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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 August 20
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Easter Island, Environmental Policy, and World Conference of Women
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 July 2
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- National parks, Environmental economics, and Wood chips industry
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 June 25
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- UV radiation, Chattanooga (Tenn.), and Community action
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 June 18
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Tree rings, Chattanooga (Tenn.), and Breast--Cancer--Environmental aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 June 11
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Reynolds, Rebecca A., Chattanooga (Tenn.), and Environmental Policy
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1994 December 18
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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".
- Subject:
- Environmental Policy, Electric cars, Goddard, Kenneth William, and Hydro-Que?bec.
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1994 December 11
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Norway, Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan), and European Union
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1994 December 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Air Pollution, Ozone Transport Commission, and Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (W. Va.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1994 November 27
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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'".
- Subject:
- Pollution, Council on Economic Priorities, and MacLeish, William H., 1928-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 December 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Richardson, Bill, 1947-, General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (Organization), Motor boating & sailing, and Pollution--Europe
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 December 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the proposal by Clinton Administration to mix ethanol and gas for a cleaner fuel and talks with proponents on both sides of the issues. 2.) Joel McCower gives his thoughts on the Clinton Administrations proposed climate changes action policy. 3.) Robertson talks with environmental musician Paul Winter who discusses his new album "Prayer for the Wild Things".
- Subject:
- Climate change, Makower, Joel, 1952-, Ethanol, and Environmental music
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 December 12
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Rick Davage of the Alaskan Department of Natural Resources about a proposal to ship water from Alaska to California. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about gift giving for the gardener. 3.) Robertson talks with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt about criticisms that have labeled him as being too compromising.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Babbitt, Bruce, 1938-, and Drought relief
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 December 5
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent passage of NAFTA in the House with various proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about using worms in your compost bin. 3.) Robertson talks with Robert Bullard, professor of sociology at University of California at Riverside about the topic of environmental justice. 4.) Robertson talks with Marjorie Bucholtz of the Environmental Protection Agency about their Superfund Teachers Institute, which educates teachers about environmental issues in hopes they will incorporate them into their curriculum.
- Subject:
- Environmental justice, Sombke, Laurence, North American Free Trade Agreement (1992), and Environmental Protection Agency
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 November 25
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent passage of NAFTA in the House with various proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about using worms in your compost bin. 3.) Robertson talks with Robert Bullard, professor of sociology at University of California at Riverside about the topic of environmental justice. 4.) Robertson talks with Marjorie Bucholtz of the Environmental Protection Agency about their Superfund Teachers Institute, which educates teachers about environmental issues in hopes they will incorporate them into their curriculum.
- Subject:
- Environmental justice, Sombke, Laurence, North American Free Trade Agreement (1992), and Environmental Protection Agency
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 November 21
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Jerry Tone of the National Testing Laboratory about the what he believes is a lack in quality of drinking water in the United States, Robertson also talks with Joan Dent of the American Waterworks Institute, who disagrees. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Garden", about planting bulbs indoors. 3.) Robertson talks with Alice Lyndell, a professor at the University of Utah among others, about the concerns about the level of pollution in the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Drinking water--United States, and Great Salt Lake (Utah)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 November 14
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Robert Neal of the Environmental Evaluation Group about the controversy over burying transuranic waste in New Mexico. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Garden", about enjoying your fall garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Dr. Peter Raven of the Missouri Botanical Institute about the deaths of environmental scientists Ted Parker and Al Gentry.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Gentry, A. H. (Alwyn H.), Transuranic wastes, and Parker, Theodore A.
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 November 7
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Mark Haichu of the Earth Island Institute about the lack of enforcement of environmental laws in Mexico, especially those that pertain to shrimping boats and turtle excluding devices. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Garden", about harvesting leaves to use as mulch for your lawn. 3.) Robertson talks with Professor Robert Percival, of the University of Maryland, about the rise in popularity of environmental law programs.
- Subject:
- Turtle exclusion devices, Sombke, Laurence, and Environmental law
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 October 31
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Nancy Rabele from Louisiana University's Marine Consortium about the negative effects the flooding of the Mississippi River has had on the Gulf of Mexico. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about how to aerate your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Kevin Coyle of American Rivers, about the state of rivers in the U.S. today.
- Subject:
- American Rivers (Organization), Aeration of soil, and Gulf of Mexico
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 October 24
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson plays excerpts from President Clinton's speech on his climate change plan and talks with proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about the importance of feeding birds to keep away bugs. 3.) Robertson talks with Margaret Kelly of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Technology Innovation about their work trying to find new technology to clean up contaminated sites.
