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1161. Environment Show #120

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 April 19
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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2019-02-06T23:19:09Z
Description:
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Caran Sing of the People's Commission on Environment and Development in India, about his upcoming trip to the U.N. Earth Summit. 2.) Dr. Jack Winnick discusses his recent discovery of electro-chemical membrane gas separation a filtration system that could help decrease acid rain. 3.) Robertson talks with cellist Michael Reynolds of the Muir string quartet about their music and environmental work. 4.) Robertson checks in with Keith Tondrick of the Sierra Club to find out about the Appalachian Trail Hike.
Subject:
Reynolds, Michael, 1954, Earth Summit (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Acid rain, and Appalachian Trail

1162. Environment Show #119

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 April 12
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 Dr. Karan Singh of the People's Commission on Environment and Development in India, about his upcoming trip to the U.N. Earth Summit. 2.) Dr. Jack Winnick discusses his recent discovery of electro-chemical membrane gas separation a filtration system that could help decrease acid rain. 3.) Robertson talks with cellist Michael Reynolds of the Muir string quartet about their music and environmental work. 4.) Robertson checks in with Keith Tondrick of the Sierra Club to find out about the Appalachian Trail Hike.
Subject:
Reynolds, Michael, 1954, Earth Summit (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Acid rain, and Appalachian Trail

1163. Environment Show #118

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 April 5
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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2019-02-06T23:18:26Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Jody Jacobson of the World Watch Institute about population growth and how the low status of women in some countries could be a contributing factor. 2.) Bob Rija reports on the controversy surrounding the proposed building of monitored retrieval sites that would temporarily store nuclear waste. 3.) Professor of chemical engineering V.K. Mathur discusses his newly developed invention that would help in the fight against acid rain by zapping out the nitrogen oxide chemicals. 4.) Robertson checks in with Keith Tondrick on his Appalachian Trail hike, he and his group are now in Tennessee.
Subject:
Population growth, Nuclear waste disposal, Acid rain, and Appalachian Trail

1164. Environment Show #117

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 March 29
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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2019-02-07T15:13:09Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with New York State Commissioner Thomas Jorling about NY's recent decision to adopt the stringent clean air standards of California. 2.) Robertson checks in with Keith Tondrick of the Sierra Club on his Appalachian Trail hike, he and his group are now in Franklin, North Carolina. 3.) Becky Rumsey reports from Leadville, Colorado about the recent controversy surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency's clean up efforts in the area. 4.) Robertson talks with Science magazine editor Daniel Koshland about the difficulties journalists have in reporting science data.
Subject:
Leadville (Colo.), Emission Standards, Koshland, Daniel, and Appalachian Trail

1165. Environment Show #116

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 March 22
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 David Lucas, a developer from South Carolina whose case involving land use management has reached the Supreme Court. 2.) Robertson talks with Ed McMahon, director of American Greenway's Program, about his work involving the development of a greenway on the Hudson River. 3.) Robertson checks in with Keith Tondrick of the Sierra Club to find out his Appalachian Trail hike is going.
Subject:
Sierra Club, Hudson River Greenway (N.Y.), Land use--Management, and Appalachian Trail

1166. Environment Show #115

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 March 15
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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2019-02-06T23:17:24Z
Description:
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Jim Lentz of the South Coast Air Quality Management District about new pollution regulations they are trying to put in place in California. 2.) Ruth Rosen, professor of history at University of California at Davis, talks about why she thinks the United States needs to attend the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. 3.) Robertson talks with Keth Tondrick of the Sierra Club about their 100 year anniversary and the planned 2,000 mile hike along the AppalachianTrail he and 6 others plans to do to celebrate.
Subject:
Sierra Club, Earth Summit (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and South Coast Air Quality Management District (Calif.)

1167. Environment Show #114

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 March 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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2019-02-06T23:17:02Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent decomissioning of the Yankee Rowe nuclear power plant and talks withplant spokesman Bill McGee about the difficulties involved with its disposal. 2.) Kent Patterson reports from Alburquerque, New Mexico about a controversy surrounding local pesticide rules. 3.) Scientist John Harkness talks about his recent work with Russian scientists involving the breakdown of petroleum wastes into hydrogen and sulfur.
Subject:
Pesticide pollution, Nuclear power plants--Decommissioning, and Petroleum

1168. Environment Show #113

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 March 1
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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2019-02-06T23:16:42Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Todd Steiner of the Earth Island Institute about their recent lawsuit against the State Department regarding their failure to enforce laws involving shrimp fishing, causing the deaths of thousands of sea turtles. 2.) Ann Dixon reports from Nevada about a lawsuit involving grazing regulations and property rights. 3.) Robertson talks with Dr. Gifford Miller, University of Colorado at Boulder, about his research involving global cooling, a long term effect of global warming.
Subject:
Property rights, Sea turtles, and Global cooling

1169. Environment Show #112

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 February 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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2019-02-06T23:16:22Z
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1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses upcoming energy legislation, specifically the proposal to open up the Alaskan refuge for drilling. 2.) Joseph Reeves, research manager at Southern California Edison, discusses their new alternative energy system involving molsten salts. 3.) Robertson talks with William Ruckelshaus of Browning Ferris Industries about their commercial composting project.
Subject:
Molten salts, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska), and Compost

1170. Environment Show #111

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1992 February 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:
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2019-02-06T23:16:01Z
Description:
1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the effects of increased UV light from ozone depletion on plant life with plant biologist Dr. Robert Last. 2.) Robertson discusses Wisconsin Senator Herbert Kohl's recent Kohl Amendment to reduce government energy consumption. 3.) Bob Rija reports from Montana about a recent controversy surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency's failure to enforce the federal clean water act in individual states.
Subject:
UV light, Energy consumption., Kohl, Herbert H., 1935-, and Environmental Protection Agency