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  • Environment Show #435

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 April 28
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1)Steven Westcott talks with Carl Pope of the Sierra Club about the club's vote not to support immigration limits, 2) Nancy Willson describes a plan to create a no-take marine reserve around the Channel Is. Off Santa Barbara, CA 3) Peter Berle interviews author Jon Plaut about the relationship between corporations and environmental concerns, 4) Earth Calendar - Peter Berle describes the spring migration of whooping cranes from Alberta Canada to Texas, 5) Linda Wilson profiles John Carlson who is through-hiking the Appalachian Trail, 6) Talking Green - a discussion of the overtaking of lobsters from the waters off the coast of Maine, 7) Steven Westcott talks with Dr. Peter Fong about his research on the effects of Prozac on the sex lives of fingernail clams
    Subject:
    Immigration, Overfishing, Population control, and Channel Islands (Calif.)

  • Environment Show #434

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 April 21
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle discusses the plant life report about plant species extinction from the World Conservation Union, 2) Steven Westcott reports on freshwater mussels and their role in freshwater ecosystems, 3) Peter Berle talks about the recycling of Vietnam-era napalm by the U.S. Navy and its use as a fuel in cement kilns, 4) the Earth Calendar segment has a report on Vidalia onion harvesting, 5) Steven Westcott talks with Timothy Braylauer abuot the ancient meteorite that hit the Yucatan peninsula, 6) In Talking Green Peter Berle discusses the cleanup of nuclear waste from the Rocky Flats, CO, weapons production site, 7) Alan Weisman reads from his essay on Gaviotas Columbia
    Subject:
    Napalm, Biodiversity, Plants Extinction, and Freshwater mussels--United States

  • Environment Show #433

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 April 18
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle discusses the pros and cons of becoming a Superfund site with citizens of Pittsfield, MA, 2) Estella Leopold, daughter of Aldo Leopold, reflects on her father's work 50 years after his death, 3) Comments on Earth Day from Dennis Hayes and Linda Anderson reads from Sand County Almanac, 4) the Earth Calendar segment describes Bison calving, 5) Steven Westcott reports on the effects of deforestation with David Wright, 6) Peter Berle discusses genetically engineered crops w/ natural pesticides with Richard Helmich and Jane Risler, 7) James Calcoon discusses Earth Day and Aldo Leopold
    Subject:
    Pittsfield (Mass.), Leopold, Estella B, Superfund sites, and Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948

  • Environment Show #432

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 April 11
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Discussion of the ICE T Highway bill for highway construction, 2) Peter Berle discusses the reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves to the Apache National Forest with Wendy Brown of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 3) Steven Westcott talks with David Scoule about a program of environmental monitoring in the Amazon Rainforest, 4) the Earth Calendar segment has a piece on grizzly bears and black bears coming out of hibernation in Glacier National Park, 5) Steven Westcott interviews Jack Nasser about the visual appearance of cities, 6) In Talking Green Peter Berle describes the problems with pvc pipe (pre1977) discharging harmful vinyl chloride into drinking water, 7) Author David Noland reads from his essay about climbing Mount Kiliminjaro
    Subject:
    Mexican gray wolf, Highways, Apache National Forest (Ariz.), and Intermodal transportation

  • Environment Show #431

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 March 31
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Federico Pena (Secretary of Energy in the Clinton Admin.) talks about the proposal to deregulate electricity and the potential impact of this on the environment, 2) Steven Westcott reports on fires in the Amazon forest in Brazil, 3) the Green Tips segments discusses how to conserve water in the use of home toilets, 4) Richard Nunnelly reads from an essay on the coming of spring in New England, 5) The Earth Calendar segment describes the migration of songbirds, 6) Peter Berle reflects on Love Canal 20 years after the discovery, 7) In Talking Green Peter Berle further discusses electric utility deregulation with Doug Long and Kevin Hartley, 8)in Ear to the Ground Linda Anderson reports on efforts to protect the prairie dog population
    Subject:
    Electric utilities--Deregulation--United States, Nunley, Richard, 1931-, Toilets--Environmental aspects--United States, and Amazon River Region--Environmental aspects

