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1121. Environment Show #308
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:53:04Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle reports on the controversy surrounding the reauthorization of the farm bill and impact it has on the environment. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the increasing duck population and talks with Dr. Chip Ulyss about what conditions may have led to the increase. 3.) Bruce Robertson reports on the use of septic wastewater as a valuable resource and how many people are using it to create constructed wetlands. 4.) In the "Outpost" segment Dr. Timothy O'Brien, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, talks about his trip to Indonesia and about the important connection between wildlife and the ecosystem. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with ecologist Dr. Doug Ladd about the controlled burns that take place in prairies in order to preserve them.
- Subject:
- Constructed wetlands, Indonesia--Environmental aspects, Ducks, and Farming--Environmental aspects
1122. Environment Show #307
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:52:43Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the execution of Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwo. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on "green washing" campaigns by companies to convince the public they are a green company. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Renee Askins of the Wolf Fund about her work repopulating the wolf population of Yellowstone National Park. 4.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Rodger Schlickeisen of Defenders of Wildlife argues with Larry Burrett of the Farm Bureau about whether or not wolves should be brought to Yellowstone. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with botanist George Yaskevitch about barrens and the rich variety of life they contain.
- Subject:
- Wiwa, Ken Saro-, 1941-1995, Environmental advertising claims, and Wolves--Yellowstone National Park
1123. Environment Show #306
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 12
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:52:23Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the controversy over the safe drinking water act and why some environmentalists take issue with the bill. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on a controversy surrounding a proposal to build a water filtration plant near Woodstock, New York and why some think land preservation in the Catskills is a better bet. 3.) Lalley talks with Dr. Charles Lydeard about the recent decline in the mussel population. 4.) Berle talks with Dr. Alan Rabinowitz of the Wildlife Conservation Society about a trip he took to the Annamite Mountains in Vietnam and his discovery of several new species. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Dr. Ira O'Keene of the University of Massachusetts Division of Cardiovascular Medicine about why he thinks humans' cholesterol levels increase in the winter.
- Subject:
- Vietnam, Mussels, Catskill Mountains (N.Y.), and Water quality
1124. Environment Show #305
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 5
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:52:02Z
- Description:
- 1.) Drug-resistant infectious diseases often thrive in cities. Gretchen Daily of Stanford University, Mark Lappe (author of ?Breakout?) and Rodney Dietert of Cornell University speak on infectious diseases, environmental degradation, population growth and preventive care.(2) On sustainable cities, Randolph Croxton speak on how automobile suburbs take too much land and resources; James Kunstler (author of ?Geography of Nowhere?), on how these are destructive to social and economic life. Ray Bromley, professor of geography at University at Albany thinks that ?in filling? the city and overcoming racial problems and social tensions are of higher priority in improving urban life.(3) Reg Modlin of Chrysler and Sheila Lynch of Northeast Alternative Vehicle Coalition debate on whether electric vehicle mandates should be continued.(4)Jeff Canada, author and children?s advocate, speaks of living in 108th Street, NY and how people give character to urban centers.
- Subject:
- Urban Life, Electric cars, and Infectious Diseases
1125. Environment Show #304
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 29
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:51:41Z
- Description:
- 1.) Bill Amoro of New England Fishery Management Council , Robert Engelman of Population Action International, Douglas Hopkins of Environmental Defense Fund and Lisa Spear of the National Resources Defense Council discuss the plight of the world?s fishing stocks. The Magnison Act (1977) ensured that management of fishing resources be governed by science, not commerce. At the UN, an international fishing treaty setting up protocol and management of fishing resources is to be signed. (2)Russell Means, Lakota Indian and author of ?Where White Men Fear to Tread? , talks about renewing his spirit and communicating with nature in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- Subject:
- Fisheries, Magnison Act, and Means, Russell
1126. Environment Show #303
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:51:21Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the controversy over a proposal to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Scott Peters of the Nuclear Institute and Scott Denham of the Safe Energy Coalition discuss if the disposal of nuclear waste is environmentally and economically feasible. 3.) In the segment Ear to the Ground, Linda Anderson reports on a group of 6th grade students who helping to keep the air clean by buying pollution credits. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on the chemical pollution of Silva Reservoir in Mexico. 5.) Rosemary Katana of the Inuit's presents a portrait of Banks Island in Canada.
- Subject:
- Chemical pollution, Nuclear waste disposal, Air pollution, and Yucca Mountain (Nev.)
1127. Environment Show #302
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:51:00Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle discusses a recently filed lawsuit that is trying to prevent logging east of the Cascades in order to protect salmon in that area. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Chuck Burley of the National Forest Association and Glen Spayne of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's' Association, square off about whether or not logging should be stopped east of the Cascades. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports individuals that live "off the grid", using alternative energy sources to provide power to their homes. 4.) Bruce Robertson talks with Peter Haggarty about his project, Peace Fleece, which promotes discussions between Israeli and Palestinian sheep farmers. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Keith Bilstein talks about the migration of the Swainson Hawk.
- Subject:
- Logging, Cascades (Mountains), Israel/Palestine, and Alternative energy
1128. Environment Show #301
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 8
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:50:39Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the controversy over sugar plantations in the Everglades and talks with proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the what kind of cars we can expect in the future as well as the quality of the air we will be breathing. 3.) In the segment Locking Horns Tom Martin of Audubon and Bob Buecker of the U.S. Sugar Company argue over the costs and benefits of the sugar program in the United States. 4.) Linda Anderson reports in her segment "Ear to the Ground" about Madeline Hoffman, woman from New Jersey who started GREO or Grass Roots Environmental Organization which helps grass roots organizations get started. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with ecologist Carlo Supiana about the migration habits of tuna.
- Subject:
- Air Pollution, Everglades National Park (Fla.), Environmental groups, and Sugar--Taxation--United States
1129. Environment Show #300
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:50:18Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and EPA Administrator Carol Browner about their belief that the budget process leads to a negative change in environmental laws. 2.) Author Bill McKibben reads from his latest book "Hope, Human, and Wild". 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Ithaca, New York about attempts to bring back the lake sturgeon from near extinction. 4.) In the segment Locking Horns Bill Chandler of the National Parks and Conservation Association and Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute argue about whether or not certain National Parks should be closed to save money. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Jeff Glassberg about the migration patterns of butterflies.
- Subject:
- McKibben, Bill, Lake sturgeon, National Parks, and Environmental Policy
1130. Environment Show #298
- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 September 17
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Thumbnail Path Ss:
- /assets/audio-5133b642ee875760dbd85bfab48649d009efd4bd29db1165f891b48a90b4f37e.png
- System Modified Dtsi:
- 2019-02-06T23:49:57Z
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Michael Oppenheimer of the Environmental Defense Fund about the draft report by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change that discusses the effects humans have on global warming. 2.) Linda Anderson reports on the growing popularity of farmers using work horses instead of trackers on their farms. 3.) Robertson reports on some of the environmental standards that came out of the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
- Subject:
- Global warming, Winter Olympic Games (17th : 1994 : Lillehammer, Norway), and Draft horses