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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 August 16
- 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 Robert Socolow, professor and Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Princeton University, about separating carbon dioxide and hydrogen from fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 2) Peter Berle consults with experts Edward Norton, Vice President of Law and Public Policy for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and author of ?Reclaiming Our Heritage: What We Need To Do To Preserve America?s National Parks,? Sharon Buccino from the Natural Resources Defense Council, Alston Chase, author of ?Playing God at Yellowstone: The Destruction of America?s First National Park,? and Mark Boyce, Chair of Ecology in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin, to answer listeners? questions about the conditions in and management of U.S. National Parks. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Martin Uman, Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida, about lightning. 4)Thomas Lalley visits the Living Technologies, LTD. sewage treatment plant in South Burlington, VT to learn about how they are using greenhouse facilities with flowering plants as an alternative method to treat sewage. 5) Peter Berle talks with J. Barlow, head of the Coastal Marine Mammal Program for the National Marine Fishery Service in La Jolla, California, about the effects of El Nino on marine mammals such as sea lions and harbor seals off the coast of California. 6) Michelle Corem talks with Edna and C.J. Elfont, authors of the book, ?Sand Dunes of the Great Lakes.? 7) Geoffrey Canada reads an excerpt from his book, ?Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America.? 8) Recording of the Talking Heads? song, ?This Must Be the Place,? from the CD, ?Speaking in Tongues.?
- Subject:
- Lightning, Sewage disposal plants, United States. National Park Service, and Fossil Fuels
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 August 9
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1)Lee Farben talks with Ron Wolford, an educator with the Urban Gardening Program at the University of Illinois? Cooperative Extension Service, about the Farmers Market Nutrition Program (WIC) and the Cook County Jail?s Vegetable Garden Project. 2) Thomas Lalley talks with Dr. Kevin McGowan, Associate Curator of birds and mammals at Cornell University, about crow?s extended family groups and social structure. 3) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about the health and environmental aspects of seafood. 4) Mark Jenkins reads an excerpt from his book, ?To Timbuktu: A Journey Down the Niger.? 5) Peter Berle talks with Alan McRobert, Associate Editor of Sky and Telescope Magazine, about the Perseid Meteor Shower. 6) Thomas Lalley talks with Gene Logsdon, author of ?The Contrary Farmer,? and ?The Contrary Farmer?s Invitation to Gardening.? 7) Peter Berle talks with Eric Holst from Rainforest Alliance?s Agricultural Certification Program, Paul Katzeff, CEO of the Thanksgiving Coffee Company and creator of Songbird Coffee, David Griswold, President and Founder of the Sustainable Harvest Coffee Company, and Jeffrey Parrish, a conservation ornithologist with the Nature Conservancy and the Wings of America Program about shade grown coffee. 8) Recording of ?We Belong to the Earth? performed by Kim and Reggie Harris and Magpie.
- Subject:
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.), Meteor showers, Jenkins, Mark, 1958 Nov. 22-, and Crows
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 August 2
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Thomas Lalley talks with Don Kaplan from FXFowle Architects about designing the new Conde Nast building as an environmentally friendly skyscraper. 2) Peter Berle talks with Bill Becker, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy?s Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development about establishing a fleet of mobile solar panels to be deployed after a natural disaster. 3) Thomas Lalley talks with Anne Marie Borbely, an energy industry analyst with Frost & Sullivan, about distributed generation. 4) Michael Ray Taylor reads an excerpt from his book, ?Cave Passages: Roaming the Underground Wilderness.? 5) In the continuing series on the Great American Harvest, Peter Berle talks with Craig Moss about harvesting wheat in Nebraska. 6) Peter Berle talks with Dr. John Ehrenfeld, Director of the Technology, Business, and Environment program at MIT, about corporate culture and environmental management systems. 7) Peter Berle consults with experts Dr. Marion Moses from the Pesticides Education Center in San Fransisco and author of ?Designer Poisons: How to Protect Your Health and Home from Toxic Pesticides,? Bob Rosenberg, Director of Government Affairs from the National Pest Management Association, and Susan Whitney, entomologist and Pest Education Coordinator at the University of Delaware, to answer listeners? questions about pest control and toxic pesticides. 8) Recording of the Zucchini Brothers performing their song ?Bad Pollution? from the CD ?In Your Garden.?
