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401. Environment Show #189

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 August 15
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.) Jim Ormond reports on the extinction of the Florida panther and talks with Tim Logan of the Florida Fish and Game Commission about their work breeding panthers with Texas cougars in hopes in stopping that extinction. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about putting up a living fence. 3.) Robertson talks with Kent Brown, of the Civil War Sites Advisory Committee, about his work trying to preserve Civil War battlefields.
Subject:
Florida panther, Sombke, Laurence, and Brown, Kent Masterson, 1949-

402. Environment Show #190

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 August 22
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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2019-02-06T23:39:16Z
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1.) Lee Garnett reports on the disappearing salmon in the Columbia and Snake Rivers and discusses the argument over possible causes. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about how to dispose of household hazardous waste. 3.) Robertson talks with Bruce Vigon, of the Patel Memorial Institute, about lifecycle analysis of consumer goods.
Subject:
Salmon--Columbia River., Household waste, Salmon--Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), and Life cycle cost analysis

403. Environment Show #191

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 August 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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2019-02-06T23:39:36Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the controversial practice of sustainable yield and talks with botanist William Schuster about how he has practiced it in Black Rock Forest. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about using solar pathway lamps in your garden to keep away deer. 3.) Robertson visits the house of Joel Patterson, who has outfitted his home with photovoltaic panels and powers his the whole house with them, including a recording studio.
Subject:
Sustainable forestry, Sombke, Laurence, Photovoltaic cells, and Black Rock Forest (N.Y.)

404. Environment Show #192

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 September 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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2019-02-06T23:39:59Z
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1.) Jill Hoyt reports from Idaho about a group trying to stop the extinction of salmon. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", who gives tips on to bring your garden indoors. 3.) Joel McCower, author of Green Consumer, gives a commentary about the word trash and whether it gives an accurate description. 4.) Robertson talks with Susan Yester of Chrysler about a recent plan to improve automobiles' recyclability.
Subject:
Indoor gardening, Recycled products, Salmon, and Makower, Joel, 1952-

405. Environment Show #193

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 September 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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2019-02-06T23:40:19Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the controversy over President Clinton's new wetlands policy and talks with proponents from both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about using your microwave to dry herbs. 3.) Joseph Cooper reports from the Florida Keys about the deteriorating health of Florida Bay, and talks with various scientists and citizens about the issue.
Subject:
Florida Bay (Fla.), Sombke, Laurence, and Wetlands

406. Environment Show #194

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 September 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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2019-02-06T23:40:40Z
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1.) Julie Hunt reports from Switzerland about research being conducted to look into the country's high ozone levels problem. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about how to replant new grass. 3.) Robertson talks with Andre Mele, author of "Polluting for Pleasure", about the dangers of pollution from motor boats on lakes, rivers, and oceans.
Subject:
Switzerland--Environmental conditions, Sombke, Laurence, Motor boating & sailing, and Mele, Andrew Paul, 1938-

407. 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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2019-02-06T23:41:00Z
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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

408. 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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2019-02-06T23:41:20Z
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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

409. Environment Show #197

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 October 10
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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2019-02-06T23:41:41Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses controversy over the clunker law, part of the Clean Air Act, which is an attempt to keep older and dirtier cars off the road. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke about finding the pH value of the soil in your garden. 3.) Robertson finishes his conversation with Dr. Norman Myers about his book "Ultimate Security: Environmental Basis of Political Stability".
Subject:
Myers, Norman, Pollution, and Soil acidity

410. Environment Show #198

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 October 17
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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2019-02-06T23:42:03Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with David Clarke of the Atlantic Salmon Federation about parameters put in place in Greenland to save the salmon. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about how to properly prune your garden. 3.) Jim Ormond talks with Professor Stuart Licht of Clark University about his invention of the sulfur aluminum battery.
Subject:
Pruning, Salmon, and Licht, Stuart

411. Environment Show #199

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 October 24
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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2019-02-06T23:42:22Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson plays excerpts from President Clinton's speech on his climate change plan and talks with proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about the importance of feeding birds to keep away bugs. 3.) Robertson talks with Margaret Kelly of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Technology Innovation about their work trying to find new technology to clean up contaminated sites.
Subject:
Contaminated sites, Sombke, Laurence, and Climate change

412. Environment Show #200

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 October 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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2019-02-06T23:42:44Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Nancy Rabele from Louisiana University's Marine Consortium about the negative effects the flooding of the Mississippi River has had on the Gulf of Mexico. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about how to aerate your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Kevin Coyle of American Rivers, about the state of rivers in the U.S. today.
Subject:
American Rivers (Organization), Aeration of soil, and Gulf of Mexico

413. Environment Show #201

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 November 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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2019-02-06T23:43:04Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Mark Haichu of the Earth Island Institute about the lack of enforcement of environmental laws in Mexico, especially those that pertain to shrimping boats and turtle excluding devices. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Garden", about harvesting leaves to use as mulch for your lawn. 3.) Robertson talks with Professor Robert Percival, of the University of Maryland, about the rise in popularity of environmental law programs.
Subject:
Turtle exclusion devices, Sombke, Laurence, and Environmental law

414. 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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2019-02-06T23:43:25Z
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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.

415. 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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2019-02-06T23:43:46Z
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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)

416. 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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2019-02-06T23:44:07Z
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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

417. Environment Show #205

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 December 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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2019-02-06T23:44:28Z
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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

418. Environment Show #206

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 December 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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2019-02-06T23:44:48Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Rick Davage of the Alaskan Department of Natural Resources about a proposal to ship water from Alaska to California. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about gift giving for the gardener. 3.) Robertson talks with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt about criticisms that have labeled him as being too compromising.
Subject:
Sombke, Laurence, Babbitt, Bruce, 1938-, and Drought relief

419. Environment Show #207

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 December 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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2019-02-06T23:45:10Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the proposal by Clinton Administration to mix ethanol and gas for a cleaner fuel and talks with proponents on both sides of the issues. 2.) Joel McCower gives his thoughts on the Clinton Administrations proposed climate changes action policy. 3.) Robertson talks with environmental musician Paul Winter who discusses his new album "Prayer for the Wild Things".
Subject:
Climate change, Makower, Joel, 1952-, Ethanol, and Environmental music