  • Environment Show #430

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 March 25
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Steven Westcott talks with Dr. Robert Lee of the Wildlife Conservation Society about the ecosystem of the DMZ between No. & So. Korea, 2) Peter Berle discusses the Oceans' Act with Roger McManus, 3) John D. Werth of Stanford describes the effects of El Nino as he flies over parts of the So. Hemisphere, 4) In the Earth Calendar Peter Berle discusses sapodillas with Mark Ellenby, 5) Steven Westcott talks with author Bradley Sheard about the role of shipwrecks in providing marine habitat, 6) the Talking Green segment includes Peter Berle discussing the effects of hot water discharged from nuclear power plants with May Jane Johnson, Paul Richter, and Dr. Steve Schroeder, 7) David Peterson reads from "The Nearby Faraway"
    Subject:
    Manilkara zapota, Exclusive economic zones (Law of the sea), El Nin?o Current., and Ecosystem management--Korea--Korean Demilitarized Zone

  • Environment Show #429

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 March 18
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Steven Westcott talks with Dr. Dean Judson and Pat Mulroy about the increased need for water in fast-growing Las Vegas, NV and the need for a water agreement about water from the Colorado River, 2) Peter Berle talks with Paul Hardy and Greg Block about the San Pedro River and the San Pedro Riperarian National Convention Area and Oliver North's (of Iran Contra fame) opposition to the work of the CEC which is working to resolve issues around the depletion of the water in the river, 3) In the Ear to the Ground segment Linda Anderson talks with Tom Goldtooth about the Indigeneous Envivronmentalists Network, 4) the Earth Calendar section Peter Berle talks with describe chicken turtles and their habitat along the Savannah River, 5) Steven Westcott interviews Connie Barlow about her book Greenspace, Green Time which discusses the "epic of evolution," 6) Peter Berle talks with John Perkins and Debbie Slighter about efforts to make corporations more environmentally responsible, 7) in the Portrait of Place segment author John Weeks reads from his essay "Watching the Geese from Van Rd." about geese on Beaver Lake near Syracuse, NY.
    Subject:
    Colorado River, Water--Management, Judson, Dean, and Mulroy, Patricia

  • Environment Show #428

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 March 11
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Steven Westcott talks with Frank Richards of NWS Hydrological Center about the impact of El Nino and the development of flood prediction systems, 2) Peter Berle talks with former U.S. Senator Tim Wirth about the United Nations Foundation founded and funded by Ted Turner to develop programs and partnerships pm climate change and population stabilization, 3) In the Green Tips segment Peter Berle discusses the development of the Energy Star program and ways to cut energy usage by electronic equipment, 4) Jill Hoyt reports from Boise, Idaho on a proposed tax on recreational equipment which would support nongame wildlife habitat, 5) Peter Berle talks about pitcher plants in the Grand Bay (Alabame) Bioreserve with David Rupill, 6) Steven Westcott reports on the illegal harvesting of mahogany in the Amazon forest in Brazil and Dr. Philip Fernside describes possible solutions, 7) Peter Berle, Mark Hostettler and Mark Schiller describe environmentally-friendly landscaping and the use of native species in the Talking Green segment, and 8) David Quammen reads a piece on Tasmania from his book "Wild Thoughts from Wild Places" in Portrait of Place.
    Subject:
    Turner, Ted, Weather prediction, Floods Prevention, and El Nin?o Current--Forecasting.

  • Environment Show #427

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 March 7
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Bob Turner, Washington-Area Director for the National Marine Fishery Service, about the National Marie Fishery Service?s proposal to list thirteen species of salmon and steelhead trout as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. 2) Peter Berle talks with Mayor Mark Morial about improving the urban environment in New Orleans. 3) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Kate Lewis from the Environmental Protection Agency about the Energy Star Buildings and Green Lights programs. 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Bob Bluett, a wildlife biologist for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, about the mating habits of male coyotes. 5) Steven Westcott talks with Simon Taylor, Director of Global Witness, about illegal logging in Cambodia. 6) Peter Berle talks with Lake Barrett, Acting Director of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management for the Department of Energy, Scott Peterson, Senior Director of External Communications for the Nuclear Energy Institute, and Alco Piercemont, an energy policy analyst for the Public Citizen: Critical Mass Energy Project, about nuclear waste storage facilities. 7) Author Nancy Lord reads an excerpt from her book, ?Fishcamp Life on an Alaskan Shore.?
    Subject:
    Green Lights Program (U.S.), Endangered species, New Orleans (La.), and Coyote

