Colville Tribe Sues Over Pollution In The Columbia: The Colville Tribe and the state of Washington face off against a Canadian mining giant next month over decades of pollution in the Columbia River. They blame a lead and zinc smelter plant operated by Teck in Trail, BC. Colville Business Council
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Columbia River Pollution Suit, And Around The Water Cooler
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Cash For Kidneys? Poll Shows Approval For Organ Donation Compensation
It’s illegal to sell your organs. But a recent NPR poll found that 6 in 10 Americans support giving organ donors compensation in the form of health care credits, and 4 in 10 thought donors could be paid in cold hard cash. We talk to a sociologist who studies organ donation and take listener calls.
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Jack Hitt On ‘Making Up The Truth’
Greener Computers? Our smartphones and computers have power limitations. Battery life can be short, power is expensive, and computer chips can only store so much. Adrian Sampson is working to create "greener" software that would make computers more efficient. We’ll hear about the new designs
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KUOW Weekday with John Roderick
King County has received an $800,000 federal grant to train Washington workers for jobs in aerospace. Dow Constantine discussed the grant at the 40th Annual Economic Forecast Conference in Seattle last Thursday. What are King County’s plans for the money and what opportunities lay ahead for 2012?
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“The Sound of Young America” Graduates from College | KCPW
The end of an era has arrived for a public radio program that began as a college radio show. Now, The Sound of Young America, which airs Thursday nights at 7 p.m. here on KCPW, is becoming Bullseye. So what’s behind the change and what can listeners expect of the new show? KCPW’s Jeff Robinson spoke with host Jesse Thorn.
http://kcpw.org/blog/local-news/2012-01-04/the-sound-of-young-america-graduates-from-college/
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Malcolm Gladwell: Who Is Successful? Why?
Sometimes the way you conduct science has profound impacts on society as a whole. Malcolm Gladwell says the way we look at who is and who isn’t successful is crucial. He says it’s dangerous to think East Africans are good runners because they have an innate gene that makes them fast. Instead, you have