1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Adine Gelpert about the upcoming World Conference on Women. 2.) Judith Ank gives a commentary about doing a cost benefit analysis of environmental regulations. 3.) Robertson talks with Dr. Jared Diamond, professor of physiology at UCLA, about his thoughts on the origins of Easter Island.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Professor Douglass Anderton, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, about a study he conducted which found that economics is more likely than race to play a role in where dumps and landfills are located. 2.) Robertson discusses the controversy over chip mills in the southeast and their possible harm to the environment. 3.) Robertson talks with Gina Johnson of the Saratoga Battlefield Park about possible Congressional cutbacks for national parks.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Oliver Shine of Johns Hopkins University and Melanie Deutchen of Greenpeace, about their differing views on whether or not UV radiation is more harmful in places with ozone holes. 2.) Robertson talks with Eleanor Cooper, of the Cooper Company, about Chattanooga, Tennessee's revitalization project, specifically about their clean up of the Chattanooga River. 3.) Robertson talks with Sheila Jones, homemaker near Hagerstown, Maryland, about her work getting her community together to plan their town's water system.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Edward Cook, a tree ring specialist, about his work examining trees to help tell us the story of our past and future. 2.) Julia Ank gives a commentary about the links between breast cancer and industrial toxins. 3.) Robertson talks with various politicians from Chattanooga, Tennessee, about the city's South Central Business District Development Project.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Bruce Hamilton of the Sierra Club about his belief that pending action in Congress could lead to the destruction of years of hard work by environmentalists. 2.) Robertson talks with Rebecca Reynolds, of the organization Animals as Intermediaries, about her new book "Bring me the Ocean". 3.) Robertson talks with Ken Catanzarro, about Revision 2000, a plan to revitalize the community of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Lenny Comb, director of the Last Great Wilderness Project, about his anger over Congress changing the numbers on environmental bills. 2.) Robertson talks with a manager of a project at Hydro Quebec that may make the electric car a viable option. 3.) Robertson talks with Ken Goddard, director of the Fish and Wildlife forensic lab, about his novel "Wildfire".
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Bjorn Connevin, of the Norwegian Consulate, about Norway's decision to turn membership in the European Union. 2.) Robertson talks with Dr. Peter Glick, of the Pacific Institute, about plans to increase the water supply into the Dead Sea.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Trudy Cox of Massachusetts Environmental Affairs about the Ozone Transport Commission, a plan submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by Massachusetts and other New England and Mid-Atlantic states that proposes to reduce air pollution. 2.) Robertson talks with Gayle Baker of the Wildlife Service about the designation of Canaan Valley in West Virginia as a National Wildlife Refuge.
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Eric Steedman, coordinator of the Campaign for Cleaner Corporations part of the Council on Economic Priorities, about their annually published report on the worst polluting companies in the U.S. 2.) Robertson talks with author William MacLeish about his new book "The Day Before America: Changing the Nature of the Continent'".
1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Jeff Napier of the National Marine Manufacturing Association about author Andre Mele's book "Polluting for Pleasure" which claims motorboats excessively pollute rivers, lakes, and the ocean. 2.) Peter Capella reports on the health problems caused by increased pollution in Europe. 3.) Robertson talks with New Mexico Congressman Bill Richardson about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.