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Martha Baskin

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Martha Baskin is an environmental reporter, whose work on the subject began with a project for the King Conservation District. Green Acre Radio was born shortly afterwards. She was one of the founding reporters for Pacifica's Free Speech Radio News and has been a contributor to the National Radio Project's Making Contact.

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Seattle workers use poetry to convey hardship, fight for higher wages

Fri, May 17, 5 a.m.

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Why UW scientists are speeding up ocean acidification

Tue, May 14, 1 a.m.

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21 Acres: A new hub for connected local agriculture

Mon, Apr 29, 5:24 p.m.

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Seattle's Duwamish River Valley is taking its health into its own hands

Mon, Apr 15, 2:52 p.m.

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Backyard mason bees: All the pollination benefits, no sting

Tue, Apr 2, noon

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Puget Sound Energy’s green rep gets black eye

Tue, Mar 26, 11:34 a.m.

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What's another 3.7 million pounds of explosives on the Sound?

Tue, Mar 12, 5 a.m.

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Legislation to ban Tris flame retardants hits snag

Tue, Feb 26, 5 a.m.

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Can farms save Puget Sound shellfish?

Mon, Feb 18, 10:16 p.m.

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Won't you be my solar-panel-buying neighbor?

Wed, Feb 13, noon

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Reinventing the energy lobby

Mon, Jan 28, 10:25 p.m.

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Kids in Rainier Beach dig into city farming

Tue, Jan 8, 12:01 a.m.

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Seattle's energy-saving program means more money for the holidays

Wed, Dec 19, 2:38 p.m.

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How gardens could help clean up Puget Sound

Mon, Dec 10, 1:12 a.m.

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Salmon: The uphill run for survival

Wed, Nov 21, 12:01 a.m.

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Coal port testimony: The public speaks

Tue, Nov 13, 11:06 p.m.

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GMO fight is heating up in Washington state

Tue, Oct 30, 12:01 a.m.

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Governor's race brings rare climate discussion

Tue, Oct 23, 12:01 a.m.

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If Madronas could talk, would they beg for more tree friends?

Fri, Oct 5, 12:47 p.m.

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KC Golden: A Seattle climate hero with global plans

Mon, Oct 1, midnight

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Harvest time: a celebration of organics in Washington

Mon, Sep 24, 12:16 a.m.

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Food stamps now go further at farmers' markets

Tue, Sep 18, midnight

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Food policy could go backward under Farm Bill

Thu, Aug 2, 1 a.m.

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Pests are welcome at this vineyard

Fri, Jul 20, midnight

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Puget Sound troubles: Oysters on a half-life?

Mon, Jul 9, midnight

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Rescue anniversary: for the love of orcas

Fri, Jun 29, midnight

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The buzz on an otherwise quiet food crisis

Mon, Jun 11, midnight

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Mercer UpGarden turns parking spots into garden beds

Fri, Jun 1, 2:15 p.m.

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Rainier Valley programs build food justice one garden at a time

Sun, May 20, 10:50 a.m.

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A snail can tell us a lot about global warming

Fri, Apr 27, 2 a.m.

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In Magnuson Park, tadpoles swim where planes once landed

Fri, Apr 13, 2 a.m.

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A thirsty world: lessons for the Puget Sound region

Wed, Apr 11, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Water crisis? Let's talk solutions

Sat, Apr 7, 9 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Can coffee marketing boost rain garden movement?

Sun, Apr 1, midnight

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Green Acre Radio: Aki Kurose's middle schoolers learn healthy cooking

Thu, Mar 29, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Doctor & Nobel nominee says Fukushima is 3X worse than Chernobyl

Fri, Mar 16, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: A beaver dam near Northgate

Fri, Mar 9, 2 a.m.

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Environmentalists on edge as Legislature nears an end

Fri, Mar 2, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: A partnership to save Seattle's old-growth

Fri, Feb 24, 12:41 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Military sonar in use shortly before orca's death

Sat, Feb 18, 2:20 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Will Duwamish cleanup success be undercut?

Sun, Feb 12, 6 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: UW exhibits highlights Hanford legacies

Fri, Feb 3, 10 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Oceans of plastic trash

Sat, Jan 28, 3 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Environmentalists look warily at Legislature

Sun, Jan 15, 10:15 a.m.

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Why this winter's snowy owl visit captivates us

Tue, Jan 10, 6:33 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: The snowy owl mystery

Tue, Jan 10, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Teaching sustainability to Seattle's student chefs

Sat, Dec 17, 2 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Plastic bag ban heats up in Seattle

Sat, Dec 10, noon

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Green Acre Radio: How Mexico struggles to defend against flood of U.S. grain

Sun, Nov 20, 6 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: A rain garden movement grows up in Seattle

Mon, Nov 14, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Threats still haunting Puget Sound

Tue, Nov 8, 11:30 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: State has first new hydro plant in two decades

Wed, Nov 2, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Stimulus project tries to satisfy environmentalists, Skagit farms

Sat, Oct 22, 4:39 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Seattle group organizes against GMO crops

Sun, Oct 16, 6 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Moving beyond fossil fuels, here and abroad

Sun, Oct 2, 6 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Giving the needy the chance at healthy foods from farmers markets

Wed, Aug 10, noon

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Green Acre Radio: Is it too late for seafood to be sustained?

Sun, Jul 31, 11 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: What are carbon emissions doing to Puget Sound?

Sat, Jul 16, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: A Northwest editor's ideas on a just economy

Fri, Jul 8, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Can organic farming be sustained on the Olympic Peninsula?

Tue, Jul 5, 9:54 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: How Wal-Mart got religion on sustainability

Sun, Jun 5, 11:22 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Faith and food go together in multi-ethnic churches' garden efforts

Fri, May 27, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Farming is thriving at Yesler Terrace

Sat, Apr 30, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: How Obama helped bring healthy local foods to more people here

Sat, Apr 16, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Wild steelhead are in decline

Mon, Apr 4, 4:15 p.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Marra Farm and the brave new world of seeds

Sat, Mar 26, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Sustainable housing opens at Magnuson Park

Sat, Mar 19, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Congressional proposals would curb EPA

Sat, Mar 12, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Training for work in an alternative-energy future

Sat, Mar 5, 9 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Road bumps for Washington state in ending use of coal

Sat, Feb 26, 7 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Do truck drivers' working conditions contribute to port pollution?

Sat, Feb 19, 2 a.m.

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Green Acre Radio: Regulation of lawn chemical could save money

Sat, Feb 5, 2 a.m.

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