420. Environment Show #208

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1993 December 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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2019-02-06T23:45:30Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Jeff Napier of the National Marine Manufacturing Association about author Andre Mele's book "Polluting for Pleasure" which claims motorboats excessively pollute rivers, lakes, and the ocean. 2.) Peter Capella reports on the health problems caused by increased pollution in Europe. 3.) Robertson talks with New Mexico Congressman Bill Richardson about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Subject:
Richardson, Bill, 1947-, General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (Organization), Motor boating & sailing, and Pollution--Europe

421. Environment Show #256

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1994 November 27
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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2019-02-06T23:45:51Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Eric Steedman, coordinator of the Campaign for Cleaner Corporations part of the Council on Economic Priorities, about their annually published report on the worst polluting companies in the U.S. 2.) Robertson talks with author William MacLeish about his new book "The Day Before America: Changing the Nature of the Continent'".
Subject:
Pollution, Council on Economic Priorities, and MacLeish, William H., 1928-

422. Environment Show #257

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1994 December 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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2019-02-06T23:46:12Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Trudy Cox of Massachusetts Environmental Affairs about the Ozone Transport Commission, a plan submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by Massachusetts and other New England and Mid-Atlantic states that proposes to reduce air pollution. 2.) Robertson talks with Gayle Baker of the Wildlife Service about the designation of Canaan Valley in West Virginia as a National Wildlife Refuge.
Subject:
Air Pollution, Ozone Transport Commission, and Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (W. Va.)

423. Environment Show #258

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1994 December 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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2019-02-06T23:46:32Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Bjorn Connevin, of the Norwegian Consulate, about Norway's decision to turn membership in the European Union. 2.) Robertson talks with Dr. Peter Glick, of the Pacific Institute, about plans to increase the water supply into the Dead Sea.
Subject:
Norway, Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan), and European Union

424. Environment Show #259

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1994 December 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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2019-02-06T23:46:53Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Lenny Comb, director of the Last Great Wilderness Project, about his anger over Congress changing the numbers on environmental bills. 2.) Robertson talks with a manager of a project at Hydro Quebec that may make the electric car a viable option. 3.) Robertson talks with Ken Goddard, director of the Fish and Wildlife forensic lab, about his novel "Wildfire".
Subject:
Environmental Policy, Electric cars, Goddard, Kenneth William, and Hydro-Que?bec.

425. Environment Show #284

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 June 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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2019-02-06T23:47:12Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Bruce Hamilton of the Sierra Club about his belief that pending action in Congress could lead to the destruction of years of hard work by environmentalists. 2.) Robertson talks with Rebecca Reynolds, of the organization Animals as Intermediaries, about her new book "Bring me the Ocean". 3.) Robertson talks with Ken Catanzarro, about Revision 2000, a plan to revitalize the community of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Subject:
Reynolds, Rebecca A., Chattanooga (Tenn.), and Environmental Policy

426. Environment Show #285

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 June 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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2019-02-06T23:47:31Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Edward Cook, a tree ring specialist, about his work examining trees to help tell us the story of our past and future. 2.) Julia Ank gives a commentary about the links between breast cancer and industrial toxins. 3.) Robertson talks with various politicians from Chattanooga, Tennessee, about the city's South Central Business District Development Project.
Subject:
Tree rings, Chattanooga (Tenn.), and Breast--Cancer--Environmental aspects

427. Environment Show #286

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 June 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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2019-02-06T23:47:53Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Oliver Shine of Johns Hopkins University and Melanie Deutchen of Greenpeace, about their differing views on whether or not UV radiation is more harmful in places with ozone holes. 2.) Robertson talks with Eleanor Cooper, of the Cooper Company, about Chattanooga, Tennessee's revitalization project, specifically about their clean up of the Chattanooga River. 3.) Robertson talks with Sheila Jones, homemaker near Hagerstown, Maryland, about her work getting her community together to plan their town's water system.
Subject:
UV radiation, Chattanooga (Tenn.), and Community action

428. Environment Show #287

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 July 2
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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2019-02-06T23:48:13Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Professor Douglass Anderton, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, about a study he conducted which found that economics is more likely than race to play a role in where dumps and landfills are located. 2.) Robertson discusses the controversy over chip mills in the southeast and their possible harm to the environment. 3.) Robertson talks with Gina Johnson of the Saratoga Battlefield Park about possible Congressional cutbacks for national parks.
Subject:
National parks, Environmental economics, and Wood chips industry

429. Environment Show #294

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 August 20
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Adine Gelpert about the upcoming World Conference on Women. 2.) Judith Ank gives a commentary about doing a cost benefit analysis of environmental regulations. 3.) Robertson talks with Dr. Jared Diamond, professor of physiology at UCLA, about his thoughts on the origins of Easter Island.
Subject:
Easter Island, Environmental Policy, and World Conference of Women

430. Environment Show #295

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 August 27
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Michael Clacke of the University of California Riverside, about a report by the National Academy of Sciences that discusses the importance of preserving the habitats of endangered species. 2.) Wendy Lutz talks with Bill McKiben about a book he recently edited, "Birch Browsings: A John Burrroughs Reader". 3.) Robertson talks with Mary Anne Marshowzer of the Nature Conservancy about a project she runs introducing urban children to nature.
Subject:
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921, Nature Conservancy (U.S.), and Endangered species

431. Environment Show #296

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 September 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 Bob Crabtree of Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies about the wolf restoration project going on at Yellowstone National Park. 2.) Republican Congressman Sherwood Boehlert gives a commentary on his 3 point plan for a clean environment and healthy economy. 3.) Doug Frelich reports on plans for the Conte Wildlife Refuge along the Connecticut River.
Subject:
Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Environmental Policy, Restoration ecology, and Wolves--Yellowstone National Park

432. Environment Show #297

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 September 10
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 Sheehan, Center for Media and Public Affairs, about his research on children's cartoons led him to believe that children are getting the wrong message about environmental issues. 2.) Doug Freilich talks with author Bill McKibben about vision mapping, a new method of land conservation. 3.) Robertson talks with industrialist Gunter Pauli about his idea for a Zero Emission Institute called Zeri.
Subject:
Land, Conservation, ZERI, Pauli, Gunter, 1956-, and Environmental education.

