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1101. 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):
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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

1102. 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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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-

1103. 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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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)

1104. 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.)

1105. 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
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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

1106. 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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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

1107. 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)

1108. 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

1109. 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
Description:
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.)

1110. 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