1.) Host Peter Berle talks with California Institute of Technology professory John Seinfeld and assistant professor of medicine Simon Spivak about smog and ozone formation. 2.) Stephanie Goitchman talks with Seeba Shibley of the Center for Marine Conservation about the effect of beach debris on marine wildlife. 3.) In the segment Ear to the Ground Linda Anderson talks with Nancy Zirbes of the Wildlife Damage Review about her work watching over the Animal Damage Control. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author Rick Bass reads from his book "The Book of Yaak" about Yaak Valley in Montana. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Mark Getterslaw about frogs. 6.) Thomas Lalley talks with Joseph Rom of the Department of Energy about heat islands, a city or location that is hotter than surrounding areas. 7.) In the segment Talking Green Berle talks with Ray Smith of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Paul Mccardal of the Department of Energy, and Pat Mosely of the International Lead Zinc Research Organization about alternative fuel vehicles. 8.) Lalley talks with author Joe Kane about his book "The Savages", about the Huaorani tribe. 9.) Berle talks with folk music group Magpie.
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Kevin Williams of the Western Organization of Resource Councils and environmental lawyer Dave Kamen about environmental audit statutes. 2.) In the segment Talking Green Berle talks with Diane Dillon Ridgely of Zero Population Growth, Aileen Gephart of the Population Reference Bureau and Margaret Pollock of the Department of State discuss international family planning. 3.) Stephanie Goitchman talks with professor of crop sciences Jack Whithorn about genetically altered soybeans. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Kurt Bowman of the Savannah River ecology lab about sea turtles. 5.) Thomas Lalley talks with Daniel Evans of the Point Rays Bird Observatory and Dr. Gary Pertonick about the effects of cats on the bird population. 6.) In another Talking Green segment Berle talks with author David George Jordan and Steve Pirkell from the Sonora Arthropod Institute about bugs. 7.) Berle talks with Lee Talbott, professor at George Mason University, about biodiversity in Bhutan. 8.) In part of last week's story with the McLean Mix, they talk Lalley about the use of rainforest sounds in their music.
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency about the health effects of air pollution. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Dr. Jeffrey Mount, a professor of geology, about the effects of flood control measures. 3.) Stephanie Goitchman talks with microbiologist John Fagan about genetically altered soybeans. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author Kent Nerburn reads reads from his book "A Haunting Reverance: Meditations on a Northern Land". 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment professor of biology Phillip Lobelle discusses fish spawning. 6.) Berle talks with chief of U.S. Forest Services Mike Dombeck. 7.) In the segment Talking Green Berle talks with Tom Lint, project coordinator of the Berkeley co-housing poject and architect Bruce Coldum about co-housing. 8.) Lalley talks with Priscilla and Barton McLean about the use of natural sounds in their musical group, the McLean Mix.
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Katie McGinty of the White House Council on Environmental Quality about the role of the environment in the Clinton administration. 2.) Berle talks with David Kumel of Marquette University's Center for Highway and Traffic Engineering about urea as an alternative to road salt. 3.) In the segment Talking Green, Berle talks with Christopher Taylor of an Oregon public interest group and Pat Franklin of the Container Recycling Institute, about whether or not we need to update the bottle bill. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Christine Shepherd, curator of ornothology at the Bronx Zoo, about red crowned cranes. 5.) Berle talks with Craig Brown of the National Cotton Council of America about the fairness of cotton subsidies. 6.) Thomas Lalley reports on new regulations for water saving toilets and talks with David Conrad of the National Wildlife Federation about the issue. 7.) Stephanie Goitchman interviews Los Angeles resident Alexandra Paul about her electric car. 8.) Berle talks with David Kumel of Marquette University's Center for Highway and Traffic Engineering about alternatives to road salt. 9.) Berle plays music from the Mbuti pygmies of Africa.
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Gil Omenn of the Presidential Commission on Risk Assessment about the need for a new way of thinking about pollution. 2.) Berle talks with Alex Wilson, editor of Environmental Building News, about the disposal of pressure treated wood. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on a new type of dry cleaning, wet cleaning, that is environmentally safer. 4.) Pierre Beland reads an excerpt from his book "Beluga: Funeral for Whales". 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Tom Croad of the Missouri Botanical Gardens discusses the skunk cabbage. 6.) Berle talks with Jim Furnish, a forest supervisor in Oregon, about the need to better regulate clearcutting. 7.) In the segment Talking Green, Berle talks with Dave Dempsey of the Michigan Environmental Council, Rich Goodstein of Browning Forest Industries, and lawyer Eric Bach, about moving garbage and sewage sludge across state lines. 8.) Berle plays a song by Glen Waldach.