433. Environment Show #298

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 September 17
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. Michael Oppenheimer of the Environmental Defense Fund about the draft report by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change that discusses the effects humans have on global warming. 2.) Linda Anderson reports on the growing popularity of farmers using work horses instead of trackers on their farms. 3.) Robertson reports on some of the environmental standards that came out of the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Subject:
Global warming, Winter Olympic Games (17th : 1994 : Lillehammer, Norway), and Draft horses

434. Environment Show #300

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 October 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 Peter Berle talks with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and EPA Administrator Carol Browner about their belief that the budget process leads to a negative change in environmental laws. 2.) Author Bill McKibben reads from his latest book "Hope, Human, and Wild". 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Ithaca, New York about attempts to bring back the lake sturgeon from near extinction. 4.) In the segment Locking Horns Bill Chandler of the National Parks and Conservation Association and Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute argue about whether or not certain National Parks should be closed to save money. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Jeff Glassberg about the migration patterns of butterflies.
Subject:
McKibben, Bill, Lake sturgeon, National Parks, and Environmental Policy

435. Environment Show #301

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 October 8
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 discusses the controversy over sugar plantations in the Everglades and talks with proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the what kind of cars we can expect in the future as well as the quality of the air we will be breathing. 3.) In the segment Locking Horns Tom Martin of Audubon and Bob Buecker of the U.S. Sugar Company argue over the costs and benefits of the sugar program in the United States. 4.) Linda Anderson reports in her segment "Ear to the Ground" about Madeline Hoffman, woman from New Jersey who started GREO or Grass Roots Environmental Organization which helps grass roots organizations get started. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with ecologist Carlo Supiana about the migration habits of tuna.
Subject:
Air Pollution, Everglades National Park (Fla.), Environmental groups, and Sugar--Taxation--United States

436. Environment Show #302

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 October 15
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 discusses a recently filed lawsuit that is trying to prevent logging east of the Cascades in order to protect salmon in that area. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Chuck Burley of the National Forest Association and Glen Spayne of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's' Association, square off about whether or not logging should be stopped east of the Cascades. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports individuals that live "off the grid", using alternative energy sources to provide power to their homes. 4.) Bruce Robertson talks with Peter Haggarty about his project, Peace Fleece, which promotes discussions between Israeli and Palestinian sheep farmers. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Keith Bilstein talks about the migration of the Swainson Hawk.
Subject:
Logging, Cascades (Mountains), Israel/Palestine, and Alternative energy

437. Environment Show #303

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 October 22
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 discusses the controversy over a proposal to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Scott Peters of the Nuclear Institute and Scott Denham of the Safe Energy Coalition discuss if the disposal of nuclear waste is environmentally and economically feasible. 3.) In the segment Ear to the Ground, Linda Anderson reports on a group of 6th grade students who helping to keep the air clean by buying pollution credits. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on the chemical pollution of Silva Reservoir in Mexico. 5.) Rosemary Katana of the Inuit's presents a portrait of Banks Island in Canada.
Subject:
Chemical pollution, Nuclear waste disposal, Air pollution, and Yucca Mountain (Nev.)

438. Environment Show #304

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 October 29
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Bill Amoro of New England Fishery Management Council , Robert Engelman of Population Action International, Douglas Hopkins of Environmental Defense Fund and Lisa Spear of the National Resources Defense Council discuss the plight of the world?s fishing stocks. The Magnison Act (1977) ensured that management of fishing resources be governed by science, not commerce. At the UN, an international fishing treaty setting up protocol and management of fishing resources is to be signed. (2)Russell Means, Lakota Indian and author of ?Where White Men Fear to Tread? , talks about renewing his spirit and communicating with nature in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Subject:
Fisheries, Magnison Act, and Means, Russell

439. Environment Show #305

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 November 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.) Drug-resistant infectious diseases often thrive in cities. Gretchen Daily of Stanford University, Mark Lappe (author of ?Breakout?) and Rodney Dietert of Cornell University speak on infectious diseases, environmental degradation, population growth and preventive care.(2) On sustainable cities, Randolph Croxton speak on how automobile suburbs take too much land and resources; James Kunstler (author of ?Geography of Nowhere?), on how these are destructive to social and economic life. Ray Bromley, professor of geography at University at Albany thinks that ?in filling? the city and overcoming racial problems and social tensions are of higher priority in improving urban life.(3) Reg Modlin of Chrysler and Sheila Lynch of Northeast Alternative Vehicle Coalition debate on whether electric vehicle mandates should be continued.(4)Jeff Canada, author and children?s advocate, speaks of living in 108th Street, NY and how people give character to urban centers.
Subject:
Urban Life, Electric cars, and Infectious Diseases

440. Environment Show #306

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 November 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 discusses the controversy over the safe drinking water act and why some environmentalists take issue with the bill. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on a controversy surrounding a proposal to build a water filtration plant near Woodstock, New York and why some think land preservation in the Catskills is a better bet. 3.) Lalley talks with Dr. Charles Lydeard about the recent decline in the mussel population. 4.) Berle talks with Dr. Alan Rabinowitz of the Wildlife Conservation Society about a trip he took to the Annamite Mountains in Vietnam and his discovery of several new species. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Dr. Ira O'Keene of the University of Massachusetts Division of Cardiovascular Medicine about why he thinks humans' cholesterol levels increase in the winter.
Subject:
Vietnam, Mussels, Catskill Mountains (N.Y.), and Water quality

441. Environment Show #307

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 November 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 discusses the execution of Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwo. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on "green washing" campaigns by companies to convince the public they are a green company. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Renee Askins of the Wolf Fund about her work repopulating the wolf population of Yellowstone National Park. 4.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Rodger Schlickeisen of Defenders of Wildlife argues with Larry Burrett of the Farm Bureau about whether or not wolves should be brought to Yellowstone. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with botanist George Yaskevitch about barrens and the rich variety of life they contain.
Subject:
Wiwa, Ken Saro-, 1941-1995, Environmental advertising claims, and Wolves--Yellowstone National Park

442. Environment Show #308

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 November 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 Peter Berle reports on the controversy surrounding the reauthorization of the farm bill and impact it has on the environment. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the increasing duck population and talks with Dr. Chip Ulyss about what conditions may have led to the increase. 3.) Bruce Robertson reports on the use of septic wastewater as a valuable resource and how many people are using it to create constructed wetlands. 4.) In the "Outpost" segment Dr. Timothy O'Brien, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, talks about his trip to Indonesia and about the important connection between wildlife and the ecosystem. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with ecologist Dr. Doug Ladd about the controlled burns that take place in prairies in order to preserve them.
Subject:
Constructed wetlands, Indonesia--Environmental aspects, Ducks, and Farming--Environmental aspects