- Subject:
- Taylor, Michael Ray, 1959-, Distributed generation of electric power, Skyscrapers--Environmental aspects, and Photovoltaic power generation
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 July 26
- 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. Jerry Bell from the Climate Prediction Center at the National Weather Service about the effects of El Nino on the atmosphere and global climate. 2)Peter Berle talks with Jack Sobel, Director of the Ecosystems Protection Program at the Center for Marine Conservation, and Dr. Amy Kyle, a research scientist and lecturer for the School of Public Health at the University of California-Berkeley, about fish advisories from the EPA. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Kathy Frost, a marine mammals biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, about Beluga whales. 4) Thomas Lalley talks with Glen Spain, Northwest Regional Director for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen?s Associations, and Anne Platt McGinn from the Worldwatch Institute about the dispute between Canada and the United States over salmon fishing and the Pacific Salmon Treaty. 5) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Dr. Gary April, Founder and Director of Project Rose, about recycling motor oil. 6) Peter Berle talks with Jeff Wells, Director of New York State Important Bird Area Program for the National Audubon Society, and Bob Budliger from the Federation of New York State Bird Clubs, about designating important bird areas. 7) Thomas Lalley talks with Chris Manes, author of ?Other Creations: Rediscovering the Spirituality of Animals.? 8) Recording of Walkin? Jim Sholtz?s, ?Power in the Earth? from his CD, ?The Vision.?
- Subject:
- White whale, Fish as food--Contamination, El Nino Current--Environmental aspects, and Pacific salmon fishing--Northwest, Pacific
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 July 19
- 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 environmental activists about the Porter/ Kennedy Amendment to the Interior Appropriates Bill that would eliminate federal subsidies for logging roads. 2)Thomas Lalley talks with scientists about the benefits and drawbacks of using biological control to manage and/or eliminate exotic and invasive plant and animal species. 3) Author Howard Frank Mosher reads an excerpt from his book, ?North Country: A Personal Journey.? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Edward Johnson, professor and fire ecologist at the University of Calgary, about summer forest fires. 5) Peter Berle talks with Peter E. Lynch, author of ?Silvio: Congressman for Everyone: A Biographical Portrait of Silvio O. Conte,? about the congressman and the Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge along the Connecticut River. 6) Peter Berle consults with experts, Don Berry, acting Assistant Secretary of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Ginette Hemley, Director of International Wildlife Policy at the World Wildlife Fund, to answer listeners? questions about the most recent conference for the Convention on International Trade and Species. 7) Recording of Christopher?s ?This is the Earth? from the CD, ?More Pickings A Second Acoustic Harvest.?
- Subject:
- Mosher, Howard Frank, Subsidies--Environmental aspects--United States, Fire weather--United States, and Pests-- Biological control
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 July 12
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1)Thomas Lalley talks with Andre Mele, author of ?Polluting for Pleasure,? Tony Esposito from Mercury Marine, and Bob Young from Honda Marine about new EPA regulations for 2-stroke outboard motors. 2)Peter Berle consults with experts Nancy Zierenberg, Executive Director of the Wildlife Damage Review, and Peter Orwick, Executive Director of the American Sheep Industry Association, about the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Animal Damage Control Program. 3)In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle describes the process of harvesting hay. 4)Peter Berle talks with Mark Spalding, guest lecturer for the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California in San Diego , Chris McGinn, Deputy Director of Global Trade Watch, Dan Seligman from the Sierra Club, and John D. Wirth, professor of history at Stanford University and director of the North American Institute, about NAFTA?s environmental side agreement. 5)Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about indoor air pollution and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). 6)Lee Talbot, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at George Masson University, talks about his efforts to protect natural resources in Bhutan. 7)In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Ora Lee Carroll from the East Liberty Concerned Citizens Corporation about her organization?s efforts to replace littered vacant lots with flower and vegetable gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 8)Recording of Kim and Reggie Harris? rendition of ?Wade in the Water? from their CD, ?In the Heat of the Summer.?
