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521. Environment Show #34

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 August 25
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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Description:
1.) Dan Brody, in for Bruce Robertson, talks with Colorado Senator Tim Wirth about his recent National Energy Policy Act, to help with the development of new energy sources. 2.) Brody then talks with Joanne Heidelberg about her organization the International Association of Environmental Education and their work incorporation environmental education into the curriculum. 3.) Brody talks with John Katzenberger about his group, the Aspen Global Change Institute. 4.) Brody interviews William Ruckelhaus, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and now head of Browning Ferris, an organization that deals with waste disposal. 5.) Brody plays another song off John Denver's album Earth Songs.
Subject:
Wirth, Timothy E., Aspen Global Change Institute, Environmental education, and Ruckelshaus, William, 1932-

522. Environment Show #33

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 August 18
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Joy Newell reports from Los Angeles about artist Tom Van Zandt's geosphere project. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Madeline Kunin, governor from Vermont, about a recent environmental action plan that was signed by governors from all states. 3.) Robertson talks with Randall Swisher, director of the American Wind Energy Association, about the benefits of wind power. 4.) Robertson ends the show by playing a song from John Denver's album Earth Songs.
Subject:
Denver, John, Wind power, Kunin, Madeleine, and GeoSphere Project

523. Environment Show #32

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 August 11
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with John Cook, of the Center of Environmental Internship Programs, about how to develop an environmental career. 2.) Correspondent Dan Brody interviews Ben Jordan, a retired Air Force Engineer, about his views on alternative energy sources. 3.) Joy Newell reports from Los Angeles about a magician, Steve Trash, who makes environmental issues a part of his show. 4.) Robertson talks with Norm Crampton of the Institute of Solid Waste about garbage disposals.
Subject:
Alternative energy sources, Environmental education, and Careers in Environment

524. Environment Show #31

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 August 4
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Chris Ballantyne of the Sierra Club, about the difficulties the joint committee is having in reconciling the differences between the House of Representative's and Senate's versions of the Clean Air Bill. 2.) Dave Foach reports from Milwaukee about the state of Wisconsin's recent decision to require students in grades K-12 receive some environmental education. 3.) Joy Newell reports from Los Angeles at the ARAS School, a school for developmentally disabled children. Newell reports on the environmental activism of the students at the school. 4.) Dan Brody reports on the recent decision of New York State to poison fish in the Adirondacks in order to repopulate the ponds with brook trout. 5.) Robertson talks with Howard Reese of the Union of Concerned Scientists about the country's need for new energy policies.
Subject:
Union of Concerned Scientists, Clean Air Act, Environmental education, and Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)

525. Environment Show #30

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 July 28
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Judith Johnsrud, a geologist, about her recent trip to Chernobyl and her belief that safer and cleaner power technologies are needed. Robertson also talks with Chris Bagnel, from Combustion Engineering, who believes nuclear power plants are still viable. 2.) Dan Brody reports on a recent decision to allow the dumping of mildly active radioactive waste. Richard Guyman of the Environmental Protection Agency shares his concerns about this new ruling and the effect it may have on groundwater near landfills. 3.) Joy Newell reports from Los Angeles about a recent law requiring a 50% recycling rate by the end of the 90's. Newell talks with Mary Nichols of the Urban Development Plan about how communities around the area are trying to help achieve that rate. 4.) Finally, Robertson airs more of Edward Wilson's comments on the increasing disappearance of species.
Subject:
Radioactive waste disposal., Wilson, Edward O., Nuclear power, and Recycling & reusing

526. Environment Show #29

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 July 21
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Dan Brody reports on the recent reclamation project proposed in the Adirondacks to restock the trout population. Brody talks to proponents on both sides of the issue including Michael Dinunzio, director of the Adirondack Park Protection Organization. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent decision by G.E. to convert 35 acres of their R&D campus into a wildlife preserve. 3.) Correspondent Joy Newell reports from California on the opening of one of the first environmental stores in the area. Newell interviews owner J.C. Cooper about her store. 4.) Finally, the show ends with Dr. Edward O. Wilson, a biologist from Harvard, discussing the increasing destruction of bio-diversity that is taking place in the world.
Subject:
Wilson, Edward O., General Electric, Recycled commercial products, and Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)

527. Environment Show #28

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 July 14
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent addition of the Northern spotted owl to the threatened species list and the decision to preserve its habitat. Robertson interviews proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Next, Sheldon Rothberg reads a poem by Richard Wilbur. 3.) Robertson shares an interview with Dr. Edward Wilson, a biologist, about his belief that the mass extinction of species is the greatest environmental threat. 4.) Joy Newell talks with David Kramer from the Environmental Literacy Group, about his recent project that will help schoolchildren become more aware of environmental issues.
Subject:
Environmental literacy, Northern spotted owl, Wilbur, Richard, 1921-, and Wilson, Edward O.

528. Environment Show #27

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 July 7
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Joy Newell talks with David Brower of the Earth Island Institute, about his plans to create a new earth restoration project called Green Cross. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson interviews various people involved with the new environmentalism movement. This movement advances the idea of a sustainable economy, the idea of replacing what you've taken. Robertson talks with Dan Katz of the Rainforest Alliance, about how beneficial this idea can be for Brazilian rainforests in particular. 3.) Robertson talks with Martha Broad of Community Projects Inc., about her production of a Brazilian nut candy that is being used in a new Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor.
Subject:
Community Projects Inc., Green Cross International, and Sustainable development.

529. Environment Show #26

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 July 1
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Gary Langer of the Associated Press about the reasons for the population's increasing concern for the environment. 2.) Joy Newell, from California, reports on a decision by Santa Monica to require citizens to install water reducing toilets. 3.) Robertson talks with author Andrew Revkin about his book "The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rainforest".
Subject:
Mendes, Chico, d. 1988 and Environmental conditions Water Use

530. Environment Show #25

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 June 24
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
Thumbnail Path Ss:
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson interviews Tim Mckenna, director of the only oil spill school in the nation, about the program and the ways it will help train people to better respond to oil spills. 2.) Joy Newell, reporting from California, interviews Michael Bell, of the National Coalition Against Pesticides. They discuss NCAP's protests over California's decision to use the pesticide melathion. 3.) Robertson interviews Dr. Karen Kwitter, chair of the astronomy department at Williams College, about the recent launch of the Hubble telescope.
Subject:
Pesticides, Hubble Space Telescope, and Oil spills