443. Environment Show #309

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 December 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 Peter Berle reports on the controversy surrounding a proposal to open up the Arctic National Refuge to oil drilling and talks to proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Nancy Cassy of the Gwitchin peoples and Oliver Levitt of the Arctic Slope Regional Organization discuss whether or not oil drilling would threaten caribou in the refuge. 3.) Berle reads listener suggestions on how to have an environmentally friendly and sustainable holiday 4.) Thomas Lalley discusses the issue of deregulating utilities and questions whether the idea is good for the environment or your wallet. 5.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Kent Wheely who helped to start Seed Sources Exchange, which tries to save threatened fruits, vegetables, and grains from extinction.
Subject:
Caribou--Alaska, Arctic National Wildlife Range (Alaska), Deregulation, and Environmentalism

444. Environment Show #310

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 December 10
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 on deer management and the need to develop new techniques for better control of the deer population. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with 3 theologians from the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish faiths about the "greening" of religion. 3.) Berle shares more listener suggestions for having an environmentally friendly and sustainable holiday. 4.) David Wicinas reads an excerpt from his book "Sagebrush and Cappuccino". 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Roy Mustalish of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education about how the flooding of the Amazon leads to the flourishing of the plants surrounding the river.
Subject:
Deer--Control, Wicinas, David, Religion--Environmental aspects, and Environmentalism

445. Environment Show #311

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 December 17
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 transportation policy and examines some of the controversial issues surrounding it. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Michael Rieblo of the Environmental Defense Fund and Taylor Bowden of the Highway Users Foundation discuss the reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. 3.) In a commentary Linda Anderson shares her ideas on how to have and environmentally friendly and sustainable holiday. 4.) Host Peter Berle talks with Maurice Modlin at Chrysler about their new electric car that is going into production. 5.) Bruce Robertson reports on the regulation of billboards and talks about the new Scenic America Regulation and how that will affect the billboard industry. 6.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with naturalist David Zuckerman about the migration of newts in California.
Subject:
Electric cars, Transportation policy, Billboards--Law and legislation, and Newts

446. Environment Show #312

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 December 24
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 various environmental leaders about the environmental issues of the past year and what they see happening in 1996. 2.) He talks with Joan Davidson, New York State Parks, about the battle over protected lands. 3.) Berle talks with John Wirth, professor at M.I.T., about the effects of climate change. 4.) Berle talks with Louise Como of the Sierra Club about the potential of fuel cells.
Subject:
Climate change, National parks, and Fuel cells

447. Environment Show #313

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1995 December 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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1.) Host Peter Berle talks with various environmental leaders about the environmental issues of the past year and what they see for the year ahead. 2.) Berle talks with Dr. Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University about the effects of population on the environment. 3.) Berle talks with Diane Dylan Ridgely, Environment Show Advisory Council, about the relationship between women's issues and the environment. 4.) Berle talks with children's book author and head of the Readland Center Geoffrey Canada about a neighborhood in New York City.
Subject:
Canada, Geoffrey, Population Concern, and Women's issues

448. Environment Show #314

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 January 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.) Thomas Lalley reports on the damage done to the ozone layer by certain gases, and talks with various scientists about the issue. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with Dr. Peter Ehrlich of Stanford University the relationship between the environment and population. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Brian Stazinsky, who started the "Destination Conservation" program to help school children become more aware of environmental issues. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle discusses how the flooding of the Amazon River has led to some serious environmental issues.
Subject:
Ozone layer depletion, Amazon River, Conservation, and Population Concern

449. Environment Show #315

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 January 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 discusses the recent Salvage Logging Rider and the environmental problems it poses and talks with Julie Domond of the environmental group Headwaters, about the issue. 2.) Berle discusses the issue of clear cutting trees in Maine. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Bill Vale of the Maine Forest Products Council and John Carter of the Green Party, discuss the issue of clear cutting. 4.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Mary Angle Francini of the Save the Redwoods League about their efforts to save the trees. 5.) Berle talks with Nashville, Tennessee guitar maker Jim Triggs about his work. 6.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Buffalo meteorologist Stan Levine about the causes of lake effect snow.
Subject:
Guitar--Construction, Salvage logging--Environmental aspects, Clear cutting--Environmental aspects, and Save-the-Redwoods League

450. Environment Show #316

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 January 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 Fred Hanson of the Environmental Protection Agency about how they are dealing with reduced funding. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the deteriorating health of amphibians and talks with Ken Iyer of the Smithsonian Institute about the issue. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns", California's Proposition 197, allowing for the hunting of mountain lions, is discussed by California Senator Tim Lesley and Paul Van Dyke, supervisor of the "No to prop. 197" campaign. 4.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson reports on Rutgers University and their use of environmental economics in hopes of one day achieving total sustainability on their campus. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle discusses the processes animals go through in order to hibernate for the winter.
Subject:
Amphibians, Rutgers University, Mountain lion, and Environmental Protection Agency

451. Environment Show #317

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 January 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.) Thomas Lalley discusses the recent oil spill off the coast of Rhode Island and talks about the effort to use micro-organisms to help clean up the spill. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks about green investing, or investing in environmentally friendly companies and mutual funds. 3.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", Blackfoot Indian Curly Bear Wagner describes Sweet Grass Prairie in Montana. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Chris Sorvine of Fish and Wildlife Service about the process a grizzly bear goes through in order to hibernate for the winter.
Subject:
Grizzly bear--Behavior, Sweet Grass Co., Mont., Oil spills--Cleanup, and Investments--Environmental aspects

452. Environment Show #318

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 February 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 Peter Berle talks with Mary McKeel of the Environmental Protection Agency about the new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14000 regulations that help manage environmental standards within a company. 2.) Berle discusses how the technicalities involved with streaming the Environment Show online. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Yvonne Maea about ACER, the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research, and the work it is doing. 4.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place" Dick Nunley, a professor at Berkshire Community College, discusses the Adirondacks. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Rom Rice of the Savannah Ecology Lab about flying squirrels.
Subject:
Streaming audio, ISO 14000 Series Standards, Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research, and Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)

