BBC's Environment Podcast and Radio Four series
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
13 Jun 2025
The energy cost of one internet search is growing fast—so much so, tech giants are turning to nuclear power.
Can we cut down the cost of data? Tune in to explore the hidden energy behind our digital habits.
Rare Earth on BBC Radio 4, today at 12:00!
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dc9…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
10 Jun 2025
A poem a day keeps the doom-scroll away… Poetry Please & @McgoughRoger are back! 4pm @BBCRadio4 with a selection of listener requests curated by award-winning Cumbrian poet Jacob Polley @picadorbooks @UniofNewcastle Producer Sally Heaven. Also @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dbt…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
9 Jun 2025
Looking for your next unputdownable book? Look no further! A Good Read is back 3pm @BBCRadio4 Today, the creator of #Adolescence Jack Thorne & writer-director Peter Kosminsky #WolfHall join @HarriettSG to discuss books they love. Producer Sally Heaven bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002d9s…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
6 Jun 2025
Can the UK ditch its carbon emissions by 2050? Is the commitment made by all the major parties in 2008 even politically possible? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski discuss the future on this week's Rare Earth!
Tune in today at 12:00, on BBC Radio 4.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vbt…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
31 May 2025
That's the first week of Springwatch - what a great week it's been!
Wild About Wildlife? Discover the full range of OU courses related to this programme: connect.open.ac.uk/springwat…
Check out our new interactive too and see how the UK’s landscape has changed over the last 20 years!
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
30 May 2025
What’s the true environmental cost of what we buy?
Explore our new interactive, created by OU experts for BBC series Rare Earth.
From raw materials to disposal, discover how everyday choices impact the planet – and how changes can drive sustainability.
connect.open.ac.uk/nature-an…
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30 May 2025
Rare Earth is back for a new series, plunging into the amazing world of insects with @flygirlNHM @OfficialZSL @OU_STEM @tomheapmedia @helenczerski @Rothamsted - 12 @BBCRadio4 then @BBCSounds
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
30 May 2025
Rare Earth returns for its fifth series on BBC Radio 4, exploring the crisis of declining insect populations and their potential to solve major environmental issues.
Join Helen Czerski and Tom Heap with experts for insights!
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
24 May 2025
As #TheSaltPath film comes out and the book returns to the bestseller list, here’s my interview with @raynor_winn on @swcoastpath bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00297…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
16 May 2025
The BBC World Service International Audio #Drama Competition - for writers outside the UK. Deadline Weds 4 June. Send us your #audiodrama scripts for a chance to hear your work broadcast @bbcworldservice #writingopportunities #playwriting Full details: bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
1 May 2025
Have you ever wanted to write a play and didn't know how to start? 🎭
Why not enter the BBC World Service International Audio Drama Competition?
Here's information on how to enter bbc.in/3SlMjMh
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
19 Apr 2025
Carbon emissions in making concrete, urban heat, dredging rivers, estuaries & seabeds for sand to use in concrete - how can we make cleaner concrete? Use less of it? Recycle it? Build to last?
@BBCRareEarth asks how we build a world we want to live in:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029rq…
ALT View of the Shard, London, from the River Thames, surrounded by cranes & buildings of concrete, steel & glass - other than the river, the perfect ingredients for creating an urban heat island, where the concrete, steel & glass absorb the heat during the day & release it slowly at night. During heat waves, the effect of this is unbearable.
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
9 Apr 2025
NOC's Dr Tammy Horton joined the latest episode of @BBCRareEarth to discuss the abundance of biodiversity in the Clarion Clipperton Zone. 🦑
Listen to the full episode here 🎧 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029h…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
5 Apr 2025
Soul Music @BBCRadio4 is back! With pieces of music that conjure profound memories and emotions. Today, #DonnaSummer's iconic 1977 hit I Feel Love is the receptacle of stories of love, loss & legacy. 1030 am Sat 5 April Producer @Becky_Ripley #dancemusic bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029rg…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
1 Apr 2025
📻 Listen to our CEO, @aooleary, on @BBCRareEarth!
Aoife joined @helenczerski and @tomheapmedia to discuss an IMO shipping emissions levy, alternative fuels, and Pacific islands’ climate action leadership.
🎧Listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00297…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
27 Mar 2025
Hannah Evans of @FidraTweets
argues it's not the job of consumers to research which products are PFAS-free - our governments should be regulating so we're able to feel safe the item we're buying doesn't contain chemicals of concern. From @BBCRareEarth👇🏾
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
21 Mar 2025
Legendary lawyer @RobertBilott
interviewed by @tomheapmedia
on @BBCRareEarth's PFAS episode today. Also featuring our @leanahosea reporting from Bentham, the UK's most PFAS polluted town, Stephanie Metzger of @RoySocChem & Hannah Evans of @FidraTweets
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
23 Mar 2025
My interview with a former development chemist at Angus Fire part of this week's @BBCRareEarth. He expressed concerns as to whether staff at the firefighting foam plant were given sufficient protective equipment to prevent exposure to PFAS in the foam.
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
14 Mar 2025
Interesting piece on @BBCRadio4 @BBCRareEarth today on the #ozone hole in the atmosphere. Growing up as a Scandie in NZ it was real. Noone knew about sunscreen in the 70s & 80s though!
Macka B sings about it youtu.be/VXux-8zpF6A?si=wBE-…
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028v…
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BBC Rare Earth retweeted
13 Mar 2025
The amazing woman who flew with swans to chart their migration @sachadench on #ThisNaturalLife today @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds
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9 Mar 2025
Sweden to kill 87 Eurasian lynx despite complaints to EU Commission news.mongabay.com/short-arti…
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