  • Environment Show #426

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 February 28
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Dr. Matthew Meselson, a molecular biology professor at Harvard University, about the dangers of using anthrax as a biological weapon. 2) Steven Westcott talks with Peter Nye, unit leader of the Endangered Species Division for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, about the resurgence of bald eagles in the Hudson River Valley. 3) Kent Patterson reports on illegal timber harvesting in Mexico. 4) In The Earth Calendar Segment, Peter Berle talks with Cindy Dickie, an assistant at the Wildcare Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, about the mating habits of skunks. 5) Steven Westcott talks with Dr. Tyler Volk about his book, ?Gaia?s Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth.? 6) Peter Berle consults with Alison LaPlante, co-author of a US Public Interest Research Group report on the Responsible Care program established by the Chemical Manufacturers? Association, and Jim Solyst, Senior Director of Regulatory Improvement for the Chemical Manufactures? Association, to answer questions about current environmental standards in the chemical industry. 7) Author William Tapply reads an excerpt from his book ?A Fly-Fishing Life.?
    Subject:
    Timber?Mexico, Bald eagle, Skunks, and Anthrax

  • Environment Show #425

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 February 21
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Katie McGinty, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality for the White House, and Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) about President Clinton?s budget proposal for 1999, which includes increases in environmental spending. 2) Steven Westcott talks with officials from the Wildlife Conservation Society and World Wildlife Fund about a survey that shows an increasing number of shops in North American are selling medicines containing tiger bones and parts from other endangered species. 3) Peter Berle provides tips about recycling plastic bottles. 4) Author Peter Jenkins reads an excerpt from his book, ?Along the Edge of America.? 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Peter Martori, farm manager at Eagle Produce, about growing and harvesting tangerines. 6) Steven Westcott talks with Earl Cummings, Relief Information Officer for the State of California, about the damage and advantages caused by the El Nino current. 7) Peter Berle talks with Lisa Speer, a senior policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Nelson Beideman, Executive Director of the Blue Waters Fisherman Association, about the National Resources Defense Council?s Give Swordfish a Break campaign. 8) In the Ear to the Ground Segment, Linda Anderson talks with Bill Dewiler from D2 Incorporated about the environmental advantages of making tree free paper from the Kenaf plant.
    Subject:
    Plastics--Recycling, Jenkins, Peter, 1951-, Endangered species--Law and legislation, and Environmental policy--United States

  • Environment Show #424

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 February 14
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Steven Westcott talks to experts to uncover information about an oil spill from a Mobile Oil pipeline off the coast of Nigeria. 2) Kent Patterson reports on illegal timber harvesting in Mexico. 3) Peter Berle talks with chefs from the Commander?s Palace Restaurant in New Orleans about using fresh, local ingredients to enhance the flavor in Creole cuisine. 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Jeff Chester from the US Naval Observatory about solar eclipses. 5) Steven Westcott talks with scientists from the rehabilitation unit at the New England Aquarium about the increased number of dolphins stranded on the shores of Cape Cod Bay. 6) Peter Berle talks with Jonathan Kaplan, Toxic Programs Director for the California Public Interest Research Group, Vita Federici, Head of Communications for the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, and Andy Yasenovsky, Safety and Loss Control Manager for the San Bernardino Superintendent?s Office, about the use of pesticides in California?s schools. 7) Author Myron Arms reads an excerpt from his book, ?Riddle of the Ice: A Scientific Adventure into the Arctic.?
    Subject:
    Cooking, Creole, Timber?Mexico, Oil spills, and Solar eclipses

  • Environment Show #423

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 February 7
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Steven Westcott talks with Mark Jorgenson, a resource ecologist at the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, and Susan Saul, a public affairs specialist with the Fish and Wildlife service, about listing the Peninsular Bighorn sheep as an endangered species. 2) Peter Berle talks with Mike Dombeck, Chief of the United States Forest Service. 3) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Leslie Ward, Director of Conservation for Trustees of Reservations, about protecting land in Massachusetts. 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Dr. Steven Webster, Marine Science Advisor for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, about gray whale migration along the U.S. Pacific Coast. 5) Steven Westcott reports on the Antarctic Environment Protocol Treaty. 6) Peter Berle talks with Dr. Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence about her book, ?Hunting the Wren: Transformation of Bird to Symbol ? A Study in Human-Animal Relationships.? 7) Peter Berle talks with Robin Marx, senior policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Andy Baumert, Director of Environmental Studies for the National Pork Producers Council about factory farming and handling animal waste. 8) Author Daniel Duane reads an excerpt from his book, ?Caught Inside: A Surfer?s Year on the California Coast.?
    Subject:
    Dombeck, Michael P., Mountain sheep, Whales, and Trustees of Reservations (Mass.)