453. Environment Show #319

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 February 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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Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Lincoln Brow, researcher at the Wildlife Conservation Society, about the causes for the decrease in the monarch butterfly population in Mexico. 2.) Berle discusses the controversy surrounding the dumping of PCB's into the Housatonic River and the fact that it will take generations to be fishable again. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Dr. Anthony Macotti and Professor Barry Commerce argue over whether or not incineration is the right way to get rid of PCBs. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports about the growing movement toward community supported agriculture. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with entomologist Tom Tirpin about how insects cope with winter.
Subject:
Polychlorinated biphenyls, Housatonic River (Mass. and Conn.), Monarch butterfly, and Community agriculture

454. Environment Show #320

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 February 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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2019-02-06T23:57:13Z
Description:
1.) Thomas Lalley reports on a controversy involving many environmentalists' beliefs that they are getting routed on bills in Congress by lobbyists and Political Action Committees. 2.) Host Peter Berle discusses a budget impasse regarding fisheries and talks with Douglas Hall of the National Marine Services about the need for a better understanding of fish stocks. 3.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Tom Malone of the University of Maryland about the blooming of diatoms on the Chesapeake Bay.
Subject:
Political action committees, Fisheries, Diatoms, and Lobbying

455. Environment Show #321

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 February 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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2019-02-06T23:57:33Z
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1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the cost to the economy of global warming and how it will effect various industries including insurance and banks. 2.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Charlotte and Herb Reed of Indiana about their work on the Save the Dunes Council. 3.) Host Peter Berle report on the Clinton Administration's plan to restore the Everglades and talks with Katie McGinty, Chair of Environmental Quality about the plan. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle discusses how the use of a two crop system, rice and crawfish, has lead to an increase in the Louisiana snow geese population.
Subject:
Snow goose, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.), Global warming--Economic aspects, and Everglades (Fla.)

456. Environment Show #322

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 March 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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2019-02-06T23:57:54Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his recent trip to Cuba to talk with Fidel Castro about putting an end to his plans for a nuclear reactor and instead use sugar bagasse for power generation. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with David Mutchnik about his work on Bronx 2000, a group that uses the waste of the city to make reusable goods, including turning wood from shipping pallets into flooring. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson discusses Green Harvest, an idea from the greater Pittsburgh National Food Bank to use organic agriculture to get more fruits and vegetables to those in need. 4.) Berle talks with Lester Brown of the Worldwatch Institute about his annual State of the World report. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with meteorologist Mike Rucher about the effects the cold dry weather is having on Florida's fire season.
Subject:
Cuba, Urban forestry, Organic agriculture, and Bagasse

457. Environment Show #323

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 March 10
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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2019-02-06T23:58:14Z
Description:
1.) Thomas Lalley talks with various attendees of a conference on solar energy about the future of the technology. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with Thomas Caine of the University of Cincinnati about the Movile cave in Romania and the over 30 new species of animals found there. 3.) Berle talks with Joseph Segui about his work the SPNI or Society for Preservation of Nature in Israel. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Jim Parkhurst of Virginia Tech about the great horned owl.
Subject:
Israel--Environmental aspects, Great horned owl, Solar energy, and Movile (Romania)

458. Environment Show #324

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 March 17
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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System Modified Dtsi:
2019-02-06T23:58:34Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency about the slow clean up of toxic waste sites as well as about brownfields, waste sites that are not high risk and the efforts of the Clinton administration to revamp them. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports about a co-housing community in which the residents pooled their resources to build their very own sustainable neighborhood. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Jim Shenk of Imago, a company that develops ecological neighborhoods. 4.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author Sid Marty describes Aspen Valley in Alberta, Canada. 5.) In the "Earth Calendar" segment, Berle discusses murex mollusks, mussels that during their mating ritual create a purple dye.
Subject:
Brownfields--Environmental aspects, Aspen--Canada, Imago (Organization : Cincinnati, Ohio), and Sustainable living

459. Environment Show #325

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 March 24
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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2019-02-06T23:58:55Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the possible reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act. 2.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author/explorer Janet Jordan talks about Angel Falls in Venezuela. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Jerry Taylor of the Kato Institute and Chris Flavin of the World Watch Institute argue over solar power as a viable future energy source. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on an attempt to change the regulations of pesticides in food. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with ecologist Whit Gibbons about the Scarlet King Snake and his attempts to tag and study them.
Subject:
Pesticides, Solar power, Angel Falls (Venezuela), and Endangered species

460. 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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2019-02-06T23:59:14Z
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.)

461. 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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2019-02-06T23:59:34Z
Description:
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)

462. 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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System Modified Dtsi:
2019-02-06T23:59:55Z
Description:
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-

463. 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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2019-02-07T00:00:16Z
Description:
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

464. 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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2019-02-07T00:00:37Z
Description:
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

465. 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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2019-02-07T00:00:58Z
Description:
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

466. 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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System Modified Dtsi:
2019-02-07T00:01:18Z
Description:
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

467. 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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System Modified Dtsi:
2019-02-07T00:01:39Z
Description:
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

468. 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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2019-02-07T00:02:00Z
Description:
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

469. 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
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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System Modified Dtsi:
2019-02-07T00:02:20Z
Description:
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

470. Environment Show #336

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 June 9
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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2019-02-07T00:02:41Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle with Patrick Anderson of the Environmental Protection Agency about a lawsuit going on in Chester, Pennsylvania involving civil rights and environmental quality. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on an illegal toxic waste dump site in Adirondack Park that is maintained by the Department of Transportation. 3.) Berle talks with Norman Vaughan, who at 89 years old, climbed a mountain in Antarctica that was named for him over 65 years ago. 4.) Berle talks with biology professor Bruce Kahn about the emergence of shad flies from the St. Lawrence River.
Subject:
Vaughan, Norman D., Chester (Pa.)--Politics and government, Adirondack Park (NY)--Toxic waste disposal, and Environmental quality

471. Environment Show #337

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 June 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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2019-02-07T00:03:01Z
Description:
1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the deterioration of Florida Bay, caused by its water sources being diked, drained, and diverted. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with ecologist Rick Ausfeld about how lyme disease spreads and what kinds of precautions one should take. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Brazilian Senator Marina Silva about her work trying to save the rainforests. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with astronomy Professor Woody Sullivan about summer solstice here on Earth as well as what it means on Mars.
Subject:
Silva, Marina, 1958-, Lyme disease--Prevention, Rainforests, and Florida Bay (Fla.)--Environmental conditions

