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1. Environment Show #525

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2000 January 18
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
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1) Mark Brodie discusses the construction of a nuclear waste incinerator in Wyoming with Berte Hirschfield of Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free and Berverly Cook with the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science & Technology. 2) Peter Berle and Lester Brown, President of the Worldwatch Institute discuss the State of the World Report. 3) Peter Berle gives a tongue in cheek tip for buying a car. 4) Peter Berle discusses the reproduction behavior of the hellbender salamander with Brant Fisher of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. 5) Peter Berle discusses global trade and the environment with John Wirth, Professor of Latin American Studies, Brewster Denny, Professor of Public Affairs and Michael Robbins of Audubon Magazine. 6) Caitlyn Kim discusses environmental concerns computer chip manufacturing plants.
Subject:
Global Trade, Transuranic wastes, Worldwatch Institute, and Salamanders

2. Environment Show #524

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2000 January 11
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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1) Peter Berle discusses the reduction of gas emissions. 2) Steven Westcott discusses the most significant land preservation actions of the past century with Michael Francis of the National Forest Program. 3) Author Jerry Dennis reads from his book, The River Home: An Angler's Explorations. 4) Peter Berle discusses lunar eclipses with astronomer Bob Berman. 5) Peter Berle discusses major environmental issues of the 21st century with Idaho State Senator, Marylou Reed, Jon Plaut of Allied Signal and Langdon Marsh of the Environmental Law Institute. 6) Peter Berle gives his green tip on identifying pollutants and polluters in local communities. 7) Steven Westcott discusses the Asian Tiger population with Joshua Ginsberg of the Bronx Zoo.
Subject:
Emissions, Automobile, Amur Tiger, Clinton, Bill, and Lunar eclipses

3. Environment Show #523

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
2000 January 4
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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1) Leah Fleming discusses E-commerce and the environment with Carolyn Nunley of Consumers Union and Tom Kay, founder of Ecomall. 2) Peter Berle discusses the Keeper Springs bottled water company founded by Robert F Kennedy Jr. 3) Steven Westcott discusses the winter season with Louis Uccellini of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction. 4) Peter Berle discusses how strawberries are grown and picked. 5) Peter Berle leads a discussion on wood chip mills with Danna Smith of the Dogwood Alliance and Bob Slocum of the North Carolina Forestry Association. 5) Peter Berle speaks with George Poinar, author of Amber Forests: A Reconstruction of a Vanished World.
Subject:
Strawberries, E-Commerce, La Nina, and Bottled Water

4. Environment Show #519

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 December 7
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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1) Peter Berle discusses the environmental impact of Mitsubishi Salt Work Plants in Mexico with Mario Aguilar, Minister of the Environment (Mexico), Jacob Scherr of the Natural Resources Defense Council and James Brumm, representative with Mitsubishi. 2) Steven Westcott discusses the renewal of offshore oil leases in California with Mary Nichols, secretary for California's Resources Agency. 3) Listener Comments. 4) Peter Berle discusses elk in the Ozark Mountains. 5) Peter Berle discusses ?eco-tourism? with Megan Epler Wood of Epler International, Kurt Kutay of Wildland Adventures and Ray Rodney of Wilderness Travel. 6) Steven Westcott discusses Henry David Thoreau's Wild Fruits with Thoreau scholar, Bradley Dean.
Subject:
Laguna San Ignacio (Mexico), Gray Whale, Offshore oil and gas leases--Environmental aspects--United States, and Elk

5. Environment Show #518

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 November 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) Peter Berle discusses dam removal in California with Leslie Everett of PG&E, Bruce Babitt, U.S Secretary of the Interior and Valerie Holcomb of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 2) Mary Darcy and Dr. Sandra Steingraber discuss the connection between toxins and cancer. 3) Peter Berle gives a ?green tip? on how to be politically active. 4) Gary Ferguson reads from his book, Through the Woods: A Journey Through America's Forests. 5) Peter Berle talks about harvesting christmas trees in New York. 6) Peter Berle leads a discussion on environmentalism in American and British literature with Professors of English Richard Nunley and Lawrence Lipking.7) Steven Westcott discusses the reintroduction of the timber wolf.
Subject:
Dam Removal, Steingraber, Sandra, DdTs, and Cancer--Environmental Aspects