- Subject:
- Hay?Harvesting, Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montre?al, Que?bec), ADC (Animal Damage Control Program (U.S.)), and Outboard motors--Environmental aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 July 5
- 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 from President Clinton?s administration about climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation. 2) 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. 3) Author Colin Fletcher reads an excerpt from his book, ?River: One Man?s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea.? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Jeremy Garrett from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation about Mexican Free-tailed Bats. 5) Thomas Lalley visits the Community Warehouse in Hoosick Falls, NY and talks with Meg Morris about the center?s mission, which is to collect and resell reusable items instead of sending them to landfills. 6) Peter Berle consults with experts George James, Program Manager for the Department of Energy?s Building America Program, and Pliny Fisk, architect and Co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, to answer listeners? questions about green housing and green design. 7)Recording of Craig Nuttycombe?s song, ?Stuff? from his album ?Planetorial Janitor.?
- Subject:
- Free-tailed bats, Fletcher, Colin, Community Land Trust, and Greenhouse gas mitigation
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 June 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 Wolfram Schulte, Councilor of Science and Technology at the Germany Embassy in Washington, D.C., Gail McDonald, President of the Global Climate Coalition, and Mike Oppenheimer, an atmospheric scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, about United States? greenhouse gas emission levels in response to criticism from the international community at the Summit of the Eight in Denver and Second United Nations? Earth Summit. 2) Peter Berle talks with James Corless, spokesman for the Surface Transportation Policy Project, and William Fey, President of the Highway Users Federation, about reauthorizing the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Jayne Brim-Box, an aquatic geologist with the US Geological Survey, about Shinyrayed Pocketbook Mussels. 4) Thomas Lalley talks with Charles Yarish, a researcher from the University of Connecticut, about the potential of harvesting Nori seaweed as an environmentally friendly form of aquaculture. 5) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about organic farming. 6) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with George Ripley, founder of the Environmental Patriots of America. 7) Author Gregory McNamee reads a passage from his book, ?A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World?s Dry Places.? 8) A recording of Roger Ridley playing ?Summer Time? from his album, ?Street Dreams.?
- Subject:
- Greenhouse gas mitigation, Sustainable aquaculture, Mussels, and Transportation--Environmental aspects--United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 June 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 Julia Carabias, Minister for the Environment, Natural Resources, and Fisheries in Mexico, about changes to Mexico?s environmental laws. 2) Thomas Lalley visits Brooklyn?s Prospect Park to report on the current restoration project. 3) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? responses to Peter Berle?s interview of Holly Swanson. 4) Author SueEllen Campbell reads an excerpt from her book, ?Bringing the Mountain Home.? 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Thomas Lalley talks with G.B. Cornucopia and Daphne Ford from Chaco Culture National Historical Park about the sun dagger, the Anastasi Indians, and the summer solstice. 6) Nancy Marshall reports from Moscow about the effects of rising gas and oil prices on energy conservation in Russia. 7) Peter Berle consults with experts Dr. Linda Ford, CEO of The Asthma and Allergy Center in Omaha, Nebraska, and Nadav Malin, Editor of Environmental Building News, to answer listeners? questions about indoor air pollution. 8) Peter Berle talks with Hollie Shaner about ways to effectively segregate and dispose of hospital waste. 9) Recording of Southern Rail?s Carolina Lightning.
- Subject:
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.), Environmental law?Mexico, Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.), and Campbell, SueEllen
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 June 14
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Pete Berle talks with Greg Petrich, Conservation Director of the Alaska Rainforest Campaign, and Phil Janik, Regional Forester, about logging regulations in the Tongass National Forest. 2) Peter Berle consults with Grace Gershuny from the Northeast Organic Farming Association, Diane Bowen, Executive Director of California Certified Organic Farmers, and Joel Salatin, a farmer in the Shenandoah Valley, to answer listeners? questions about organic farming. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Thomas Lalley talks with Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology, about termites. 4) Thomas Lalley talks with Bill Mollison about sustainable living and permaculture. 5) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Bethany Walder from Wildlands CPR about reversing the ecological impact of wild-land roads. 6) Thomas Lalley talks with David Shaw, Director of the Wind River Canopy Crane, about using construction cranes to access forest canopies. 7) Recording of Woody Guthrie?s ?Pastures of Plenty,? and ?This Land is Your Land,? from the CD, ?Woody Guthrie: The Asch Recordings.?