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with John Kessler of the Environmental Protection Agency about Project XL, a regulation that allows the government to regulate pollution by signing agreements with various organizations and industries. 2.) In the segment Talking Green, Berle talks with nature writer David George Gordon and Steve Pirkell of the Sonora Arthropod Institute, about cockroaches and other insects. 3.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Bob Eke of the Yellowstone Trust about the difficulties bison in the park are having with especially tough winter. 4.) Thomas Lalley discusses the proposal of new legislation that would effect irrigation in the Central Valley of California and talks with Steve Richardson of the Bureau of Reclamation about the issue. 5.) In another Talking Green segment Berle talks with John Costiac of the National Wildlife Federation, Glen Spayne of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermans' Association, and economist Dan Corsi about the the fact that the Endangered Species Act is up for reauthorization. 6.) Lalley talks with Marki Morgan about the dangers involved with raising wolves as pets. 7.) The show ends by playing Joni Mitchell's song, Big Yellow Taxi.
1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the issue of what to do with surplus plutonium and talks with Mary Olsen of the Nuclear Information and Resource Group about the problem. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, host Peter Berle talks with Jim Petty of the Air Transportation Association and Jeff Bernard of the Grand Canyon Trust about whether new laws are needed to better regulate the amount of air traffic going over the Grand Canyon. 3.) In the segment Talking Green, Berle talks with Keith Cherryhomes of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, botanist Maynard Bauers, and Joe Doherty of the New York State Department of Transportation, about the effects of road salt on vegetation and water quality. 4.) Berle talks with Roger Mustalish of the Amazon Center for Education and Research Foundation about the rarely changing climate in the rainforest of the Amazon Basin in Peru. 5.) Berle talks with professor of plant physiology Tom Hodges about his work genetically engineering plants. 6.) In another Talking Green segment, Berle talks with Daniel Sperling, professor of civil engineering and Bob Batson of Electric Vehicles of America, about electric cars. 7.) Berle talks with author Thomas Power about his recent book "Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies". 8.) The show ends with a song by singer songwriter Bruce Coburn.
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with transportation expert Ian Lockwood about traffic problems Virginia residents are having with Route 50 and what he believes is the solution to those problems, traffic calming. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Jack Sobel of the Center for Marine Conservation about the controversy over a proposed Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 3.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author Mary Byrd Davis talks about an old growth forest in Kentucky. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Ron Nevine of the Oceanides Foundation about penguins in Antarctica. 5.) In the segment Talking Green Berle talks with Jack Barnett of the Environmental Protection Agency, Glen Pollow of te Iowa Prairie Network and Ron Clitaski of the Audubon Society about the Tallgrass Prairie National Park. 6.) Author Gary Ferguson reads nature myth about the almond tree from his book "Spirits of the Wild". 7.) Stephanie Goitchman talks with author David Ritz about his biography of Marvin Gaye and Gaye's environmental activism.
1.) Thomas Lalley talks with Bill Hogarth of the National Marine Fisheries Service, about proposed legislation to better regulate the fishing industry to protect sharks. 2.) In the segment Talking Green host Peter Berle talks with Manna Jo Greene of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency and Jean Banotall of the Cornell Waste Management Institute about composting. 3.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Bobby McGowan of Florida Citrus Mutual about the year's record breaking citrus crop. 4.) Steve Frinkel talks with Milton Clark, a scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency, about efforts to abolish POP's or persistent organic pollutants. 5.) Berle talks with members of the Environment Show's advisory council including John Worth, professor of history at Stanford University, Paul Ehrlich, professor of biological sciences at Stanford University, and Jonathan Plought, former director of environmental quality at Allied Signal, about the past year as well as the year ahead. 6.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, author Jerry Dennis talks about Lake Michigan. 7.) The song "Please don't leave the water running when you wash your dog" by Bill Oliver is played.
1.) Thomas Lalley talks with biologist Dave Witherall about the government's decision to cut the pollock catch by 5%. 2.) In the segment Ear to the Ground Linda Anderson talks with Susan Tixier about the group she founded, Great Old Broads for Wilderness. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Environment Show advisory council member and president of Zero Population Growth, Dianne Dillonn Ridgley about the year ahead.4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Stephanie Goichman talks with Tom Waits, a professor at Michigan Tech University's School of Forestry, about gray jays.