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21. Environment Show #59

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 February 17
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1.) Dave Foach reports from Wisconsin about the effects of road salt on the environment. 2.) Correspondent Scott Schegel reports on Denver's use of oxyfuels and the controversy surrounding their use. 3.) Robertson talks with author Michael Tobias about his book "Voice of the Planet, as well as actor William Shatner who stars in the television adaptation of the book.
Subject:
Salt--Environmental aspects, Tobias, Michael, Shatner, William., and Fuel--Oxidation.

22. Environment Show #42

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 October 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.) Joy Newell reports on the controversy surrouding Prop 128, a proposal in California to preserve old growth redwood forests, increase taxes on oil companies, and reduce automobile carbon emissions. 2.) Bruce Robertson talks with John Pike, a lawyer in Oxford, North Carolina, who is fighting a recent proposal to set up a waste incinerator in his county. 3.) Interview with Michael Jones, a pianist, whose music is on the recent Wilderness Collection album. Jones discusses how he is able to show his love of the environment through music.
Subject:
Jones, Michael, Proposition 128, and Waste Incinerator

23. Environment Show #60

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 February 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 Bruce Robertson talks with Buck Wynne of the Texas Water Commission about the state's need for better waste management policies. 2.) Robertson talks with Congressman Calvin Dooley about what contributed to California's drought as well as possible solutions to the problem. 3.) Robertson talks with Eileen Evans of the National Hydropower Organization, about benefits of hydropower as well as the various roadblocks it faces.
Subject:
Droughts--California, Waste management, and Hydropower development

24. Environment Show #41

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 October 14
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Beth Zilbert of a Missouri public interest group about environmental initiatives in the upcoming elections. 2.) In Los Angeles Joy Newell talks with eco home owner Julia Russell about her goal to share her environmental activism with others. 3.) Robertson talks with Michael Norling of the Institute for International Cooperation and Development about recent trips some of their members have made to Mozambique to help plant trees. 4.) Robertson talks with Jeffrey Amestoy, attorney general of Vermont, about his work on the Environmental Enforcement Agency finding and punishing those who commit crimes against the environment
Subject:
Enforcement of law, Mozambique, Eco-Home Network, and Environmental policy

25. Environment Show #48

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 December 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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1.) Bruce Robertson discusses the recent clean up of the Rainy River, once considered to one of the most polluted in the world, with Rainy River Control Board members. 2.) Joy Newell talks with Andy and Kate Lipkus, founders of Tree People, about their work planting trees. 3.) Bruce Robertson interviews Dr. Carl Sagan about the Earth's place in the universe as well human's effect on the environment and our use of fossil fuels.
Subject:
Tree People, Rainy River, and Sagan, Carl

26. Environment Show #61

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson reports on the controversy surrounding President Bush's recent energy policy and interviews proponents on both sides of the issues. 2.) Robertson discusses the issues surrounding Sioux reservation land that is being set aside to be a landfill. Roberts talks to two members of the Sioux, each on different sides of the argument.
Subject:
Waste management, Sioux Nation, and Energy policy--Environmental aspects

27. Environment Show #63

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Tennessee Senator Al Gore about his opposition to President Bush's national energy strategy. Robertson also talks with Dr. Michael Kanes of the American Petroleum Institute who agrees with Bush's strategy. 2.) Robertson talks with Ann Rothe of the National Wildlife Federation about recent proposals to drill in an Alaskan refuge. 3.) Correspondent Robert Torrell reports from Colorado about an energy initiative that promotes conservation and researching renewable energy sources and talks with proponents on both sides of the issue. 4.) Robertson talks with Lester Brown, president of the World Watch Institute, about their recent essays on the state of the world.
Subject:
Renewable energy resources, Gore, Albert, 1948-, World Watch Institute., and Alaska

28. Environment Show #64

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Bruce Babbit, League of Conservation Voters, about the League's failing midterm report card on President Bush's environmental policies. 2.) Robertson talks with Dr. Linda Little, North Carolina Waste Management Board, about the failure of North Carolina to find a hazardous waste disposal site. 3.) Jill Hoyt reports from Idaho on the problem of overgrazing and its negative effects on the environment. 4.) Robertson talks with World Watch Institute President Lester Brown about his idea to replace the income tax with an environmental tax.
Subject:
Environmental taxes, Grazing--Environmental aspects, Bush, George, 1924-, and Hazardous waste disposal

29. Environment Show #62

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks about the recent efforts to recycle the steel from Iraqi tanks. 2.) Robertson talks with Sharon Newsom, of the National Wildlife Foundation, about the Foundation's protests against President Bush's recent proposal to open up parts of a refuge in Alaska for drilling. 3.) Robertson talks with Robert Couric, a water use consultant, about the drought in California and ways in which citizens all over the nation can cut down on water consumption. 4.) Robertson talks with Robert Grossman about his new book of poetry entitled "The Animals".
Subject:
Alaska, Recycling & reusing, Grossman, Robert L., 1954-, and Water use

30. Environment Show #58

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 February 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 Dr. James Burkett about desalination and its uses in the U.S. 2.) Robertson talks with Dennis Chase, executive editor of Advertising Age magazine, about their recent poll that found almost 80% of respondents identify as environmentalists. 3.) Robertson interviews Senator Richard Bryan from Nevada about his new Auto-mileage Bill, which would make an attempt to decrease the country's oil consumption/reliance.
Subject:
Environmentalists., Desalination and water purification, and Bryan, Richard H.