- Subject:
- Mollison, B. C., Termites, Tongass National Forest (Alaska)--Management, and Organic farming
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 June 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 Carol Browner, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, about clean air regulations and other policy agendas. 2) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about endocrine disrupters. 3) Thomas Lalley talks with James Pipkin from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Brian Riddle, a research scientist for the Department of Fisheries in Canada, and Glen Spain, attorney, about the dispute between Canada and the United States over salmon fishing and the Pacific Salmon Treaty. 4) Author Don Gayton reads a passage from his book, ?Landscapes of the Interior: Re-explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit.? 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Richard Merrick from the National Marines Fishery Service about the reproductive behaviors of Steller sea lions. 6) Peter Berle talks with Holly Swanson about her views regarding the green movement and her book, ?Set Up & Sold Out: Find Out What Green Really Means.? 7) Peter Berle consults with Dr. Alan Berkowitz from the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and Michael Sanera, researcher from the Clermount Institute and author of ?Facts Not Fear: Teaching Children About the Environment,? to answer listeners? questions about environmental education. 8) Navajo songwriter Sharon Burch sings, ?Earth and Sun,? from her CD, ?Touch the Sweet Earth.?
- Subject:
- Pacific salmon fishing--Northwest, Pacific, Gayton, Don, 1946-, Steller?s sea lion, and United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 May 31
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Thomas Lalley reports from an EPA Superfund site near Front Royal, Virginia and explains why Congress is considering a Superfund reform bill. 2) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Michael Green, biologist with the Wetlands Restoration Lab at Southeastern Louisiana University, about the Manchac Swamp Cyprus restoration project. 3) Author Scott Thybony reads from his book, ?Burntwater.? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Alan Lasko and Martin Goffinet from Cornell University?s Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, about apple blossom fertilization. 5) Berle talks with Lynn Goldman from the EPA?s Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, about the Toxic Release Inventory. 6) Berle consults with Meg Maguire, President of Scenic America, and Philip Gitlen, attorney and former counsel for New York State?s Department of Environmental Conservation, to answer listeners? questions about billboards and pollution. 7) Percussionist Donald Knaack plays ?Mishmash? from his CD, ?Junk Music.?
- Subject:
- Apples--Breeding, United States. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, Thybony, Scott, and Manchac Swamp (La.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 May 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 Jim Leckey, Chief of the Protected Species Division for the National Marine Fishery Service for the Southwest Region, and Diane Valantine, Salmon Protection Advocate for the Oregon Natural Resources Council, about the efforts to save the Coho salmon through the Endangered Species Act. 2) Peter Berle talks with Dianne Dumoanoski, author of ?Our Stolen Future: Are we Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival ? A Scientific Detective Story,? and Sheldon Krimsky from Tufts University, about endocrine disrupters. 3) Author Gary Ferguson reads and excerpt from his book, ?Through the Woods: A Journey Through America?s Forests (The Sylvan Path).? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Bob Hamilton, Director of Science and Stewardship for the Oklahoma Chapter of the Nature Conservancy?s Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, about Bison. 5) Thomas Lalley reports from the Tour de Sol Electric Car Rally; he talks with Tom Thompson, Executive Director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, and Jason Mark, Transportation Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, about electric cars and alternative fuels. 6) Peter Berle talks with Gene Likens from the Institute of Ecosystem Studies about the effects of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act on acid rain levels in the Northeast. 7) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about mountain lions and nuclear power. 8) Thomas Lalley talks with Frans de Waal author of, ?Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape.? 9) Author Kent Nerburn reads from his book, ?A Haunting Reverence: Meditations on a Northern Land.? 10) Folk musicians Lou and Peter Berryman sing, ?Here?s to Mother Nature,? from their album ?Cow Imagination.?
- Subject:
- Coho salmon, Ferguson, Gary, 1956-, Endocrine disrupting chemicals, and American bison
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 May 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 Representative Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) about his decision to reject legislation that would repeal parts of the Endangered Species Act. 2) Thomas Lalley talks with officials from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and spokespeople from General Electric about Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in the Hudson River. 3) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson talks with Tony Delcavo, a United Airlines pilot who educates passengers about clear cuts in national forests while flying over the Bald Mountains. 4) Bill McKibben reads from his introduction to the 1997 re-release of ?Walden? by Henry David Thoreau. 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with farmers from eastern Missouri about the asparagus harvest. 6) Berle talks with Juanita Joyner, Director of Community Development at Isles, about bioremediation and using the Indian mustard plant to clean Brownfield sites. 7)Peter Berle talks with Jack Weinberg, senior campaigner for Green Peace, Kip Howlett, Vice President and managing director of the Chlorine Chemistry Council, and Dr. James Simons, professor of civil and environmental engineering, about the impact of chlorine on the environment. 8) Author Don Gayton reads a passage from his book, ?Landscapes of the Interior: Re-explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit.? 9) Folk musician Pete Seeger sings, ?My Dirty Stream,? from his album, ?Clearwater II.?