6. Environment Show #517

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 November 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) Peter Berle discusses improving emission standards in New York State with Peter Iwanowicz of the American Lung Association, John Cahill of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. 2) Mark Brodie discusses urban sprawl in Atlanta, Georgia with Bryan Hager of the Georgia chapter of the Sierra Club, Catherine Ross of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development and Lucie Griggs of Cool Communities. 3) Steven Westcott reports on global warming movie trailers. 4) Peter Berle discusses trout spawning season. 5) Peter Berle leads a discussion on labeling products with genetically modified crops with Gene Orabowsky with Grocery Manufacturers Association and Michael Hansen of the Consumer Policy Institute. 6) Peter Berle discusses funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund with conservationist Paul Pritchard, Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute and Denis Galvin of the National Park Service.
Subject:
Emission Standards, Global Warming, Atlanta, Georgia, and Urban Sprawl

7. Environment Show #516

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 November 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) Mark Brodie discusses urban sprawl in Atlanta, Georgia with Dan Reuter of the Atlanta Regional Commission, Lucie Griggs of Cool Communities and Walt Higgins of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. 2) Steven Westcott discusses earthquakes and intraslab faults in California with Simon Peacock, Professor of Geology. 3) Charles Wilkinson reads from his book, Fire on the Plateau: Conflict and Endurance in the American Southwest. 4) Peter Berle discusses the benefits of prescribed forest burns with Laurel Ross, Director of Conservation Programs for Illinois. 5) Peter Berle discusses federal land acquisitions with Kathy Benedetto of the National Wilderness Institute and Rodger Schlickeisen of the Defenders of Wildlife. 6) Peter Berle speaks with Professor David Koerner on emerging solar systems and the origins of life.
Subject:
Wilkinson, Charles, Earthquakes--California, Atlanta, Georgia, and Urban Sprawl

8. Environment Show #515

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 November 13
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) Steven Westcott reports on earthquake preparedness in California with Constance Perett, Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management and Eliza Chan, Federal Emergency Management Agency. 2) Peter Berle reports on eco-friendly mining in Madagascar with Jacques Theron, environmental consultant to Rio Tinto. 3) Professor of English Richard Nunley reads an essay. 4) Peter Berle reports on organic corn harvesting in Wisconsin with Dan Kaiser of Golden Harvest Farms. 5) Peter Berle leads a discussion on the sale of Great Lakes Water with John Febbraro of the Nova Group and Michael Donahue of the Great Lakes Commission. 6) In the Green Tips segment, Peter Berle offers a tip on choosing paints without volatile organic compounds. 7) A Report on the Save the Manatee Club.
Subject:
California, Madagascar, Earthquakes, and Titanium Oxide

9. Environment Show #514

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 November 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) Peter Berle discusses ?budget riders? and special interest legislation with Bill Chandler of the National Parks Conservation Association and Robert Dewey of Defenders of Wildlife. The late senator, John Chafee is remembered. 2) Steven Westcott discusses the effects of drought on U.S. Farmers with Mike Hayes of the National Drought Mitigation Center. 3) Linda M. Hasselstrom reads her essay, Never Alone. 4) Peter Berle discusses the start of quail hunting season in Oklahoma with Bryan Hendricks. 5) Peter Berle discusses the effects of endocrine disruptors on the human hormonal system with Theo Colborn, founder of Endocrine Disruption Exchange and Santa Tirey of the Chemical Manufacturers Association. 6) A discussion on budget riders. 7) Listener Comments.
Subject:
Hasselstrom, Linda M., Droughts, La Nina, and Chafee, John H., 1922-1999

10. Environment Show #513

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 October 26
Collection:
WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
Collecting Area:
New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:
apap138
Parent Record(s):
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1) Steven Westcott discusses national forests with James Furnish of the U.S. Forest Service and Michael Francis of The Wilderness Society. 2) Peter Berle discusses free trade, protecting fish and the upcoming WTO conference with Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch. 3) Peter Capella of Swiss Radio International discusses Persistent Organic Pollutants and DDTs. 4) Peter Berle discusses the spawning of coral species along the Great Barrier Reef. 5) Peter Berle leads a discussion on the health of national parks with Jerry Taylor, Director of natural resources at the Cato Institute, Paul Pritchard, Director of the National Park Trust and Denis Galvin, Deputy Director of the National Park Service. 6) Mark Brodie discusses oil exploitation in the Niger Delta.
Subject:
Great Barrier Reef, DDT, Persistent Organic Pollutants, and National forests of America

