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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 26
- 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 talks with Stephen Leatherman, Director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research, and Espen Ronneberg, Minister Counsel from the Marshall Island?s Mission to the United Nations, about the effects of thermal expansion and rising sea levels on coastal areas around the world. 2) Peter Berle talks about nuclear power with Dr. Henry W. Kendall, Nobel Prize winning physicist and Chairman of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prizing winning historian and journalist. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Duncan Porter, a botany professor from Virginia Tech, about wildflowers in the Appalachian Mountains. 4) Berle talks with Howard Quigley from the Hornocker Wildlife Institute about their attempts to protect Siberian Tigers. 5) Berle talks with Lynn Salder, executive director of the Mountain Lion Foundation, Steve Touris from the California Department of Fish and Game, and Dr. Rick Hopkins, Senior Wildlife Ecologist at Harvey and Associates, about how the expanding human population in California continues to effect mountain lions (cougars). 6) Author Gregory McNamee reads a passage from his book, ?A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World?s Dry Places.? 7) Barb Barton sings, ?Spring Time? from her album, ?From the Eye of the Hawk.?
- Subject:
- Global warming, Wild flowers--Appalachian Region, Hornocker Wildlife Institute, and Nuclear energy
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 19
- 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 visits the Ironbound section of Newark, NJ to talk with Tiwana Steward-Griffin, Head of Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste, and June Kruszewski, resident and founding member of Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste, about their efforts to prevent Bio Gro (subsidiary of WMX) from building a sludge processing plant in neighborhood. 2) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about overpopulation and ecotourism. 3) Thomas Lalley talks with Goldman Award winner, Juan Pablo Orrego, about his efforts to prevent the construction of another hydroelectric dam on the Biobio River in Chile. 4) Author Gregory McNamee reads a passage from his book, ?A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World?s Dry Places.? 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Bob Gabrielson, President of the NYS Commercial Fisherman?s Association, about Shad fishing in the Hudson River. 6) Report about toxic pollutants in the Arctic. 7)Peter Berle talks with Mark Evans, Chief of Operations and Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Craig Williams from the Chemical Weapons Working Group, and Mary Hoinkes, General Counsel of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, about the Chemical Weapons Convention and destruction of chemical weapons. 8) Folk musician Robert Hoyt sings, ?It?s Quittin? Time on the High Tech Plantation,? from his album, ?Dumpster Diving Across America.?
- Subject:
- Environmental justice, Industrial sites--New Jersey--Newark, Bi?o-Bi?o River (Chile), and McNamee, Gregory
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 12
- 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 talks with scientists and government officials about global warming, climate stabilization, and the Kyoto Treaty. 2) Peter Berle talks with John Thornton from the U.S. Department of Energy?s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Don Osborne, Director of the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, about photovoltaic solar panels and power generation. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Jean Francois Bertrand from the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography about the annual Grunion run in Southern California. 4) Peter Berle talks with John Ryan, author of ?Stuff: The Secret Life of Everyday Things,? Alan Hammond, a program director for the World Resources Institute, and Dr. Albert Adriaanse, a senior counselor for the Netherlands Ministry of Environment, to discuss ways to reduce energy consumption. 5) Peter Berle talks with Paul Bray, an environmental and planning law attorney and fellow at the American Academy in Rome, about Italy?s efforts to create new national parks in order to meet European Economic Union (EEU) standards. 6) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson interviews Susan Tellem from American Tortoise Rescue. 7) Thomas Lalley talks with John Thornton about the solar energy system that powers the Orangutan Research Center in Borneo. 8) Folk musician Victoria Parks sings, ?I?m going Solar? from her album, "Sure Feels Like Home."
- Subject:
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 Dec. 11., Photovoltaic power generation, California grunion, and National parks and reserves?Italy
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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