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1141. Environment Show #149

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 November 8
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with environmentalist Harvey Wasserman about the major changes that come with the new Clinton administration. 2.) Robertson talks with Robert Labens of the Environmental Protection Agency about how wood stoves contribute to air pollution. 3.) Jack Borden discusses his "For Spacious Skies" program that teaches sky awareness, educating individuals about the sky.
Subject:
Wasserman, Harvey, 1945-, Borden, Jack, and Wood stoves

1142. Environment Show #144

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 October 4
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 Harvey Wasserman of Greenpeace about the damage done to Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Florida by Hurricane Andrew and the issues this raises about nuclear power. 2.) Charles Compton reports from Washington about the recent proposal to build windmills in Hanford, WA, and the mixed feelings about that proposal. 3.) Robertson talks with Senator Tim Wirth about his decision to resign from the Senate. 4.) Robertson talks with Thomas Jorling, New York State Comissioner of Environmental Conservation, about the EPA's consideration to reclassify nuclear waste.
Subject:
Wirth, Timothy E., Wind power, Jorling, Thomas Cash, 1940-, and Nuclear power plants--Environmental aspects

1143. Environment Show #143

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 September 27
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 discusses the recent controversy over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which some feel does not adequately address environmental issues. 2.) Jill Hoyt reports from Idaho about the first nuclear waste merchant that is trying to convince communities to store nuclear waste. 3.) Dr. Charles Henry, scientist from the University of Washington, discusses the benefits of municipal solid waste composting. 4.) Robertson talks with 17 year old Kristin Braun about her trip on the Earth Train which will be going from Los Angeles to Washington D.D. to spread messages about environmental activism.
Subject:
Environmental action groups, Solid waste management, North American Free Trade Agreement (1992) AB71, and Nuclear waste repositories

1144. Environment Show #142

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 September 20
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.) Bob Rija reports from Wyoming about the controversy surrouding a proposed pump storage project at the Little Horn River. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Robert Sikorsky about his recent book "Bumper to Bumper" which includes tips to help drivers make their cars and driving habits more environmentally sound. 3.) Joel Makower, editor of Green Consumer Weekly, talks about the upcoming Presidential election and the role of environmental issues in that and every other election. 4.) Robertson talks with Dr. Richard Malicki of Fish and Wildlife Services about the purple loosestrife and the problems it's causing.
Subject:
Sikorsky, Robert, Little Horn River, Purple loosestrife, and Makower, Joel, 1952-

1145. Environment Show #141

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 September 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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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with George Davis, an environmentalist with the Center for Citizens Initiative, about his recent visit to Lake Baikal in Russia and the attempts to save it before it's too late. 2.) Jill Hoyt talks with Charles Wilkinson, a law professor from Colorado University, about his recent book "The Eagle Bird: Mapping a New West", in which he calls for the government to make more passionately worded laws. 3.) Robertson talks with Linda Elliot, wildlife manager of Hyatt Regency Resort in Hawaii, about the resort's wildlife and recooperation treatment which helps to protect the environment on the Hawaiian islands. 4.) Linda Brown of Scientific Certification Systems discusses their new environmental report cards which will give consumers a cradle to grave analysis of the environmental impact of products they purchase.
Subject:
Hawaii Environmental conditions, Wilkinson, Charles F., 1941-, and Environmental advertising claims

1146. Environment Show #140

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 September 6
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.) Bill Rack reports from Indianapolis about the controversy over a solid waste incinerator, which some say is violating emission limits. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with environmental prosecutor Steven J. Madonna of New Jersey about the state's increased criminal prosecution of environmental crimes. 3.) Robertson talks with Dr. Susan Buck, an environmental law professor from North Carolina State University at Greensboro, about the potential for environmental jobs in both the public and private sectors.
Subject:
Environmental crimes, Incinerators, and Environmentalism

1147. Environment Show #139

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 August 30
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 Harold Idell of Federal Express about their new alternative fuels program, Clean Fleet, which will test out 5 different alternative fuels over the next 2 years. 2.) Ann Harrison reports on recent developments to make photovoltaic panels more affordable. 3.) Robertson talks with Carol McCourt of Automation Industry Control, a company that made one of the first automated sorting systems for plastic recycling.
Subject:
Federal Express Corporation, Alternative energy sources, Photovoltaic energy systems, and Recycling & reusing

1148. Environment Show #138

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 August 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 with Dr. David Rockland of the Times Mirror Conservation Council about a recent survey they sponsored to find out people's beliefs about the environment and economy. 2.) Next, a portrait of environmentalist Dr. Barbara McMartin, writer of hiking guides to the Adirondacks. 3.) Jackie Yakanaka reports on a recent controversy surrounding the outside use of water from Yellowstone National Park's geysers.
Subject:
Times Mirror Company, McMartin, Barbara, Geysers--Yellowstone National Park, and Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)

1149. Environment Show #137

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 August 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.) Host Bruce Roberston talks with Roy Spencer, a space scientist with NASA, about recent weather pattern changes, including the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, and their connection to global warming. 2.) Robertson talks with John Jester of Renew America about their recent publication of the Environmental Success Index which lists businesses and organizations that are environmentally friendly. 3.) Sabine O'Hara gives her overall assessment of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. 4.) Robertson checks in with Sierra Club on-trail coordinator Tersh Palmer, to see how their Appalachian Trail hike celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Sierra Club, is going.
Subject:
Pinatubo, Mount (Philippines)--Eruption, 1991--Environmental aspects, Earth Summit (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Global Warming, and Appalachian Trail

1150. Environment Show #136

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 August 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 Ellsworth Dutton of the NOAA, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about the effects global warming and the eruption of the Pinatubo volcano may have had on recent strange weather patterns. 2.) Robertson talks with Renee Askins from The Wolf Fund about her efforts to reintroduce the grey wolf to Yellowstone National Park. 3.) Sabine O'Hara talks about her time at the Earth Summit.
Subject:
Gray wolf, Pinatubo, Mount (Philippines)--Eruption, 1991--Environmental aspects, Earth Summit (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)