31. Environment Show #79

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 July 7
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Correspondent Dan Matheson reports on his trip to the James Bay region of Canada to explore the area maintained by Hydro Quebec. 2.) Matheson then talks with various officials including Pierre Brunet, vice president of Hydro Quebec about their support of the James Bay II project. 3.) Host Bruce Robertson shares an interview with Cree Chief Matthew Coon Come where he shares his opposition to the project.
Subject:
Hydro-Que?bec, James Bay Hydroelectric Project, and James Bay (Ont. and Que?bec)

32. Environment Show #70

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 May 5
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the National Academy of Sciences global warming report and talks with Allan Bromley, science advisor to President Bush, about the report. 2.) Robertson talks with Michael McGowan, Bumblebee Tuna Company, about their new fish aggregating device. They believe the device will be instrumental in curtailing dolphin deaths and injuries. 3.) Robertson talks with Indiana Congressman Jim Jontz about H.R. 842, his proposal to protect ancient forests. Robertson also talks with an opponent to the bill, Jim Geisinger who is president of the Northwest Forestry Association.
Subject:
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005, Forest protection--Northwest, Pacific., and Fish aggregation devices

33. Environment Show #69

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 April 28
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the National Academy of Sciences global warming report and talks with Director Daniel J. Evans about the implications of global warming. 2.) Robertson reports from the Sloop Clearwater, a ship that has been sailing the Hudson River for over 20 year, dedicated to cleaning up the river. 3.) Robertson talks with Jeff Frederick, coordinator of the Mississippi River Revival, a project dedicated to cleaning up the Mississippi River. 4.) Leslie Lomas reports from Arizona about the recent controversy involving a mining company's attempt to expand mining into Navajo and Hopi reservations.
Subject:
Global warming, Mississippi River Revival, Clearwater (Sloop), and Navajo Indian Reservation

34. Environment Show #80

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 July 14
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent proposal for oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and talks with proponents on both sides of the issues. 2.) Robertson talks with Alaskan photographer and filmmaker Glendan Brunk about his experiences traveling through the Arctic Refuge. 3.) Chuck Christiansen reports from Yellowstone National Park about the roles of park rangers and park services.
Subject:
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska), Oil Drilling, and Yellowstone National Park.

35. Environment Show #81

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 July 21
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson visits Green Mountain Power, located on Mt. Equinox in Vermont. He talks with John Zimmerman, an energy consultant, about the wind power Green Mountain generates. 2.) Robertson joins with the James Bay Task Force as they go on a 12 week bike tour to generate support for the cancellation of New York state's contract with Hydro Quebec.
Subject:
Wind power., Hydro-Que?bec, and James Bay Hydroelectric Project

36. Environment Show #85

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 August 18
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent controversy over President Bush's decision to redefine wetlands. 2.) Richard Grossman reads a poem from his anthology "The Animals". 3.) Lesley Lomas reports on the events in Colorado surrounding the Wirth-Brown Bill, a wilderness preservation bill that may effect water rights. 4.) Robertson talks with John Schafer of the Real Goods Trading Company about the success of their recent "Off the Grid" day.
Subject:
Real Goods Trading Corporation, Grossman, Richard, Wetlands, and Water Rights

37. Environment Show #102

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1991 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the controversy surrounding Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro's recent proposal to build a dam in the Labrador Province. 2.) A.C. Warden reports from the People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit and talks with various attendees about their desire to form a new environmental agenda. 3.) Robertson talks with Bill Prindle of the Energy Conservation Alliance, about energy conservation and tips for individuals on they can save energy.
Subject:
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Environmental policy, and Energy conservation

38. Environment Show #105

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 January 5
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses a recent proposal by a consortium in Oregon to tap into geo-thermal power and talks with David Sokle of Cal Energy about the idea. 2.) Robertson talks with congressman Dante Fascel+I38l bout the upcoming U.N. Earth Summit and the need for environmental sustainability.
Subject:
Environmental sustainability, Fascell, Dante B., and Geothermal energy

39. Environment Show #106

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 January 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 Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, about his recent discovery of the "Saturday effect", that more oil spills happen on Saturdays than any other day. 2.) Robertson discusses Professor Thomas Tornbenny's recent project to convert sugar beets into fuel. 3.) Robertson talks with Eve Hamilton of the Overseas Development Council about the need for a new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the positive effects it could have on economic and environmental development. 4.) Kent Patterson reports on the effects of dams and irrigation ditches on the Rio Grande River on nearby ecosystems.
Subject:
Oil spills., General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade., Rio Grande., and Alternative energy sources

40. Environment Show #107

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 January 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 Bruce Robertson talks with Lester Brown of the World Watch Institute about their recently published state of the world report as well as Brown's belief in the need for an environmental revolution. 2.) Robertson talks with botanist Scott Hoover about his idea to convert unused military bases into tropical conservatories in order to foster biodiversity. 3.) Robertson talks with filmmaker Larry Hutt about his recent project about Aldo Leopold, one of the founders of the environmental movement.
Subject:
Brown, Lester, 1934-, Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948, and Biodiversity.