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501. 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
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Description:
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.

502. 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

503. 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

504. 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

505. Environment Show #38

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 September 23
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Judith Rolls, publisher of the Delaware State News and Ron Baker, president of U.S. Printing Ink Inc., about recent experiments with using soybean ink in newspapers. 2.) Bruce Robertson talks with Professor Gregory Noll about the California Air Resources Board's recent South Coast plan that proposes using alternative fuels for automobiles. 3.) Bruce Robertson plays clips from a recent symposium at Middlebury College that discussed examining the environment and environmental problems from both a theological and ethical perspective. 4.) Bruce Robertson ends by mentioning a recent bill that pushes for a study to be done looking into how an Arizona observatory is impacting local wildlife.
Subject:
South Coast Plan, Religion, and Soybean Ink

506. Environment Show #37

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 September 16
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
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1.) Joy Newell reports from Los Angeles on the recent efforts of citizens to stop aerial spraying of the pesticide Melathion, and interviews Joel Wax, a councilman, about the issue. 2.) Dan Brody interviews Professor Bernard Neville about his textbook on environmental science. 3.) A poem "The Pasture" by Robert Frost is read. 4.) Host Bruce Robertson interviews Bill Rodgers, head of solar power company Power Kinetics, about his company's role in the future of solar power.
Subject:
Power Kinetics, Inc., Pesticides, Frost, Robert, 1874-1963, and Environmental science

507. Environment Show #36

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 September 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich about the effects of population growth. 2.) Robertson talks with Brenda Killian of the Earth Island Institute about the their lawsuit against the U.S. regarding their failure to enforce the Marine Mammal Protection Act. 3.) Robertson talks with Sam Lebuddy about his recent undercover job on a tuna boat, videotaping the slaughter of dolphins.
Subject:
Population growth, Ehrlich, Paul R., Earth Island Institute, and Dolphins.

508. Environment Show #35

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1990 September 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.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with author Jon Naar about his book "Design for a Livable Planet" as well as Naar's ideas for renewable energy. 2.) Dave Foach reports from the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Milwaukee and talks with various attendees about their ideas on generating home power. 3.) Joy Newell reports from L.A. and talks with pro forest advocates who would like to bring an end to clear cut logging.
Subject:
Home Power, Naar, Jon, and Clear-cutting

509. Environment Show #34

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

510. Environment Show #33

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