  • Environment Show #422

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 January 31
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Lester Brown from the Worldwatch Institute about their annual report entitled, ?State of the World, 1998.? 2) Steven Westcott talks with Dr. Nan Bray from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization?s Marine Research Division in Australia, about aquaculture research. 3) Peter Berle provides information about certified lumber. 4) Peter Berle visits Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans with Perry Willis. 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Bill Simmons, owner of E.W. Simmons Farms in Florida, about growing and harvesting strawberries. 6) Peter Berle talks with Environment Show Advisory Council members Jonathan Plaut, member of the NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation and consultant to the UN, and Paul Ehrlich, a professor of population studies at Stanford University, about the Kyoto agreements and population growth. 7) Peter Berle talks with Dan Becker, Director of the Global Warming and Energy Program at the Sierra Club, and Dr. Richard Klimisch, an expert on alternative fuels and Vice President of Engineering Affairs with the American Automobile Manufacturing Association, about air pollution from automobiles. 8) Steven Westcott talks with author John Perkins about his book, ?Shapeshifting: Techniques for a Global and Personal Transformation.?
    Subject:
    Worldwatch report, Strawberries, Aquaculture, and Cemeteries--Louisiana--New Orleans

  • Environment Show #421

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 January 24
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Margaret Wittenberg, National Communications Team Leader for Whole Foods Market, about the new organic food labeling rules established by the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA). 2) Steve Westcott talks with Mark Stadler, biologist with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, about the impact of ice storms have on wildlife. 3) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about emissions trading, genetically engineered crops, and the Kyoto Conference. 4) Steve Westcott talks with humor columnist John Kelso, author of ?Beans, Beans, Bad for the Earth? and founder of the environmental group SOBER, about asking people to reduce their consumption of beans. 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Arthur Shapiro, professor of evolution, ecology, and entomology at the University of California at Davis, about the cabbage white butterfly. 6) Steve Westcott talks with Robert Bullard, Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University, about his book, ?Just Transportation: Dismantling Race and Class Barriers to Mobility.? 7) Peter Berle consults with experts Roger Schlicheisen, President of the Defenders of Wildlife, and Nina Fascione from the Defenders of Wildlife and Mission Wolf project to answer listeners? questions about the re-introduction of wolves in the Adirondack Park. 8) Author William Langewiesche reads an excerpt from his book, ?Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert.?
    Subject:
    Natural foods industry, Beans, Pieris brassicae, and Ice storms--New England

  • Environment Show #420

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 January 17
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Eileen Stommes, Deputy Administrator of Transportation and Marketing programs for the United States Department of Agriculture, about the USDA?s proposed guidelines for labeling organic foods. 2) Steven Westcott talks with officials from the Bronx Zoo?s Wildlife Conservation Society, the International Gorilla Conservation program, the Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, and the Uganda Wildlife Authority, about the impact of the civil war in Rwanda on gorilla populations in the Virunga forest. 3) Peter Berle provides tips about how to reduce energy consumption. 4) Peter Berle talks with Environment Show Advisory Council members Douglas Costle, former EPA administrator under the Carter Administration, and Langdon Marsh, Director of Environmental Quality for the State of Oregon, about the Kyoto agreement and pollution. 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Dr. Nan Bray from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization?s Marine Research Division in Australia, about the recent draught and forest fires caused by the El Nino current. 6) Steven Westcott talks with Gary Mittlemen, President of Plug Power Incorporated, about manufacturing hydrogen fuel cells to power homes. 7) Peter Berle talks with Dr. Richard Methot, a stock assessment scientist for the National Marine Fishery Service, and Rod Moore, Executive Director of West Coast Seafood Processors Association, about new regulations restricting commercial ground fishing. 8) In the Ear to the ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Sharon Behar about the River Watch Network.
    Subject:
    Natural foods industry, El Nino Current--Environmental aspects, Fishery law and legislation--Pacific Coast (U.S.), and Gorilla--Africa, East

  • Environment Show #419

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 January 10
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Rachel Philips talks with Scott Cassel, Director of Waste Policy for the Massachusetts? Department of Environmental Affairs, and Jim Dunbar, Program Manager of the Solid Waste Program for Georgia?s Environmental Protection Division, about closing unlined landfills and increasing recycling programs. 2) Steven Westcott talks with Dr. David Karen, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, about brown tide in the northeast. 3) Peter Berle talks with Environment Show Advisory Council members Brewster Denny, professor and former dean for the School of Public Administration at the University of Washington in Seattle, and Mike Robins, former editor of Audubon Magazine, about their concerns with the extinction of the king salmon and sharing space with wildlife. 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Jim Rod, manager of the Constitution Marsh Sanctuary, about the 97th Consecutive Annual Christmas Bird Count sponsored by the National Audubon Society. 5) Kent Patterson reports on illegal timber harvesting in Mexico. 6) Peter Berle talks with experts John Echeverria, an environmental law professor at Georgetown University, and Grant Mason, Director of Communications for Defenders of Property Rights, about their views on restricting private property rights in order to protect the entire community. 7) Author David Noland reads an excerpt from his book, ?Travels Along the Edge: 40 Ultimate Adventures for the Modern Nomad ? From Crossing the Sahara to Bicycling Through Vietnam.?
    Subject:
    Brown algae, National Audubon Society, Waste disposal sites--Environmental aspects, and Human-animal relationships

