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1. Environment Show #182

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 June 23
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 Bruce Robertson discusses the recent warning by the American Academy of Pediatrics about the dangers of high ozone levels to children and talks with Dr. Ruth Etzel of the AAP. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about the benefits of electric lawnmowers. 3.) Robertson talks with Don Ritner, author of the book "Eco-Linking" about what eco-linking is and how it can connect environmentalists across the globe.
Subject:
Rittner, Don, Sombke, Laurence, Lawn mowers, and Ozone--Health aspects

2. Environment Show #184

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 July 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 individuals from the timber industry as well as from environmental groups for their opinions on President Clinton's proposal to reduce the amount of timber cut in the Pacific Northwest. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about using a scythe to cut brush instead of a power cutter. 3.) John Rowan talks with William Least Heat Moon about his book "Prairie Earth" a deep map account of the people and history of Chase County, Kansas.
Subject:
Sombke, Laurence, Forest preservation, and Heat Moon, William Least

3. Environment Show #177

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 May 23
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 plays excerpts from a speech given by botanist Dr. Peter Raven, who was recently tapped by President Clinton to design a biological survey map of the country. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about watering your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Thomas Miller of the Roper Institute about a recent test they conducted that showed the nation's teenagers have slightly less environmental knowledge than adults.
Subject:
Sombke, Laurence, Organic gardening, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, and Raven, Peter H.

4. Environment Show #178

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 May 30
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 Thomas Martin of the Audubon Society, about the restoration program to save the Everglades. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about fertilizing your lawn using organic fertilizer. 3.) Robertson talks with scientist Ricardo Viabla about his tree ring studies led him to believe that while some regions may experience global others may experience cooling at the same time.
Subject:
Sombke, Laurence, global warming, Organic fertilizers., and Everglades (Fla.)

5. Environment Show #202

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 November 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 talks with Robert Neal of the Environmental Evaluation Group about the controversy over burying transuranic waste in New Mexico. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Garden", about enjoying your fall garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Dr. Peter Raven of the Missouri Botanical Institute about the deaths of environmental scientists Ted Parker and Al Gentry.
Subject:
Sombke, Laurence, Gentry, A. H. (Alwyn H.), Transuranic wastes, and Parker, Theodore A.

6. Environment Show #203

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 November 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 Bruce Robertson talks with Jerry Tone of the National Testing Laboratory about the what he believes is a lack in quality of drinking water in the United States, Robertson also talks with Joan Dent of the American Waterworks Institute, who disagrees. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Garden", about planting bulbs indoors. 3.) Robertson talks with Alice Lyndell, a professor at the University of Utah among others, about the concerns about the level of pollution in the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Subject:
Sombke, Laurence, Drinking water--United States, and Great Salt Lake (Utah)

7. Environment Show #195

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 September 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.) Host Bruce Robertson plays excerpts from a speech by Environmental Protection Agency's administrator Carol Browner about the things that need to be done now and in the future to protect the environment. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about keeping your newly planted lawn healthy. 3.) Robertson talks with RPI professor Dr. David Torre about his work involving a new generation of wind turbines that turns in slower winds.
Subject:
Browner, Carol M. (Carol Martha), 1955-, Sombke, Laurence, and Wind turbines

8. Environment Show #196

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 October 3
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. Jeremy Legetta of Greenpeace about the negative effects global warming has on insurance companies. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about making a trellis for the entryway to your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with ecologist Dr. Norman Myers about his new book "Ultimate Security: Environmental Basis of Political Stability".
Subject:
Myers, Norman, Global warming, and Sombke, Laurence

9. Environment Show #204

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 November 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent passage of NAFTA in the House with various proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about using worms in your compost bin. 3.) Robertson talks with Robert Bullard, professor of sociology at University of California at Riverside about the topic of environmental justice. 4.) Robertson talks with Marjorie Bucholtz of the Environmental Protection Agency about their Superfund Teachers Institute, which educates teachers about environmental issues in hopes they will incorporate them into their curriculum.
Subject:
Environmental justice, Sombke, Laurence, North American Free Trade Agreement (1992), and Environmental Protection Agency

10. Environment Show #176

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 May 16
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 demographer Carl Haub of the Reference Bureau about what the United States' continually increasing population means for the it and the rest of the world. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about using your organic compost soil for your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Douglas Decker, of Johnson Controls, about their recent award for energy efficient lighting.
Subject:
Population growth, Lighting--Energy conservation, Sombke, Laurence, and Compost