472. Environment Show #338

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the controversy involving Tongass National Park in Alaska and whether the U.S. government should allow the cutting of timber in the forest. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Troy Rhineheart of the Ketchikan Timber Company and Steve Kalick of the Alaska Rainforest Campaign argue over whether or not the timber industry's existing contract should be extended to cut timber in the Alaskan National Forest. 3.) Thomas Lalley talks with Christopher Robin Healy who cultivates a 10 acre acres garden using permaculture. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Dave Campbell of the Tennessee Nature Conservancy about the rare Tennessee coneflower.
Subject:
Permaculture, Tongass National Forest (Alaska)--Environmental conditions, and Tennessee coneflower

473. Environment Show #339

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 June 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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2019-02-07T00:03:44Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle discusses an agreement between the United States and Mexico to clean up an airshed between Texas and Mexico. Berle talks with economist Pete Emerson of the Environmental Defense Fund about the issue. 2.) Berle talks with Tom Crouch of the Air and Space Museum about the world's fascination with kites. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on a story about multi-national corporations following the hierarchy of reduce, reuse, and recycle. He talks with Nancy Hirschfield of Stonyfield Farm. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Donna Shafer of the National Biological Service about the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle.
Subject:
Air--Pollution--United States, Air--Pollution--Mexico, and Kemp's ridley sea turtle

474. Environment Show #340

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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Description:
1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the illegal trade of endangered animals and talks with Susan Lieberman from Fish and Wildlife Services. 2.) Roger Schlickheisen remembers former director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Mollie Beattie. 3.) Host Peter Berle reports on environmentally sustainable lumber and talks with Richard Donovan of the Smart Wood program. 4.) Berle talks with Hazel Wolf, a 98 year old environmental activist from Seattle, Washington. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Dr. Harry Keyes, a scientist with New Zealand's Department of Conservation about the volcano Mount Ruapehu.
Subject:
Lumber--Environmental aspects, Beattie, Mollie, 1947-1996, Endangered Species, and Wolf, Hazel, 1898-2000

475. Environment Show #341

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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2019-02-07T00:04:25Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle reports on the use of the U.S. Navy Sound Surveillance System to listen to the sounds of the ocean floor. Berle talks with Steve Hammond from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about what they've learned from the technology. 2.) In the segmen Portrait of a Place, Tom Horton, author of Island out of Time, discusses Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay. 3.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Thomas Lalley talks with biologist Brant Gilmore about the mating habits of the sand tiger shark.
Subject:
Sand tiger shark, Ocean sounds, Smith Island (Md. and Va.), and Sound Surveillance System

476. Environment Show #342

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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2019-02-07T00:04:46Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle reports on the Brazilian government's decision to let control of the Amazon River Basin Preserve be given to the indigenous people of the area. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Laurie Nelson of the National Parks Conservation Association and Minnesota Senator Bob Lesard argue whether or not local interests should have more authority over the Voyageurs National Park. 3.) Stephanie Goichman reports on Ecoteam, an organization that spreads information about environmental activism to communities around the country. Goichman talks with Michael Keller, head of Ecoteam. 4.) Berle talks with professor of landscape architecture Bob Gracy, about Americans' obsession with lawncare and the need for natural landscaping. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Thomas Lalley talks with biology professor Jan Randall about the Banner Tailed Kangaroo Rat.
Subject:
Environmental Activism, Amazon River, Natural landscaping, and Voyageurs National Park (Minn.)

477. Environment Show #343

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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System Modified Dtsi:
2019-02-07T00:05:07Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Undersecretary of State Tim Wirth about binding commitments for the international community in regards to greenhouse gas emissions. 2.) Berle reports on the increased air pollution occurring in the Grand Canyon the steps the Environmental Protection Agency is taking to decrease the pollution and talks with Rick Moore of the Grand Canyon Trust about the issue. 3.) Storyteller Laura J. Bobrow reads an old Burmese fable. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on air pollution in Los Angeles, half of which is caused by stationary sources.
Subject:
Greenhouse gases, Bobrow, Laura J., Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Environmental conditions, and Air--Pollution--California--Los Angeles

478. Environment Show #344

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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2019-02-07T00:05:26Z
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1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the effects pesticides on having on pollinators and talks with author Steven Buckman about the crisis. 2.) Lalley visits the Indian Ladder Farm in upstate New York to see how the pollinator crisis is effecting their apple crop. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Sarah Chassis of the National Resources Defense Council water pollution at our nation's beaches. 4.) Berle remembers his aunt's favorite place along the Merrimac River. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with research biologist Bill Cannon about free tailed bats.
Subject:
Free-tailed bats, Water Pollution, Pollinators, and Merrimac River (N.H. and Mass.)

479. Environment Show #345

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 August 10
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 Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency about the Safe Drinking Water Act. 2.) Susan Drennen of the Audubon Society remembers bird watching pioneer Roger Tory Peterson. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on the controversy surrounding nuclear waste disposal and talks with Eileen Supko of Energy Resources International. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Ron Nevine of the Oceanites Foundation about emperor penguins.
Subject:
Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996, Drinking water--Law and legislation--United States, Nuclear waste disposal, and Emperor penguin--Antarctica

480. Environment Show #346

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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2019-02-07T00:06:08Z
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1.) Host Peter Berle reports on the controversy involving the regulation of dolphin safe tuna and talks with Brooks Yager of the Deparment of the Interior about the regulations. 2.) Berle discusses sustainable environment around the Columbia River in Washington. 3.) Thomas Lalley compares sustainable development in Washington to sustainable development in India and talks with architect Sue Hassini about the differences. 4.) In the segment Locking Horns, citizen activist Honey Sharp Wheeler argues with Ron Nessen of the cellular telephone industry association about how much say citizens' should have in the construction of cellular towers. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Lalley talks with Steve Webster from the Monterey Bay Aquarium about blue whales.
Subject:
Cellular telephones--United States, Sustainable development--India., Sustainable development--Washington (State), and Tuna Industry

481. Environment Show #347

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 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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2019-02-07T00:06:28Z
Description:
1.) Thomas Lalley talks with Gary Gardener of the Worldwatch Institute about environmental degradation and the loss of cropland worldwide. 2.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, author Patty Ann Rogers describes Shoal Creek, Missouri. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Harvard professor Edward O. Wilson about his recent book "In Search of Nature". 4.) Berle talks with Janet Hogan Taylor, author of "Dead Snails Leave no Trails", about natural pest control. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with naturalist James Trager about wildflowers.
Subject:
Wilson, Edward Osborne, 1929-, Environmental degradation, Natural pesticides, and Shoal Creek (Mo. and Kan.)

