Listing of Stories
Five years ago, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his vision for the Hydrogen Highway, an ambitious program that promised to launch an alternative energy revolution in California. Right now, that highway is not as smooth as planners had hoped and government funding is in danger of drying up.
Play this Radio Report Air Date: Jun 15, 2009
Five years ago, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his vision for the Hydrogen Highway, a bold and ambitious program that promised to launch an alternative energy revolution in California. Check out images of fuel cells cars and more from this radio story.
How would you like the government to help you buy a newer, more fuel-efficient set of wheels? That's the idea behind a so-called Cash for Clunkers program that Congress is considering. But is it a boon for the environment or just a hand-out to Detroit automakers? The plan is not so novel. California has had a similar program for a decade.
Play this Radio Report Air Date: Jun 8, 2009
NASA scientists in Mountain View are building a spaceship that they will deliberately crash into the moon in 2009, sending up a 37-mile high cloud of debris. Their goal? To possibly find water in the form of ice buried deep within one of the moon's poles.
Play this Radio Report Air Date: Jun 1, 2009
If you live in Oakland, how long does it take for sewage to flow from your house, through the EBMUD plant and into the bay?
Play this TV Story Air Date: May 26, 2009
What happens when you flush the toilet? For most of us, what's out of sight is out of mind. But large numbers of sewage spills into San Francisco Bay are forcing cities, water agencies and the public to take a closer look at wastewater and its impacts on the health of the bay.
Play this TV Story Air Date: May 26, 2009
Next month, the Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands opens its doors to the public for the first time in four years. The Center treats sea lions, elephant seals, and other marine mammals that run into trouble along our coast. They swallow fishing lines, get hit by boat propellers and, increasingly, come down with a bacterial infection that scientists say they still don't understand.
Play this Radio Report Air Date: May 25, 2009
Scenes from a sea lion rescue on San Francisco's Ocean beach, the Marine Mammal Center's new $30 million facility, and the triumphant return of three healed animals back to the ocean -- and more, in our slide show.
Seahorses are some of the most enchanting and mysterious creatures in the ocean. They are struggling to survive in threatened habitats around the world, while large-scale trading of seahorses for the traditional Chinese medicine market goes unchecked. Meet the Seahorse Sleuths - local scientists who are working to save them from extinction.
Play this TV Story Air Date: May 19, 2009
Seahorse aquarist Jonelle Verdugo of the Monterey Bay Aquarium talks with Quest about the biology of seahorses on some of the challenges of raising them in captivity.
Play this TV Story Air Date: May 19, 2009
Rocket to the Moon/Tracking Raindrops
- Sun, Nov 22 at 11:30AM, on KQED World
California's Lost Salmon/Beyond Bio-Fuels
- Tue, Nov 24 at 7:30PM, on KQED 9HD
- Wed, Nov 25 at 1:30AM, on KQED 9HD
Rocket to the Moon/Tracking Raindrops
- Thu, Nov 26 at 6:30AM, on KQED World
California's Lost Salmon/Beyond Bio-Fuels
- Sat, Nov 28 at 1:30PM, on KQED World
- Sat, Nov 28 at 7:00PM, on KQED World
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