- Subject:
- Contaminated sites, Sombke, Laurence, and Climate change
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 October 17
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with David Clarke of the Atlantic Salmon Federation about parameters put in place in Greenland to save the salmon. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about how to properly prune your garden. 3.) Jim Ormond talks with Professor Stuart Licht of Clark University about his invention of the sulfur aluminum battery.
- Subject:
- Pruning, Salmon, and Licht, Stuart
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 October 10
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses controversy over the clunker law, part of the Clean Air Act, which is an attempt to keep older and dirtier cars off the road. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke about finding the pH value of the soil in your garden. 3.) Robertson finishes his conversation with Dr. Norman Myers about his book "Ultimate Security: Environmental Basis of Political Stability".
- Subject:
- Myers, Norman, Pollution, and Soil acidity
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 October 3
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Jeremy Legetta of Greenpeace about the negative effects global warming has on insurance companies. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about making a trellis for the entryway to your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with ecologist Dr. Norman Myers about his new book "Ultimate Security: Environmental Basis of Political Stability".
- Subject:
- Myers, Norman, Global warming, and Sombke, Laurence
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 September 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson plays excerpts from a speech by Environmental Protection Agency's administrator Carol Browner about the things that need to be done now and in the future to protect the environment. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about keeping your newly planted lawn healthy. 3.) Robertson talks with RPI professor Dr. David Torre about his work involving a new generation of wind turbines that turns in slower winds.
- Subject:
- Browner, Carol M. (Carol Martha), 1955-, Sombke, Laurence, and Wind turbines
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 September 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Julie Hunt reports from Switzerland about research being conducted to look into the country's high ozone levels problem. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about how to replant new grass. 3.) Robertson talks with Andre Mele, author of "Polluting for Pleasure", about the dangers of pollution from motor boats on lakes, rivers, and oceans.
- Subject:
- Switzerland--Environmental conditions, Sombke, Laurence, Motor boating & sailing, and Mele, Andrew Paul, 1938-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 September 12
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the controversy over President Clinton's new wetlands policy and talks with proponents from both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about using your microwave to dry herbs. 3.) Joseph Cooper reports from the Florida Keys about the deteriorating health of Florida Bay, and talks with various scientists and citizens about the issue.
- Subject:
- Florida Bay (Fla.), Sombke, Laurence, and Wetlands
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 September 5
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Jill Hoyt reports from Idaho about a group trying to stop the extinction of salmon. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", who gives tips on to bring your garden indoors. 3.) Joel McCower, author of Green Consumer, gives a commentary about the word trash and whether it gives an accurate description. 4.) Robertson talks with Susan Yester of Chrysler about a recent plan to improve automobiles' recyclability.
- Subject:
- Indoor gardening, Recycled products, Salmon, and Makower, Joel, 1952-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 August 29
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the controversial practice of sustainable yield and talks with botanist William Schuster about how he has practiced it in Black Rock Forest. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about using solar pathway lamps in your garden to keep away deer. 3.) Robertson visits the house of Joel Patterson, who has outfitted his home with photovoltaic panels and powers his the whole house with them, including a recording studio.
- Subject:
- Sustainable forestry, Sombke, Laurence, Photovoltaic cells, and Black Rock Forest (N.Y.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 August 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Lee Garnett reports on the disappearing salmon in the Columbia and Snake Rivers and discusses the argument over possible causes. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about how to dispose of household hazardous waste. 3.) Robertson talks with Bruce Vigon, of the Patel Memorial Institute, about lifecycle analysis of consumer goods.
- Subject:
- Salmon--Columbia River., Household waste, Salmon--Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), and Life cycle cost analysis
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 August 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Jim Ormond reports on the extinction of the Florida panther and talks with Tim Logan of the Florida Fish and Game Commission about their work breeding panthers with Texas cougars in hopes in stopping that extinction. 2.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Larry Sombke author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about putting up a living fence. 3.) Robertson talks with Kent Brown, of the Civil War Sites Advisory Committee, about his work trying to preserve Civil War battlefields.
