Great Outdoors / Cool Fix / Air Batteries / Belly Button Biomes / Climate Change and Chasing Chile Peppers / **NEW**Coal in The Classroom Story Triggers Response

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Living on Earth: May 6, 2011 May 06, 2011

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Arctic Melting Speeds Up Rising Sea Levels / Floods, Tornadoes and Climate Change / Tornado Recovery As a Pathway to Sustainability / Re-engineering the Mississippi River to Reduce Floods and Bring Back Big Fish / GMO Hay Threatens Organic Dairy Farmers? / BirdNote®: Frank Bellrose and the Wood Ducks / Science Note: Fighting Fires With Electricity / Collecting Seeds From Historical Trees / Computer Game based on Climate Models

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Living on Earth: April 29, 2011 Apr 29, 2011

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China Adopts Cap-and-Trade to Curb Emissions / LOE Lookback - It's All Happening at the Zoo / Science Note: Early Birds / Sustainable City Gardening / The Indonesia Mega Rice Disaster / Earth Ear: Maple Sugaring / **New** Big Floods, Big Explosion Along Mississippi River

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Living on Earth: April 22, 2011 Apr 22, 2011

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Pesticides Influence on IQ / Climate Goes to Court / Remembering Chernobyl / Solar Street Lamps could be a Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Coal and Oil Shape Cultural Stereotypes / BirdNote® / **Web Extra" TVA's Landmark Decision

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Living on Earth: April 15, 2011 Apr 15, 2011

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Feds Cut Cash for Environmental Protection / Warnings About a New Nuclear Reactor / Breast Cancer & Pesticides in 1991 / The 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize / The Human Costs of Coal and Oil / Tracking the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler

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Living on Earth: April 8, 2011 Apr 08, 2011

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EPA in Congressional Crosshairs / Deficit Woes Trim Support for Ethanol / LOE Retrospective/ Cancer Alley / Cockroach, Robot, Astronaut / Operation Ice Bridge / BirdNote® How Brown Pelicans Dive / Los Angeles Suburbs Try Neighborhood Electric Cars / Turning Waste to Fertilizer -- Humanure

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Living on Earth: April 1, 2011 Apr 01, 2011

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Fukushima Disaster Makes Japan's Coastal Waters Radioactive / President Calls For more US Oil & Gas Drilling / Should we Recycle Spent Nuclear Fuel? / A Deadly Spill For Cetaceans? / Breakthrough Discovery For Cystic Fibrosis Treatment / The Drive to Improve Mass Transit / Living on Earth Marks 20 Years On the Air

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Living on Earth: March 25, 2011 Mar 25, 2011

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Dueling Senate Bills to Block EPA CO2 Regs / True Cost Accounting for Nuclear Power / An End to Nuclear Power in Vermont? / Experts Warned of Reactor Flaws Decades Ago / Rare Penguins Endangered By Oil Spill On Remote Island / Adventures Above the Arctic Circle / Monsters, Manipulation, and the Message from Nuclear Films

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