- Subject:
- General Electric Company, Endangered species--Law and legislation--United States, Clearcutting, and Polychlorinated biphenyls--Environmental aspects--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 May 10
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1)Thomas Lalley reports from Washington, D.C. about the debris, garbage, and raw sewage pollution in the Anacostia River. 2) Peter Berle talks with Charlie Barch, a senior policy analyst specializing in development at the Northeast Midwest Institute, and Juanita Joyner, Director of Community Development at Isles, about cleaning and re-developing Brownfield sites. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Dan Gleason, biology professor at the University of Oregon, about migration patterns of swifts. 4) Report about proposed federal budget cuts for endangered species and wilderness areas. 5) Peter Berle moderates a debate between Rick Daniels, President of the Mine Reclamation Corporation, and Brian Hughes, Pacific Regional Director for the National Parks and Conservation Association, about the location of the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill site near Joshua Tree National Park in California. 6) Peter Berle talks with 1997 Goldman Prize winner Terry Swearingen. 7) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson reports on the Close-line Plan to educate the public about the dangers of nuclear power. 8) Author Lee Hoinacki reads from his book, ?El Camino: Walking to Santiago De Compostela.? 9) Musical performance, ?River? from the Rankin Family?s CD, ?Endless Seasons.?
- Subject:
- Brownfields, Eagle Mountains (Calif.), Anacostia River (Md. and Washington, D.C.)--Environmental conditions., and Swifts
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 May 3
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1)Thomas Lalley reports from Annapolis, Maryland on the anti-sprawl bill passed by the state?s legislature. 2) Peter Berle talks with Tim Wurman, Vice President of American Farmland Trust, and Deborah Bowers, author of ?Holding Our Ground: Protecting America?s Farms and Farmland,? about the loss of farmland throughout the country. 3) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about conserving gas, the BioBio River dams, and shad fishing in the Hudson. 4)Bill McKibben reads from his introduction to the 1997 re-release of ?Walden? by Henry David Thoreau. 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle visits vernal pools in Massachusetts. 6)Peter Berle talks with Carl Safina, head of the National Audubon Society?s Living Oceans program, about tagging tuna fish with tracking devices to log their movement and population trends. 7) Peter Berle moderates a debate between Nina Young, scientist at the Center for Marine Conservation, and Sam LaBudde from the Marine Mammal Fund, about changing the legal definition of dolphin-safe tuna. 8)Peter Berle talks with Dr. Jim Lee, Director of the Trade & Environment Database Project, about the impact and cost of trade restrictions. 9)Thomas Lalley talks with John Barry about his book, ?Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America.? 10) Recording of the Grateful Dead?s rendition of Johnny Cash?s song, ?Big River.?
- Subject:
- Vernal pools?Massachusetts, McKibben, Bill, Cities and towns?growth, and Land use, rural ?United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Thomas Lalley talks with Stephen Leatherman, Director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research, and Espen Ronneberg, Minister Counsel from the Marshall Island?s Mission to the United Nations, about the effects of thermal expansion and rising sea levels on coastal areas around the world. 2) Peter Berle talks about nuclear power with Dr. Henry W. Kendall, Nobel Prize winning physicist and Chairman of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prizing winning historian and journalist. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Duncan Porter, a botany professor from Virginia Tech, about wildflowers in the Appalachian Mountains. 4) Berle talks with Howard Quigley from the Hornocker Wildlife Institute about their attempts to protect Siberian Tigers. 5) Berle talks with Lynn Salder, executive director of the Mountain Lion Foundation, Steve Touris from the California Department of Fish and Game, and Dr. Rick Hopkins, Senior Wildlife Ecologist at Harvey and Associates, about how the expanding human population in California continues to effect mountain lions (cougars). 6) Author Gregory McNamee reads a passage from his book, ?A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World?s Dry Places.? 7) Barb Barton sings, ?Spring Time? from her album, ?From the Eye of the Hawk.?
