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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 5
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1)Peter Berle reports on the proposed agreement between Pacific Lumber Company owned by Maxxam, Inc., California, and the United States Government to protect land in Headwaters Forest. 2) Todd Jefferson Moore reads an excerpt from his one man show, ?In the Heart of the Woods.? 3) Bruce Berger reads an excerpt from his book, ?The Telling Distance: Conversations with The American Desert.? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with officials from the African Conservation Center in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the annual mass migration of animals in the region. 5) Thomas Lalley talks with experts to determine if fish hatcheries make environmental or economic sense. 6) Berle consults with Katrina Brandon, professor and consultant to the World Bank, and Craig Sully from International Expeditions to provide an overview of responsible ecotourism. 7) In the Then and Now segment, Richard Fort, resident of Laurence County, South Dakota describes the changes in the Black Hills region and ongoing problems with mining. 8) Folk musician Christopher Shaw sings, ?Once More A?Lumberin Go? from his CD, "Adirondack."
- Subject:
- Moore, Todd, Berger, Bruce, Headwaters Forest Wilderness (Calif.), and Pacific Lumber Company
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Nancy Marshall interviews Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) about his environmental policy initiatives and his support for the construction of a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. 2) Peter Berle talks with Howard Lyman from the Humane Society?s Eating with Conscience campaign, Dr. Klapper, M.D., and Dennis Avery from the Center of Global Food Issues about the impact of meat based diets on the environment. 3) Roderick Nash, environmental studies history professor at University of California at Santa Barbara, reads a passage from his book, ?Big Drops: Ten Legendary Rapids of the American West.? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, biologist Kenneth Clifton describes seaweed reproduction. 5) Thomas Lalley reports from Hawthorn Valley Farms in Ghent, NY about the growing movement for community supported agriculture. 6) Report discussing how cows affect the environment. 7) Thomas Lalley interviews Kent Whealy from Seed Savers Exchange about the organization?s mission to maintain heirloom plant varieties. 8) Lee Talbott discusses his role as a consultant for the World Bank?s dam project on the Nam Theun River in Laos. 9) Recording of Aaron Copeland?s composition, ?Simple Gifts.?
- Subject:
- Nash, Roderick, Livestock--Environmental aspects, Murkowski, Frank H, and Radioactive waste repositories--Nevada--Yucca Mountain
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Host Peter Berle talks with Congressman George Miller (D-California), Chairman of the House Resources Committee, about the Public Resources Deficit Reduction Act and efforts to reduce corporate subsidies to resource industries. 2)Peter Berle talks with David Roodman from the World Watch Institute about his paper, "Paying the Piper: Subsidies, Politics, and the Environment," and Mike Orlando and Chris Douglass from the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University about their book, "Toward a Healthier Environment and Stronger Economy: How to Achieve Common Ground." 3) Author Don Gayton reads a passage from his book, "Landscapes of the Interior: Re-explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit." 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Berle talks with the owners of Durand Family Ponds and Farms in Louisiana about crawfish harvesting and rice fields. 5) Thomas Lalley talks with Joseph McGonigle about the environmental impact of aquaculture. 6) Stephanie Goitchman consults with experts to answer listeners' questions about paper recycling and indoor compositing. 7) In the Then and Now segment, Thomas Lalley talks with Bill Gartner from the University of Wisconsin at Madison about pre-Columbian communities and sustainable living practices. 8) Author Gary Ferguson reads a passage about Chehalis Indian folklore from his book, "Spirits of the Wild: The World's Great Nature Tales." 9) Folk musician John Prine sings "Paradise."
- Subject:
- Crayfish industry--Louisiana, Miller, George, 1945-, Subsidies--Environmental Aspects, and Gayton, Don, 1946-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Thomas Lalley reports on the proposed restructuring of the electric industry through consumer choice and competition. 2) Stephanie Goitchman consults with experts to answer listeners? questions about how to better regulate truck emissions. 3) Linda Anderson talks with Ron Renoni, a biology teacher and volunteer for the National Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey, about the New York State bald eagle population. 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with experts about the Saw-whet owl?s hooting, mating, and eating habits. 5) Peter Berle interviews experts about ice in the Hale-Bopp comet. 6) Peter Berle consults with experts to answer listeners? questions about Green Funds (Investing). 7) Song from folk musician Alice Di Micele?s album ?Searching.?
- Subject:
- Diesel motor exhaust gas--Environmental aspects--Law and legislation, Bald Eagle ?North America, Northern saw-whet owl, and Electric utilities?United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 8
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with California Institute of Technology professory John Seinfeld and assistant professor of medicine Simon Spivak about smog and ozone formation. 2.) Stephanie Goitchman talks with Seeba Shibley of the Center for Marine Conservation about the effect of beach debris on marine wildlife. 3.) In the segment Ear to the Ground Linda Anderson talks with Nancy Zirbes of the Wildlife Damage Review about her work watching over the Animal Damage Control. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author Rick Bass reads from his book "The Book of Yaak" about Yaak Valley in Montana. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Mark Getterslaw about frogs. 6.) Thomas Lalley talks with Joseph Rom of the Department of Energy about heat islands, a city or location that is hotter than surrounding areas. 7.) In the segment Talking Green Berle talks with Ray Smith of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Paul Mccardal of the Department of Energy, and Pat Mosely of the International Lead Zinc Research Organization about alternative fuel vehicles. 8.) Lalley talks with author Joe Kane about his book "The Savages", about the Huaorani tribe. 9.) Berle talks with folk music group Magpie.