- Subject:
- Florida panther, Sombke, Laurence, and Brown, Kent Masterson, 1949-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 August 8
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the controversy surrounding an ecosystem restoration project to clean up the Everglades and talks to proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about planting your fall garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Linda Leigh, one of the researchers inside Biosphere 2, about her experiences there and what they mean for the original biosphere.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Biosphere 2 (Project), and Everglades (Fla.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 August 1
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the flooding of the Mississippi River and discusses the controversy over levees. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about wearing the right clothes for gardening, to protect you the sun, insects, and poisonous plants. 3.) Robertson talks with Dr. Bruce Piasecki about his new magazine the Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Mississippi River, and Piasecki, Bruce, 1955-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 July 25
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Lester Brown of the World Watch Institute about the problems of food shortage and population growth. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of Beautiful Easy Gardens" about harvesting rainwater to use for your garden. 3.) Jim Ormond talks with Diane Sherman of the Zero Population Growth Organization about their recent children stress index which ranks the best and worst cities for children to live and discusses the negative impact of increased population growth on children.
- Subject:
- Population growth, Brown, Lester, 1934-, Sombke, Laurence, and Rainwater harvesting
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 July 18
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Tim Eder of the National Wildlife Foundation about the discovery of deformed baby eagles on the Great Lakes and the role PCBs' played in their deaths. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about his herb garden. 3.) Jule Hunt reports from Switzerland about a company that is using treated sewage and turning into electric power.
- Subject:
- Herb gardening, Polychlorinated biphenyls--Environmental aspects, and Sewage treatment
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 July 11
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with individuals from the timber industry as well as from environmental groups for their opinions on President Clinton's proposal to reduce the amount of timber cut in the Pacific Northwest. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about using a scythe to cut brush instead of a power cutter. 3.) John Rowan talks with William Least Heat Moon about his book "Prairie Earth" a deep map account of the people and history of Chase County, Kansas.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Forest preservation, and Heat Moon, William Least
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 July 4
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Compton Tucker about the effect of deforestation on the Brazilian tropical forests. 2.) Robertson talks with Hans Keller, of Eco-Line, a computer service individuals can call that will search the internet for the environmental information they need. 3.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about taking a non-chemical approach to dealing with insects in your garden. 4.) Lee Thomspon reports from Minnesota about the Kids Earth Summit and plays excerpts from a speech by Senator Paul Wellstone.
- Subject:
- Deforestation--Brazil, Computer service centers, Sombke, Laurence, and Wellstone, Paul David
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 June 23
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent warning by the American Academy of Pediatrics about the dangers of high ozone levels to children and talks with Dr. Ruth Etzel of the AAP. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about the benefits of electric lawnmowers. 3.) Robertson talks with Don Ritner, author of the book "Eco-Linking" about what eco-linking is and how it can connect environmentalists across the globe.
- Subject:
- Rittner, Don, Sombke, Laurence, Lawn mowers, and Ozone--Health aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 June 20
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Rhode Island Senator John Chafee about the proposed renewed endangered species act. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about using mulch in your garden. 3.) Robertson continues his conversation from last week's show with Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the Earth Summit, about the important role non governmental organizations will play in sustainable development.
- Subject:
- Strong, Maurice F., Sombke, Laurence, Mulching, and Chafee, John H., 1922-1999
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 June 13
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the Earth Summit in Rio, about how it's now a year later and the things they have and have not accomplished. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about patching your lawn, how to do it, what materials to use, etc. 3.) Robertson talks with Eugenia Barnaba, working at Cornell on a aerial photography project, about that project and how she is trying to get students and educators involved with the project.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Aerial photography, Earth Summit (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and Organic gardening
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 June 6
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Robert Deuce of Texas A&M University about the National Academy of Sciences survey that showed there were serious problems of visibility in our national parks. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about using an old fashioned mower to mow your lawn as well as leaving the grass clippings on the lawn as a natural fertilizer. 3.) Robertson talks with botanist Faith Campbell about her concern for endangered plants and what steps she thinks the government should take to protect them.
- Subject:
- National parks and reserves--Environmental aspects--United States, Plant conservation, Sombke, Laurence, and Lawn mowers
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 May 30
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Thomas Martin of the Audubon Society, about the restoration program to save the Everglades. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about fertilizing your lawn using organic fertilizer. 3.) Robertson talks with scientist Ricardo Viabla about his tree ring studies led him to believe that while some regions may experience global others may experience cooling at the same time.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, global warming, Organic fertilizers., and Everglades (Fla.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 May 23
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson plays excerpts from a speech given by botanist Dr. Peter Raven, who was recently tapped by President Clinton to design a biological survey map of the country. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about watering your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Thomas Miller of the Roper Institute about a recent test they conducted that showed the nation's teenagers have slightly less environmental knowledge than adults.