- Subject:
- Global warming, Wild flowers--Appalachian Region, Hornocker Wildlife Institute, and Nuclear energy
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1)Thomas Lalley visits the Ironbound section of Newark, NJ to talk with Tiwana Steward-Griffin, Head of Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste, and June Kruszewski, resident and founding member of Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste, about their efforts to prevent Bio Gro (subsidiary of WMX) from building a sludge processing plant in neighborhood. 2) Stephanie Goitchman plays listeners? comments about overpopulation and ecotourism. 3) Thomas Lalley talks with Goldman Award winner, Juan Pablo Orrego, about his efforts to prevent the construction of another hydroelectric dam on the Biobio River in Chile. 4) Author Gregory McNamee reads a passage from his book, ?A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World?s Dry Places.? 5) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Bob Gabrielson, President of the NYS Commercial Fisherman?s Association, about Shad fishing in the Hudson River. 6) Report about toxic pollutants in the Arctic. 7)Peter Berle talks with Mark Evans, Chief of Operations and Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Craig Williams from the Chemical Weapons Working Group, and Mary Hoinkes, General Counsel of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, about the Chemical Weapons Convention and destruction of chemical weapons. 8) Folk musician Robert Hoyt sings, ?It?s Quittin? Time on the High Tech Plantation,? from his album, ?Dumpster Diving Across America.?
- Subject:
- Environmental justice, Industrial sites--New Jersey--Newark, Bi?o-Bi?o River (Chile), and McNamee, Gregory
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 12
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Thomas Lalley talks with scientists and government officials about global warming, climate stabilization, and the Kyoto Treaty. 2) Peter Berle talks with John Thornton from the U.S. Department of Energy?s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Don Osborne, Director of the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, about photovoltaic solar panels and power generation. 3) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with Jean Francois Bertrand from the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography about the annual Grunion run in Southern California. 4) Peter Berle talks with John Ryan, author of ?Stuff: The Secret Life of Everyday Things,? Alan Hammond, a program director for the World Resources Institute, and Dr. Albert Adriaanse, a senior counselor for the Netherlands Ministry of Environment, to discuss ways to reduce energy consumption. 5) Peter Berle talks with Paul Bray, an environmental and planning law attorney and fellow at the American Academy in Rome, about Italy?s efforts to create new national parks in order to meet European Economic Union (EEU) standards. 6) In the Ear to the Ground segment, Linda Anderson interviews Susan Tellem from American Tortoise Rescue. 7) Thomas Lalley talks with John Thornton about the solar energy system that powers the Orangutan Research Center in Borneo. 8) Folk musician Victoria Parks sings, ?I?m going Solar? from her album, "Sure Feels Like Home."
- Subject:
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 Dec. 11., Photovoltaic power generation, California grunion, and National parks and reserves?Italy
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 April 5
- 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 reports on the proposed agreement between Pacific Lumber Company owned by Maxxam, Inc., California, and the United States Government to protect land in Headwaters Forest. 2) Todd Jefferson Moore reads an excerpt from his one man show, ?In the Heart of the Woods.? 3) Bruce Berger reads an excerpt from his book, ?The Telling Distance: Conversations with The American Desert.? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with officials from the African Conservation Center in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the annual mass migration of animals in the region. 5) Thomas Lalley talks with experts to determine if fish hatcheries make environmental or economic sense. 6) Berle consults with Katrina Brandon, professor and consultant to the World Bank, and Craig Sully from International Expeditions to provide an overview of responsible ecotourism. 7) In the Then and Now segment, Richard Fort, resident of Laurence County, South Dakota describes the changes in the Black Hills region and ongoing problems with mining. 8) Folk musician Christopher Shaw sings, ?Once More A?Lumberin Go? from his CD, "Adirondack."