11. Environment Show #512

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 October 19
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) Peter Berle discusses contamination from gas production facilities in the Central Hudson region with attorney Clifford Case and Jim Cummins of the Environmental Protection Agency. 2) Steven Westcott speaks with Craig Updike of Lyons Falls Pulp and Paper Mill about certified wood products. 3) Leah Fleming discusses the environmental impact of clear-cutting and chip mills on forest ecosystems with Danna Smith of the Dogwood Alliance. 4) Peter Berle discusses the Leonid Meteor Shower with Alan McRoberts of Sky and Telescope Magazine. 5) Steven Westcott leads a discussion on the steel recycling industry with Vince Digregory of Amity Incorporated, Scott Bealhen, President of the New Mexico Homebuilders Association and Greg Crawford of the Steel Recycling Institute. 6) Scot Weidensaul reads from his book, Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds.
Subject:
Leonid Meteor Storm, Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation, Clearcutting, and Wood Pulp

12. Environment Show #511

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 October 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) Steven Westcott discusses the environmental consequences of Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina with Debbie Crane, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and Larry Cahoon, Professor of Biology. 2) Peter Berle discusses the importance of the Iowa caucases with Deb Callahan of the League of Conservation Voters. 3) Andrew Offenburger reads an essay about cross-country road tripping. 4) Peter Berle discusses hand picking organic beets in California in the Earth Calendar segment. 5) Peter Berle discusses the reform of the Wilderness Act with Sheldon Kinsel of the Western Counties Resource Policy Institute and Jay Watson of the Wilderness Society. 6) Peter Berle discusses the environmental impact of commercial winter cruises. 7) Marc Brodie discusses the protection of the Stellar Sea Lion with Tim Ragen of the National Marine Fisheries Services.
Subject:
Beets, Hurricane Floyd, North Carolina, and Sea Lions

13. Environment Show #510

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 October 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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1) Steven Westcott discusses Home Depot's harvesting of wood products from endangered forests with Tom Tevlin of the Forest Alliance of British Columbia and Susanne Apple, representative with Home Depot. 2) Alan Chartock interviews New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on the New York State lawsuit against 17 coal burning plants in the mid-west. 3) Peter Berle presents his green tip on how to identify certified lumber. 4) Darcy Mitchum discusses the environmental influences contained in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. 5) Peter Berle discusses the migration of Striped Bass. 6) Peter Berle leads a discussion on the depletion of water resources with environmentalists Sandra Postel and Mark Reisner. 7) Peter Berle speaks with professor John Delano on the origins of life.
Subject:
Spitzer, Eliot, Sustainable forestry, Coal Burning Power Plants, and Lumber

14. Environment Show #509

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 September 28
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) Mark Brodie discusses the removal of the Grizzly Bear from the endangered species list with Louisa Wilcox of the Sierra Club and Mark Shaffer with the Defenders of Wildlife. 2) Peter Berle discusses the Bonn Conference in Germany and the Kyoto Protocol with Jennifer Morgan of the World Wildlife Fund and Glen Kelly of the Global Climate Coalition. 3) Listener Comments. 4) Peter Berle talks about the migration of the Wood duck. 5) Peter Berle discusses the health and environmental effects of low level radioactive nuclear waste with Holmes Brown of the Low Level Waste Forum and Nicki Hobson of the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. 6) Steven Westcott discusses captive breeding of the endangered wild cheetah with William Conway of the Wildlife Conservation Society and Joan Embry of the San Diego Zoo.
Subject:
Yellowstone National Park, Endangered Species, Grizzly Bear, and Kyoto Protocol

15. Environment Show #508

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 September 21
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) Mark Brodie discusses the impact of high speed rails on the environment with Mehdi Morshed, rail advocate, John Holtzclaw with the Sierra Club and Jim Waddington, Amtrak representative. 2) Peter Berle discusses international efforts in family planning and education with Dan Pellegrom of Pathfinder International. 3) Linda Fleming speaks with conservationist Harvey Locke about the Wildlands Project. 4) In the earth calendar segment, Steven Westcott talks about the mating behavior of the Chinook Salmon. 5) Peter Berle discusses job growth and greenhouse emissions with Jennifer Morgan of the World Wilfelife Fund and Glen Kelly of the Global Climate Coalition. 6) Steven Westcott discusses the challenges of captive breeding programs with Terri Roth of the Cincinnati Zoo. 7) Listener Comments.
Subject:
Wildlands Project, Pathfinder International, Family Planning, and High Speed Trains