- Subject:
- Sombke, Laurence, Organic gardening, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, and Raven, Peter H.
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 May 16
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with demographer Carl Haub of the Reference Bureau about what the United States' continually increasing population means for the it and the rest of the world. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens" about using your organic compost soil for your garden. 3.) Robertson talks with Douglas Decker, of Johnson Controls, about their recent award for energy efficient lighting.
- Subject:
- Population growth, Lighting--Energy conservation, Sombke, Laurence, and Compost
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 May 9
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson reports on the controversy surrounding a proposal to build a nuclear power plant in Louisiana. 2.) Robertson talks with Larry Sombke, author of "Beautiful Easy Gardens", about keeping a healthy productive garden. 3.) Robertson talks with research scientist Dr. David Weinstein about his computer model that is able to predict the future health of the nation's forests.
- Subject:
- Weinstein, David A., 1942-, Sombke, Laurence, Organic gardening, and Nuclear power plants
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 May 2
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dana Beach of the South Carolina Conservation League about a proposed highway expansion project that would extend the highway onto wetlands. 2.) Robertson talks with Ken Strom of the Rowe Wildlife Sanctuary about the possible disappearance of sandhill cranes from the Platte River. 3.) Robertson talks with individuals involved with the Mississippi River Project, a project that will test the cleanliness of the river and propose solutions to stop the pollution.
- Subject:
- Mississippi River--Environmental conditions., Sandhill crane--Habitat--Nebraska--Platte River Valley., and Wetlands--South Carolina.
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 April 25
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with John McConnell, the original founder of Earth Day, which he claims should be celebrated on the spring equinox. 2.) Robertson plays excerpts from an interview with astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan about changes to NASA. 3.) Robertson talks with photographer and activist Lenny Comb about the controversy surrounding the idea of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
- Subject:
- McConnell, John, 1915-, Arctic National Wildlife Range (Alaska), and Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 April 13
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with David Freeman of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District or SMUD, about their attempts to use renewable energy sources. 2.) Correspondent Bob Rija reports from Montana about the controversy surrounding the planned move of a company that recycles electronic transformers to the area. 3.) Next, a commentary by Kentucky's Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, Phillip Shepherd about issues of economic development. 4.) Robertson talks with botanist Dr. Carl Leopold about his famous father Aldo, as well as about various other environmental issues.
- Subject:
- Kentucky. Dept. for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Leopold, Aldo Carl, 1919-, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Calif.), and Electronic transformers
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 April 7
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent forest conference in Portland, Oregon and what it could mean for the future of old growth forests. 2.) Lee Garnett reports on the controversy surrounding proposals to protect endangered salmon in Pacific Northwest rivers. 3.) Robertson talks with Paul Hoffman, editor of Discover Magazine, about President Clinton's time in office thus far and the great environmental changes Hoffman believes the administration is making.
- Subject:
- Hoffman, Paul, 1956-, Forest Conference (1993 : Portland, Or.), and Salmon--Conservation
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 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.) Host Bruce Robertson plays parts of a speech by Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt about the future of the country's environmental policy. 2.) Robertson talks with Dr. Howard Quigley a biologist working on the Siberian Tiger Project to save the endangered animal. 3.) Robertson talks with John Narr about his recent book "This Land is Your Land", a guide to America's endangered ecosystems.
- Subject:
- Siberian Tiger, Endangered ecosystems, and Babbitt, Bruce, 1938-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 March 23
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses the recent controversy over the effects of depleted uranium on Gulf War veterans and talks with proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Robertson talks with Walter Monk, a geophysicist from the University of California at San Diego, about his plan to measure temperature changes in the Pacific Ocean uses a technique called acoustic thermometry. 3.) Robertson talks with Peter Ikehorn who is building a house on the coast of California out of rammed earth.
- Subject:
- Depleted uranium, Rammed earth, and Pacific Ocean--Climate
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1993 March 14
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson discusses President Clinton's proposed forest conference to be held in Oregon where the issue of cutting down old growth forests for timber will be argued. 2.) Next, a story about Crane and Company, a paper company that is making paper out of blue jeans. 3.) Robertson talks with Geoffrey Heal, economist at Columbia University, about the costs of environmental degradation.
- Subject:
- Forest Conference (1993 : Portland, Or.), Environmental degradation, and Crane and Company, inc., Dalton, Mass.