- Subject:
- Moore, Todd, Berger, Bruce, Headwaters Forest Wilderness (Calif.), and Pacific Lumber Company
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 26
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Nancy Marshall interviews Senator Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) about his environmental policy initiatives and his support for the construction of a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. 2) Peter Berle talks with Howard Lyman from the Humane Society?s Eating with Conscience campaign, Dr. Klapper, M.D., and Dennis Avery from the Center of Global Food Issues about the impact of meat based diets on the environment. 3) Roderick Nash, environmental studies history professor at University of California at Santa Barbara, reads a passage from his book, ?Big Drops: Ten Legendary Rapids of the American West.? 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, biologist Kenneth Clifton describes seaweed reproduction. 5) Thomas Lalley reports from Hawthorn Valley Farms in Ghent, NY about the growing movement for community supported agriculture. 6) Report discussing how cows affect the environment. 7) Thomas Lalley interviews Kent Whealy from Seed Savers Exchange about the organization?s mission to maintain heirloom plant varieties. 8) Lee Talbott discusses his role as a consultant for the World Bank?s dam project on the Nam Theun River in Laos. 9) Recording of Aaron Copeland?s composition, ?Simple Gifts.?
- Subject:
- Nash, Roderick, Livestock--Environmental aspects, Murkowski, Frank H, and Radioactive waste repositories--Nevada--Yucca Mountain
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Host Peter Berle talks with Congressman George Miller (D-California), Chairman of the House Resources Committee, about the Public Resources Deficit Reduction Act and efforts to reduce corporate subsidies to resource industries. 2)Peter Berle talks with David Roodman from the World Watch Institute about his paper, "Paying the Piper: Subsidies, Politics, and the Environment," and Mike Orlando and Chris Douglass from the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University about their book, "Toward a Healthier Environment and Stronger Economy: How to Achieve Common Ground." 3) Author Don Gayton reads a passage from his book, "Landscapes of the Interior: Re-explorations of Nature and the Human Spirit." 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Berle talks with the owners of Durand Family Ponds and Farms in Louisiana about crawfish harvesting and rice fields. 5) Thomas Lalley talks with Joseph McGonigle about the environmental impact of aquaculture. 6) Stephanie Goitchman consults with experts to answer listeners' questions about paper recycling and indoor compositing. 7) In the Then and Now segment, Thomas Lalley talks with Bill Gartner from the University of Wisconsin at Madison about pre-Columbian communities and sustainable living practices. 8) Author Gary Ferguson reads a passage about Chehalis Indian folklore from his book, "Spirits of the Wild: The World's Great Nature Tales." 9) Folk musician John Prine sings "Paradise."
- Subject:
- Crayfish industry--Louisiana, Miller, George, 1945-, Subsidies--Environmental Aspects, and Gayton, Don, 1946-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1) Thomas Lalley reports on the proposed restructuring of the electric industry through consumer choice and competition. 2) Stephanie Goitchman consults with experts to answer listeners? questions about how to better regulate truck emissions. 3) Linda Anderson talks with Ron Renoni, a biology teacher and volunteer for the National Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey, about the New York State bald eagle population. 4) In The Earth Calendar segment, Peter Berle talks with experts about the Saw-whet owl?s hooting, mating, and eating habits. 5) Peter Berle interviews experts about ice in the Hale-Bopp comet. 6) Peter Berle consults with experts to answer listeners? questions about Green Funds (Investing). 7) Song from folk musician Alice Di Micele?s album ?Searching.?
- Subject:
- Diesel motor exhaust gas--Environmental aspects--Law and legislation, Bald Eagle ?North America, Northern saw-whet owl, and Electric utilities?United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 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 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.
- Subject:
- Smog, Animal Damage Control Program (U.S.), Marine debris, and Yaak Valley (Mont.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 March 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 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.
- Subject:
- Environmental auditing--United States., Family planning, Sea turtles, and Soybean--Genetic engineering
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Flood control, Browner, Carol M. (Carol Martha), 1955-, Nerburn, Kent, 1946-, and Soybean--Genetic engineering
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 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 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.
- Subject:
- Salt--Environmental aspects, McGinty, Kathleen Alana, 1963-, Beverage containers--Recycling--Law and legislation, and Red-crowned crane
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 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 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.
- Subject:
- Pollution, Be?land, Pierre, 1947-, Wood--Environmental aspects, and Dry cleaning
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 February 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 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.
- Subject:
- Project XL (United States. Environmental Protection Agency), Irrigation--California--Central Valley (Valley), Insects, and Bison--Yellowstone National Park
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 January 25
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Rainforest, Salt--Environmental aspects, Plutonium, and Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 January 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 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.