16. Environment Show #507

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 September 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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1) Steven Westcott discusses the decline of the horseshoe crab with Carl Shuster of William & Mary College, Bill Hall of the University of Delaware and Perry Plumart with the National Audobon Society. 2) Peter Berle discusses clean up efforts and brick making emissions in El Paso, TX. 3) Alvah Simon reads from his book, North to the Night: A Spiritual Odyssey in the Arctic. 4) Peter Berle gives a report on organic soy bean farming in Ohio. 5) Peter Berle leads a discussion on the effects of pesticides and pollution on children's health with Dr. Philip Landrigan, Dr. Bernard Weiss and Dr. William Suk. 6) Lisa Phillips discusses clean air standards in Pittsburgh, PA.
Subject:
Soy Beans, El Paso, TX, Horseshoe crab, and Brickmaking--Environmental Aspects

17. Environment Show #506

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 September 11
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) Peter Berle discusses North America's worst polluters with Janine Ferretti of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Dan Schultz of the Ontario Ministry of Energy and Anne Mitchell of the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy. 2) Nancy Wilson reports on the reintroduction of wolves in Idaho. 3) Bob Zanotti with Swiss Radio International discusses the health risks of Dioxin. 4) Peter Berle discusses the migration of Monarch Butterflies. 5) Peter Berle discusses the environmental impact of golf course. 6) Steven Westcott discusses the threatened Javan Rhinoceros in Southeast Asia with Steve Osofsky of the World Wilfelife Fund.
Subject:
Pollution--United States, Wolves, Pollution--Canada, and Idaho

18. Environment Show #505

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 September 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) Peter Berle speaks with Seth Dunn of the World Watch Institute and Connie Holmes of the National Mining Association about the environmental concerns of coal consumption. 2) Steven Westcott speaks with Ian Kiernan, organizer of the Clean Up the World Campaign. 3) Author Clay Bonnyman Evans reads from his book, I See By Your Outfit: Becoming a Cowboy a Century Too Late. 4) Peter Berle talks about the White-Tailed Deer of North Carolina. 5) Peter Berle speaks with Val Giddings, Vice President for Food and Agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization and Kristin Dawkins with the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy about the safety of genetically modified crops. 6) Melissa Sanford discusses the proposal to implement decorative lighting of the Arrigoni bridge in Connecticut which poses light pollution hindering astronomers and confusing migratory birds.
Subject:
Coal Consumption, Australia, Evans, Clay Bonnyman, and Kiernan, Ian

19. Environment Show #504

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 August 28
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) Steven Westcott discusses biomass fuels with John Felmy with the American Petroleum Institute, Robert Brown, Director for the Center for Sustaiable Environmental Technologies. 2) In the Origins of Life segment, Peter Berle speaks with William Irvine, Professor of Astronomy about comets. 3) Author Bruce Berger reads from his book, Almost an Island: Travels in Baja, California. 4) Peter Berle talks about the Northern Blazing Star flower which is endangered as a result of prescribed fires. 5) Peter Berle interviews Bill Nye ?The Science Guy?. 6) Glenn Busby discusses the Pennypack Initiative.
Subject:
Biomass Fuels, Northern Blazing Star (Liatris Scariosa), Baja, California, and Comets

20. Environment Show #503

Type:
Audio
Date Created:
1999 August 21
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) Peter Berle discusses environmental stressors of Lake Baikal with ecotour operator, Bill Mueller. 2) Steven Westcott discusses urban renewal projects in Chicago with Bill Abolt, Commissioner of the department of the environment. 3) Author Terry Grosz reads from his book, Wildlife Wars, describing his time as a game warden. 4) In the earth calendar segment, Peter Berle speaks with farmer Mike Castro about organic banana farming in Mexico. 5) Peter Berle discusses forestry conservation with Brent Sohngen, professor of environmental and natural resource economics and Mike Brune with the Rainforest Action Network. 6) Susan Arbetter discusses Community Supported Agriculture with Jill Auburn, Director of the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Jean Paul Cortens of Roxbury Farm and Kathy Lawrence with Just Food.
Subject:
Lake Baikal, Roof Gardens, Urban Renewal, and Chicago, Illinois