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Buildings, concrete, asphalt, tar roof tops and industry have caused cities to reach higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas. Now, green-minded architects are taking cooler approaches to their designs.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 4 2008
Is California's most controversial water proposal making a comeback? QUEST reports on the fervent politics behind the Peripheral Canal - a $5 billion plan to build a pipeline around the delta, sending Sierra water directly to the state water project.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Oct 26 2007
Global warming and seasonal storms are putting California's low-lying areas at risk. A new network of high-tech weather sensors is making the streams, tributaries and dams of the American River the country's most closely-monitored water system.
Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Mar 23 2007
State transportation planners have nearly finished designing a high-tech bullet train system that would take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in two hours at 220 mph -- faster than a Ferrari. But will California voters pay for it?
Watch this TV Story Air Date: Feb 27 2007
Nature-Deficit Disorder/ Ugo Conti's Spider Boat
- Fri, May 16 at 11:00PM, on KQED HD
- Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED Channel 9
- Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED HD
Disappearing Frogs/ Planet Hunters
- Sat, May 17 at 1:00PM, on KQED World
Nature-Deficit Disorder/ Ugo Conti's Spider Boat
- Sat, May 17 at 4:30PM, on KQED HD
- Sat, May 17 at 7:00PM, on KQED World
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