  • Environment Show #418

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1998 January 3
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    Peter Berle looks back on the stories and issues covered by the Environment Show during the previous year. 1) As part of the continuing series on El Nino, Peter Berle talks with Peter Greenbaum, Vice President and Latin American economist for Smith Barney, about the economic impacts of El Nino on the Andean countries in South America. 2) Peter Berle talks with Howard Quigley from the Hornocker Wildlife Institute about efforts to protect Siberian Tigers. 3) Steven Westcott talks with Jeanie Tomlinson, Managing Director of the Windstar Foundation, about co-founder John Denver?s vision for the organization. 4) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson, reports from the Clearwater (sloop), a movable classroom and laboratory, and talks with Christopher Bower, the Clearwater?s environmental educator. 5) Thomas Lalley visits the Hamilton Hills neighborhood in Schenectady, New York and talks with Beverly Bernett from Hill and Vale Affordable Housing about community loan funds and community land trusts. 6) Peter Berle talks with Dan Becker, Director of the Global Warming and Energy Program at the Sierra Club and a member of the Presidential Commission on Auto-Exhaust Emissions, and Dr. Richard Klimisch, an expert on alternative fuels and Vice President of Engineering Affairs with the American Automobile Manufacturing Association, about American automobile manufactures? reluctance to adopt new technology to reduce tailpipe emissions. 7) ) Author Kent Nerburn reads from his book, ?A Haunting Reverence: Meditations on a Northern Land.?
    Subject:
    El Nin?o Current--Economic aspects--Andes Region, Clearwater (Sloop), Windstar Foundation, and Hornocker Wildlife Institute

  • Environment Show #417

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1997 December 27
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Mike Finley, superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, about court orders dealing with the management of park, the reintroduction of wolves, and buffalo/bison herds. 2) Correspondent Mitch Tike talks with Michael Denunzio, Director of Research and Education for the Adirondack Council, Andrea Colnes from the Northern Forest Alliance, and Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) about potential land transfers in the Northern Forest and the Northern Forest Stewardship Act. 3) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks Tom Skeele, Co-founder and Director of the Predator Project, about the organization?s efforts to protect 12 predator species. 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Ron Schlorff, wildlife biologist with California Department of Fish and Game, about the San Joaquin kit fox. 5) Steve Westcott talks with Steve Lerner about his book, ?Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today?s Environmental Problems? 6) Peter Berle talks with Dr. Randy Deaton, engineer from the Monsanto Corporation, and Paul Clark, a genetic engineering campaigner from Green Peace, about using Round-up weed killer on fields with genetically engineered crops. 7) Rachel Philips plays listeners? comments about environmental racism, nuclear energy, and Coalition of Republican Environmental Advocates.
    Subject:
    Lerner, Steve, Yellowstone National Park, Predator Project, and Forest reserves

  • Environment Show #416

    Type:
    Audio
    Date Created:
    1997 December 17
    Collection:
    WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
    Collecting Area:
    New York State Modern Political Archive
    Collection ID:
    apap138
    Parent Record(s):
    88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
    Description:
    1) Peter Berle talks with Greg Wetstone, Legislative Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, about the Kyoto agreement to reduce greenhouse emissions; includes statements by Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts). 2) Steve Westcott talks with Maryanne Guichard from the Washington State Department of Health, and Don Anderson, a scientist in the biology department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, about toxic red tide in the Puget Sound. 3) Peter Berle provides environmentally friendly gift wrapping ideas and Christmas decorating suggestions. 4) Kent Patterson reports on illegal timber harvesting in Mexico. 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Kendell Thompson, Yosemite National Park Ranger, about mule deer. 6) Jeffery Atunsia talks with counselors and kids from Camp Vacamas in New Jersey about the nature programs and environmental education offered at the camp each summer. 7) Peter Berle talks with Dr. Adam Rose, Head of the Department of Energy, Environment, and Mineral Economics at Penn State University, and Kelly Quirke, Executive Director of the Rainforest Action Network, about emissions trading. 8) Author Nancy Lord reads an excerpt from her book, ?Fishcamp Life on an Alaskan Shore.?
    Subject:
    Timber?Mexico, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 Dec. 11., Mule deer, and Red tide