482. Environment Show #348

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 September 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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2019-02-07T00:06:49Z
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1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the environmental activism of corporations, including the Nature Company, Sebastian, and Stonyfield Farm. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Cindy King of the Sierra Club and Frank Harkenrider, mayor of Hermison, Oregon, debate the issue of chemical weapons incineration. 3.) Thomas Lalley talks with Harold Mayfield, an expert on Kirtland's Warblers, about the endangered species that is making a comeback. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author David Grimes discusses the various rivers that have impacted his life. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with John Neeshi, a biologist, about the mating rituals of the musk ox.
Subject:
Musk ox, Chemical weapons disposal, Kirtland's warbler, and Corporate environmental activism

483. Environment Show #349

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 September 8
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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2019-02-07T00:07:10Z
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1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Jack Ward Thomas, chief of the U.S. Forest Service, about forest fires. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the eco-tourism trend and talks with Katrina Brandon about the dangers involved in such an unregulated industry. 3.) Berle talks with Dr. Megan Beesley, professor of anthropology, about the negative effects eco-tourism is having on Botswana. 4.) Berle talks with Al Norman, a citizen activist, trying to fight big box developers from building around small towns. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berel talks with B.J. Copeland of the North Carolina Sea Grant program about hurricane season.
Subject:
Eco-tourism, Botswana, Activism, Citizen, and Thomas, Jack Ward

484. Environment Show #350

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 September 15
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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2019-02-07T00:07:31Z
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1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Democratic pollster Salinda Lake about the importance of environmental issues in the Presidential race. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the "Eden Alternative", a project developed by Dr. Bill Thomas, that brings plants, animals, and children into nursing homes. 3.) Berle talks with Wade Davis, an ethnobiologist, about the relationship indigenous peoples of Latin America have with plants. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, author Scott Weidensaul talks about a mountain in the Appalachians of Pennsylvania. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Scott Weidensaul discusses his book "Raptors: Birds of Prey".
Subject:
Raptors, Eden Alternative, Environmental Issues-Politics, and Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Latin America

485. Environment Show #351

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 September 22
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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2019-02-07T00:07:52Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Republican pollster Pete Snyder how the Republican party is dealing with environmental issues. 2.) Berle talks with George Davis of the Ecologically Sustainable Development company, about his most recent project, the Amur land basin located in China and Russia. 3.) Berle talks with Charles Hollister, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, about hurricane like storms near the bottom of the ocean. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on socially responsible financial institutions and talks with Alicia Gravits of Co-op America. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Pat Raves, educator at the North Carolina Aquarium of Roanoke Island about the Portugese Man of War jellyfish.
Subject:
Hurricanes--Atlantic Ocean, Socially responsible investments, Amur River Valley (China and Russia), and Environmental Issues-Politics

486. Environment Show #352

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 September 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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2019-02-07T00:08:12Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens about revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, relating to the conservation and mangament of fisheries. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Rhea Miller, commissioner of the San Juan Islands and Chris Hodgkins, attorney for a local tourist company, argue over recent legislation to outlaw personal watercrafts around the San Juan Islands. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on possible dangers involved with fiberglass installation and talks with Ann Janet Dicarlo of the National Resources Defense Council about the issue. 3.) Berle talks with Gene Logsdon about his work in the book "Earth at Our Doorstep". 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Jim Nichols, a fourth generation corn and soybean farmer about corn harvesting.
Subject:
Fisheries and the environment, San Juan Islands (Wash.), Fiberglass, and Logsdon, Gene

487. Environment Show #353

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 October 6
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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2019-02-07T00:08:33Z
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1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Paul Pritchard of the National Parks and Conservation Association about new legislation in Congress that will effect over 60 parks. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Matt Jacobson of the Green Mountain Watch about a controversy involving the timber industry and the Lamb Brook area in Vermont. 3.) Berle talks with Dan Jensen, a biology professor from the University of Pennsylvania, about bioprospecting or looking for plants for pharmaceutical and chemical purposes. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Jeff Obrecht of the Wyoming Fish and Game Department, about the elks' mating season.
Subject:
Timber--Vermont., Bioproducts, National Park Service (U.S.), and Elk

488. Environment Show #354

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 October 13
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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2019-02-07T00:08:54Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Mike Schutz from the Environmental Protection Agency about the recent water quality agreement involving the Truckee River in Nevada. 2.) Berle talks with Judith Labelle, of the Glenwood Center, about how it helps communities to plan for their environmental future. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Trenton, New Jersey on the city's efforts to reinvigorate brownfields. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, Tim Palmer, author of "America by Rivers", discusses the Salmon River in Idaho. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Bob Candaro of the New York Botanical Gardens discusses the colors of fall foliage.
Subject:
Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.), Salmon River (Idaho), Community organization, and Trenton (N.J.)

489. Environment Show #355

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 October 20
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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System Modified Dtsi:
2019-02-07T00:09:14Z
Description:
1.) Thomas Lalley talks with John Pasaquitano of Ozone Action about pending legislation that will help to completely phase out ozone depleting chemicals and how this has led to the smuggling of these chemicals. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with Bev Bloom of the Solar Cookers International about their work helping to bring solar cooking technology to countries with scarce wood supplies. 3.) Berle talks with Tony Naricho, spokesman for the Yankee Atomic Power Plant, about the closing of the plant. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum discusses his special place, the world. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Karen Chapman of the Audubon Society talks about the increase in mosquitoes in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, due in large part to recent flooding.
Subject:
Ketchum, Robert Glenn, Yankee Atomic Power Plant (CT), Ozone-depleting chemicals, and Solar cookery

490. Environment Show #356

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 October 27
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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2019-02-07T00:09:36Z
Description:
Host Peter Berle talks with Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit about his attempts to change the policies surrouding the regulations of dams. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Jean Hacker of the Land Trust Alliance about the work land trust organizations do to preserve land. 3.) Gary Ferguson, author of "Spirits of the Wild" tells a a story involving a nature myth. 4.) Berle talks with State Department attorney David Bolton about a new treaty that plans to regulate shrimping to better protect sea turtles. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Richard Martin of the Nature Conservancy discusses the endangered bald eagle.
Subject:
Ferguson, Gary, 1956-, Sea turtles Conservation, Babbitt, Bruce E., and Land trusts

