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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Providing a unique perspective on environmental news, issues and science to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for positive environmental action.

Earth Matters Now! Broadcast for May 16, 2024

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Laura and Mike did a series of stories on flu, bird flu vaccinations, the history of influenza outbreaks, and the challenge of protecting wildlife and chickens from the flu.  We also did stories on a development in west Spokane and impacts on traffic, fire protection and lack of infrastructure. We did stories on capturing carbon […] […]
Laura and Mike did stories on AI bias against environmental issues, gender equality and climate actions, avian bird flu spreading and mutating and the lack of response from the US, fish embryos can control when they hatch, Trump and Musk actions hurting the environment and NOAA’s ability to control fishing limits, beavers building a wetland […] […]
Laura and Mike did stories about black widow venom, a new giant jelly fish, how to change a place name, ancient sheep herds, biochar research to reduce toxic chromium, why southern killer whales are endangered, and microplastics in brains is increasing.   We did three station ID’s, the first one at 12:00 PM. […]
Laura and Mike did stories on rodents and birds nesting in snake skins, PFAS in waste treatment solids moving to farms, a new bacteria that can eat PFAS, migrating songbirds of different species flying together, clues from winter sun and snow to help your garden, biochar as a major carbon sequester, a win for lynx […] […]
Laura interviewed Paul Lundholdt, a Professor at Eastern Washington University. They discussed environmental issues, his writing and his students. Laura did three station ID’S, the first one at 12:00 PM. […]
Laura and Mike interviewed indigenous activists Jacob John’s and Jeff Ferguson about their visit to Azerbaijan for the COP29 climate summit. We heard their solutions and activities.   We did three station ID’S, the first one at 12:00 PM. […]
Laura and Mike did stories on climate and insurance coverage, the full moons of 2025, activist Jacob Johns, carbon in stars, battery storage increasing, new administration and the climate reports, grey wolves in Washington, a new report about the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, and President Biden protecting land and water natural areas. We did […] […]
Laura and Mike did a summary of the top environmental stories of 2024, as well as read two salmon poems.  We did stories about hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes and other natural disasters, stories of salmon coming back to the Klamath River, the Montana youth climate case ruling, wolves returning to California and a story about former […] […]
Laura and Mike did stories on avian flu, how Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer came to be, a 124 year old crocodile, PM 2.5 in wildfire smoke, the Montana courts upholding a climate case where young plaintiffs had sued the state, a letter over 80 organizations had sent to WA DNR regarding a land transer, […] […]
Laura and Mike did stories on salmon returning after Klamath dams removed, Neanderthals and humans exchanging genetics, the Honeycrisp apple problem, how the Coeur d’Alene tribe views the climate crisis, whale defender Paul Watson being freed in Greenland, and the loss of Deborah Di Bernardo, founder of Roast House organic coffee.  We did three station […] […]