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161. Environment Show #335

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 June 2
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1.) In their continuing series about endocrine disruptors, host Peter Berle talks with J.P. Meyers, author of "Our Stolen Future", about how even low doses of these chemicals could have dangerous effects. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports fomr the Tour de Sol race in Manhattan where electric, hybrid, and many other types of environmentally friendly cars, go head to head in a race. 3.) Berle talks with Michael Colby of the activist group Food and Water Incorporated, about their work fighting to keep pesticides off your dinner plate. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with biologist Joan Walsh about the horseshoe crab mating season on Delaware Bay.
Subject:
Food and Water, Inc., Horseshoe crabs, Electric cars, and Endocrine disruptors

162. Environment Show #334

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 May 26
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.) Thomas Lalley reports on the Everglades Restoration Project. 2.) Host Peter Berle discusses the poor air quality of many school buildings and talks with Eleanor Johnson of the United States General Accounting Office about the issue. 3.) Berle talks with Dr. Claude Campania about his work off the coast of Patagonia with elephant seals. 4.) Ann Zwinger, author of "Down Canyon", talks about the Grand Canyon in winter in, Portrait of a Place. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Howard Werner about the problem marmots are causing in the Sequoia National Park in California.
Subject:
Indoor air pollution--United States, Zwinger, Ann, Everglades National Park (Fla.)--Environmental aspects, and Elephant seals

163. Environment Show #333

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 May 19
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 Peter Berle talks with Molly Beatty of the National Fish and Wildlife Service about the lift of the moratorium on listing endangered species. 2.) Berle talks with Don Silver of the Endangered Habitats League about a new ecosystem approach to protecting endangered species. 3.) Berle talks with Carl Pope of the Sierra Club about repeal of the gasoline tax and its possible effects on the environment. 4.) Berle talks with Peter Snyder of Luntz Research Group, about the environmental issues facing the Republican party in the upcoming elections. 5.) Thomas Lalley talks with Donald Rodbell, a geology professor, about climate change.
Subject:
Climate change, Endangered species--Law and legislation--United States, Gasoline--Taxation--United States., and Republican Party

164. Environment Show #332

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 May 12
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 Peter Berle talks with J.P. Meyers, about the book he co-authored "Our Stolen Future", which discusses endocrine disruptors, chemicals in the environment that have had and continue to have on our reproductive systems. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with biologist Jim Hamil about the increase in wolves in the upper midwest. 3.) In the segment Ear to the Ground, Linda Anderson talks with Mahish Shanda Meta, an environmental lawyer from India, about his work.
Subject:
Wolves--North America, Environmental law--India, and Endocrine disruptors

165. Environment Show #331

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 May 5
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 Peter Berle reports that most of the anti environment riders on the federal budget were deleted. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Anna Orillo of United States Public Interest Group goes against Jack Gerard of the Mineral Resources Alliances over whether or not the mining industry should have to pay for mining on public lands. 3.) Berle talks with marine biologist Bill Ballantine about his work setting up ocean sanctuaries in New Zealand. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Thomas Lalley talks with biology professor Thomas Smith about his research involving the West African horn bills and their effects on the rainforests.
Subject:
Mining law--United States, Ocean Research, Environmental awareness, and Hornbills

166. Environment Show #330

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 April 29
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 Peter Berle talks with Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy about a bill he authored, the Forest Stewardship Act. 2.) Berle talks with forest ecologist Greg Apland about his skepticism over a bill that claims to protect the health of forests in the western United States. 3.) Karen Kelly reports on new urbanism, an architecture movement that brings city living to suburbia. 4.) Thomas Lalley talks with Thomas Smith, a biology professor at San Francisco State University about his research on rainforests. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Thomas Lalley reports on the yearly controlled burns in the Pine Bush Preserve in Albany, New York.
Subject:
Forest protection, Architecture, Forest stewardship, and Rainforests

167. Environment Show #329

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 April 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.) Host Peter Berle talks with Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Tim Wirth about environmental issues around the globe as well as the Global Affairs plans for the year. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the Department of the Interior's artificial flooding of the Grand Canyon. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson continues her talks with Susan Morse of Keeping Track and joins her on a hike through the woods. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Ginger Carpenter of the Rhode Island Nature Conservancy about dragonflies.
Subject:
Wirth, Timothy E., Wildlife protection, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), and Dragonflies

168. Environment Show #328

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 April 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 Peter Berle talks with Dr. Janet Phoenix of the National Safety Council about the dangers of lead paint. 2.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author Brian Alexander talks about the backyard of his childhood home in Ohio. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on attempts to move away from using traditional fibers in the making of paper and clothing and talks with Brian West of the Earth Island Institute about their project Raising Paper that promotes using alternatives like straw, flax, and hemp. 4.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Susan Morse about her organization, Keeping Track, which helps to protect lands that are important to wildlife. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle reports on the Columbian sharp tailed grouse of Montana.
Subject:
Lead paint, Fibers--Environmental aspects, Wildlife protection, and Alexander, Brian, 1959-

169. Environment Show #327

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 April 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.) Host Peter Berle talks with Jeff Debona of the PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, about the theft of trees from public land. 2.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author Kathleen Dean Moore talks about the Willamette River in Oregon. 3.) Berle talks with Michael Weber, author of "Wealth of Oceans', about the negative environmental impact of shrimp farming. 4.) Berle talks with Lester Brown of the WorldWatch Institute about overuse of our oceans. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Thomas Lalley talks with Bob Whipple of Malachi Farms, about the process of maple syruping.
Subject:
Ocean--Environmental aspects, Shrimp farming, Willamette River (Or.), and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Association)

170. Environment Show #326

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 March 31
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.) Host Peter Berle talks with David Hahn Baker of political consultant firm Inside Out, about environmental racism and the environmental justice movement. 2.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Betsy Marsten, editor of the High Country News, about the paper and its coverage of environmental issues of 10 western states. 2.) Karen Kelly reports on an artificial flood that was created in the Colorado River to study the effects on the ecosystem. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on the Yakataki comet and talks with Don Brownley, professor of astronomy at Washington University, about comets.
Subject:
Environmental justice, Comets, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), and Environmentalism--West (U.S.)