491. Environment Show #357

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 November 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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2019-02-07T00:09:56Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Lee Talbott, professor of Environmental Sciences at George Mason University, about the effects the Ertan dam in China may have on the environment. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports from Rochester, New York at a remanufacturing plant and discusses their positive environmental impact. 3.) Berle moderates a discussion on the effects of mountain biking on the ecology of hiking trails. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with Dave Maginall of the Nature Conservance about the work he and a group of boy scouts are doing that involves planting acorns in Illinois.
Subject:
Dams-China, Acorns, Mountain biking, and Remanufacturing

492. Environment Show #358

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 November 9
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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2019-02-07T00:10:16Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle discusses a recent proposal to tax outdoor goods like binoculars and tents. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns David Jenkins of the American Canoe Association and Doug Enkley of the National Wildlife Federation discuss whether the outdoor goods tax should be initiated. 3.) Berle talks with educator and explorer Wil Steger about his trips to the Arctic region. 4.) Berle talks with the chief of the U.S. Forest Service Jack Ward Thomas, who recently announced his retirement. 5.) Thomas Lalley reports from the Land Trust Alliance Conference and talks with Jeff Roberts of the Landtrust. 6.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Cindy Thayer, owner of Dorthia Farm, an organic farm in Maine.
Subject:
Land Trust Alliance, Steger, Will, Thomas, Jack Ward, and Taxes

493. Environment Show #359

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 November 17
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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2019-02-07T00:10:38Z
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1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the need for legislation to protect the albatross from long lines off fishing boats. 2.) Dick Nunley, professor at Berkshire Community College reads the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Coleridge. 3.) Jerry Dennis, author of "The Bird in the Waterfall", discusses a creek in Michigan. 4.) Thomas Lalley talks with Dr. Bill Weber of the Wildlife Conservation Society about how environmental degradation has played a part in the war in Rwanda. 5.) Berle talks with physicist Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute about hybrid cars. 6.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with researcher Larry Bryan about wood storks.
Subject:
Albatross, Dennis, Jerry, 1954-, Hybrid cars, and Rwanda--Environmental conditions

494. Environment Show #360

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 November 24
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 wolf conference that was held in Albany, New York and talks with attendees including Richard Schlickheisen of Defenders of Wildlife. 2.) Kent Nerbern reads the story "Benediction" from his book "A Haunting Reverence: Mediations on a Northern Land". 3.) Host Peter Berle reports on the World Food Summit Conference in Rome and talks with attendee Dan Glickman about the conference. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with Sarah Mitchell of the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary in Georgia about Right whales.
Subject:
Right whales, World Food Conference (1996 : Rome, Italy), and Wolves

495. Environment Show #361

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 December 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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2019-02-07T00:11:20Z
Description:
1.) In the segment Talking Green, host Peter Berle discusses bovine growth hormone with professor of genetics Joe Cummins and Dr. Wayne Calloway of the Dairy Commission. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with David Foster, director of the Harvard Forest, about deforestation and regrowth. 3.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with Kevin Ford about hand shearing sheep.
Subject:
Bovine growth hormone, Sheep-shearing, and Harvard Forest (Research facility)

496. Environment Show #362

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 December 8
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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2019-02-07T00:11:40Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Francis Etherington of Umpqua Watersheds, about the recent mudslide in Umpqua, Oregon and the reason she believed it occurred, clear cutting. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Craig Packer, author of "Into Africa", about his book and time in Africa. 3.) Lalley talks with Dr. Bruce Stein of the Nature Conservancy about the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive insect that could cause the extinction of hemlock plants. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment, Berle talks with astronmer Bob Berman about the upcoming Geminids meteor shower.
Subject:
Packer, Craig, Hemlock woolly adelgid, Umpqua (Or.), and Meteor showers

497. Environment Show #363

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 December 15
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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2019-02-07T00:12:00Z
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1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Debbie Sprentz of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Wayne Brow of the Citizens for a Sound Economy about their differing views on the Environmental Protection Agency's newly proposed air quality standards. 2.) Berle talks with Greg Ward, owner of Ward's Nursery and Garden Center, about purchasing and caring for a living Christmas tree. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Poughkeepsie, New York, about an environmental education program called Eco Inquiry, that teahes children about the environment. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, writer Julia King talks about a pond in Goshen, Indiana. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Richard Lee, professor of zoology at Miami University, about the wood frogs' hibernation process.
Subject:
Air quality--Standards, Christmas tree growing, Goshen (Ind.), and Environmental education

498. Environment Show #364

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 December 22
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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2019-02-07T00:12:20Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with religious leaders about excessive consumption and the holidays. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Bob Lilienfeld, editor of the Use Less Stuff Journal, about the publication. 3.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Professor Owen Gingrich of Harvard University about the winter solstice. 4.) Gary Ferguson, author of "Spirits of the Wild: World's Great Nature Myths", reads a myth about how the first winter solstice came to be in Australia.
Subject:
Ferguson, Gary, 1956-, Lilienfeld, Robert M., Consumption, and Winter solstice

499. Environment Show #365

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1996 December 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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2019-02-07T00:12:40Z
Description:
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with two members of the show's advisor council, Idaho Senator Mary Lou Reed and Joan Davidson former head of the New York state Office of Parks of the Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, about the past year's environmental legislation and they look ahead to 1997. 2.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author Garrett Bowman talks about his evening winter walks in Nunda, New York. 3.) Berle talks with two other members of the show's advisory council, professor at the University of Washington at Seattle Brewster Denny and editor of Audubon Magazine Michael Robbins, about the past year as well as the year ahead. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Dr. Steven Webster of the Monterey Bay Aquarium about kelp forests located along the Pacific coast.
Subject:
Kelp forest, Reed, Mary Lou, Environmental law--United States, and Nunda (N.Y.)

500. Environment Show #366

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1997 January 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.) Thomas Lalley talks with biologist Dave Witherall about the government's decision to cut the pollock catch by 5%. 2.) In the segment Ear to the Ground Linda Anderson talks with Susan Tixier about the group she founded, Great Old Broads for Wilderness. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Environment Show advisory council member and president of Zero Population Growth, Dianne Dillonn Ridgley about the year ahead.4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Stephanie Goichman talks with Tom Waits, a professor at Michigan Tech University's School of Forestry, about gray jays.
Subject:
Gray jay, Pollock fisheries, Tixier, Susan, and Zero Population Growth, Inc.