- Subject:
- Smog, Animal Damage Control Program (U.S.), Marine debris, and Yaak Valley (Mont.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Kevin Williams of the Western Organization of Resource Councils and environmental lawyer Dave Kamen about environmental audit statutes. 2.) In the segment Talking Green Berle talks with Diane Dillon Ridgely of Zero Population Growth, Aileen Gephart of the Population Reference Bureau and Margaret Pollock of the Department of State discuss international family planning. 3.) Stephanie Goitchman talks with professor of crop sciences Jack Whithorn about genetically altered soybeans. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Kurt Bowman of the Savannah River ecology lab about sea turtles. 5.) Thomas Lalley talks with Daniel Evans of the Point Rays Bird Observatory and Dr. Gary Pertonick about the effects of cats on the bird population. 6.) In another Talking Green segment Berle talks with author David George Jordan and Steve Pirkell from the Sonora Arthropod Institute about bugs. 7.) Berle talks with Lee Talbott, professor at George Mason University, about biodiversity in Bhutan. 8.) In part of last week's story with the McLean Mix, they talk Lalley about the use of rainforest sounds in their music.
- Subject:
- Environmental auditing--United States., Family planning, Sea turtles, and Soybean--Genetic engineering
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency about the health effects of air pollution. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Dr. Jeffrey Mount, a professor of geology, about the effects of flood control measures. 3.) Stephanie Goitchman talks with microbiologist John Fagan about genetically altered soybeans. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author Kent Nerburn reads reads from his book "A Haunting Reverance: Meditations on a Northern Land". 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment professor of biology Phillip Lobelle discusses fish spawning. 6.) Berle talks with chief of U.S. Forest Services Mike Dombeck. 7.) In the segment Talking Green Berle talks with Tom Lint, project coordinator of the Berkeley co-housing poject and architect Bruce Coldum about co-housing. 8.) Lalley talks with Priscilla and Barton McLean about the use of natural sounds in their musical group, the McLean Mix.
- Subject:
- Flood control, Browner, Carol M. (Carol Martha), 1955-, Nerburn, Kent, 1946-, and Soybean--Genetic engineering
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 13
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Katie McGinty of the White House Council on Environmental Quality about the role of the environment in the Clinton administration. 2.) Berle talks with David Kumel of Marquette University's Center for Highway and Traffic Engineering about urea as an alternative to road salt. 3.) In the segment Talking Green, Berle talks with Christopher Taylor of an Oregon public interest group and Pat Franklin of the Container Recycling Institute, about whether or not we need to update the bottle bill. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Christine Shepherd, curator of ornothology at the Bronx Zoo, about red crowned cranes. 5.) Berle talks with Craig Brown of the National Cotton Council of America about the fairness of cotton subsidies. 6.) Thomas Lalley reports on new regulations for water saving toilets and talks with David Conrad of the National Wildlife Federation about the issue. 7.) Stephanie Goitchman interviews Los Angeles resident Alexandra Paul about her electric car. 8.) Berle talks with David Kumel of Marquette University's Center for Highway and Traffic Engineering about alternatives to road salt. 9.) Berle plays music from the Mbuti pygmies of Africa.
- Subject:
- Salt--Environmental aspects, McGinty, Kathleen Alana, 1963-, Beverage containers--Recycling--Law and legislation, and Red-crowned crane
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 8
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Gil Omenn of the Presidential Commission on Risk Assessment about the need for a new way of thinking about pollution. 2.) Berle talks with Alex Wilson, editor of Environmental Building News, about the disposal of pressure treated wood. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on a new type of dry cleaning, wet cleaning, that is environmentally safer. 4.) Pierre Beland reads an excerpt from his book "Beluga: Funeral for Whales". 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Tom Croad of the Missouri Botanical Gardens discusses the skunk cabbage. 6.) Berle talks with Jim Furnish, a forest supervisor in Oregon, about the need to better regulate clearcutting. 7.) In the segment Talking Green, Berle talks with Dave Dempsey of the Michigan Environmental Council, Rich Goodstein of Browning Forest Industries, and lawyer Eric Bach, about moving garbage and sewage sludge across state lines. 8.) Berle plays a song by Glen Waldach.
- Subject:
- Pollution, Be?land, Pierre, 1947-, Wood--Environmental aspects, and Dry cleaning
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with John Kessler of the Environmental Protection Agency about Project XL, a regulation that allows the government to regulate pollution by signing agreements with various organizations and industries. 2.) In the segment Talking Green, Berle talks with nature writer David George Gordon and Steve Pirkell of the Sonora Arthropod Institute, about cockroaches and other insects. 3.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Bob Eke of the Yellowstone Trust about the difficulties bison in the park are having with especially tough winter. 4.) Thomas Lalley discusses the proposal of new legislation that would effect irrigation in the Central Valley of California and talks with Steve Richardson of the Bureau of Reclamation about the issue. 5.) In another Talking Green segment Berle talks with John Costiac of the National Wildlife Federation, Glen Spayne of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermans' Association, and economist Dan Corsi about the the fact that the Endangered Species Act is up for reauthorization. 6.) Lalley talks with Marki Morgan about the dangers involved with raising wolves as pets. 7.) The show ends by playing Joni Mitchell's song, Big Yellow Taxi.
- Subject:
- Project XL (United States. Environmental Protection Agency), Irrigation--California--Central Valley (Valley), Insects, and Bison--Yellowstone National Park