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Part II: Not Just a Women’s Issue

Health & Medicine

African women who want to use birth control face many obstacles. Among them: their male partners. An organization in Kenya is engaging men in conversations about women’s reproductive choices.

Part II: Not Just a Women’s Issue

Conflict & Justice

Farmers in Pennsylvania taking proceeds from fracking and investing in solar

Environment

Energy challenges for post-nuclear Germany

Environment

Google renewable energy search

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Energy decisions

Environment

Tax credits for wind, solar and other clean energy sources won support in Congress; the ban on offshore oil drilling comes to an end.

Israel Threatens Renewable Energy in West Bank

Israel says solar panels and wind turbines in Palestinian West Bank villages were installed without permits, and threatens to demolish them.

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Fighting a Renewable Army

The Defense Department wants to run the military with more renewable power and less petroleum, but some members of Congress say the $1 billion price tag is too high.

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Green Cars II: A Higher Octane

Two Florida entrepreneurs spread the gospel of renewable energy as they travel across the country in their 1986 Winnebago, which runs on the used vegetable oil they collect from fast-food restaurants.

Energy Deregulation in California

Across the United States, states are slowly deregulating their energy markets. Already, some consumers are able to choose an electricity generator the same way they choose a long distance telephone company. California is one of the first states to try this. Host Steve Curwood talks to Kirk Brown, who tracks the energy business for the […]

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