- Subject:
- Traffic calming, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (Fla.), Penguins--Antarctica, and Old growth forests
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 January 11
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Sharks, Compost--Environmental aspects, Citrus fruits--Harvesting, and Persistent pollutants
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1997 January 4
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 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.
- Subject:
- Gray jay, Pollock fisheries, Tixier, Susan, and Zero Population Growth, Inc.
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 December 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 Peter Berle talks with two members of the show's advisor council, Idaho Senator Mary Lou Reed and Joan Davidson former head of the New York state Office of Parks of the Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, about the past year's environmental legislation and they look ahead to 1997. 2.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author Garrett Bowman talks about his evening winter walks in Nunda, New York. 3.) Berle talks with two other members of the show's advisory council, professor at the University of Washington at Seattle Brewster Denny and editor of Audubon Magazine Michael Robbins, about the past year as well as the year ahead. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Dr. Steven Webster of the Monterey Bay Aquarium about kelp forests located along the Pacific coast.
- Subject:
- Kelp forest, Reed, Mary Lou, Environmental law--United States, and Nunda (N.Y.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 December 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with religious leaders about excessive consumption and the holidays. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Bob Lilienfeld, editor of the Use Less Stuff Journal, about the publication. 3.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Professor Owen Gingrich of Harvard University about the winter solstice. 4.) Gary Ferguson, author of "Spirits of the Wild: World's Great Nature Myths", reads a myth about how the first winter solstice came to be in Australia.
- Subject:
- Ferguson, Gary, 1956-, Lilienfeld, Robert M., Consumption, and Winter solstice
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 December 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Debbie Sprentz of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Wayne Brow of the Citizens for a Sound Economy about their differing views on the Environmental Protection Agency's newly proposed air quality standards. 2.) Berle talks with Greg Ward, owner of Ward's Nursery and Garden Center, about purchasing and caring for a living Christmas tree. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Poughkeepsie, New York, about an environmental education program called Eco Inquiry, that teahes children about the environment. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, writer Julia King talks about a pond in Goshen, Indiana. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Richard Lee, professor of zoology at Miami University, about the wood frogs' hibernation process.
- Subject:
- Air quality--Standards, Christmas tree growing, Goshen (Ind.), and Environmental education
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 December 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 Peter Berle talks with Francis Etherington of Umpqua Watersheds, about the recent mudslide in Umpqua, Oregon and the reason she believed it occurred, clear cutting. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Craig Packer, author of "Into Africa", about his book and time in Africa. 3.) Lalley talks with Dr. Bruce Stein of the Nature Conservancy about the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive insect that could cause the extinction of hemlock plants. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment, Berle talks with astronmer Bob Berman about the upcoming Geminids meteor shower.
- Subject:
- Packer, Craig, Hemlock woolly adelgid, Umpqua (Or.), and Meteor showers
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 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.) In the segment Talking Green, host Peter Berle discusses bovine growth hormone with professor of genetics Joe Cummins and Dr. Wayne Calloway of the Dairy Commission. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with David Foster, director of the Harvard Forest, about deforestation and regrowth. 3.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with Kevin Ford about hand shearing sheep.
- Subject:
- Bovine growth hormone, Sheep-shearing, and Harvard Forest (Research facility)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 November 24
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the wolf conference that was held in Albany, New York and talks with attendees including Richard Schlickheisen of Defenders of Wildlife. 2.) Kent Nerbern reads the story "Benediction" from his book "A Haunting Reverence: Mediations on a Northern Land". 3.) Host Peter Berle reports on the World Food Summit Conference in Rome and talks with attendee Dan Glickman about the conference. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with Sarah Mitchell of the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary in Georgia about Right whales.
- Subject:
- Right whales, World Food Conference (1996 : Rome, Italy), and Wolves
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 November 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 Peter Berle discusses the need for legislation to protect the albatross from long lines off fishing boats. 2.) Dick Nunley, professor at Berkshire Community College reads the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Coleridge. 3.) Jerry Dennis, author of "The Bird in the Waterfall", discusses a creek in Michigan. 4.) Thomas Lalley talks with Dr. Bill Weber of the Wildlife Conservation Society about how environmental degradation has played a part in the war in Rwanda. 5.) Berle talks with physicist Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute about hybrid cars. 6.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with researcher Larry Bryan about wood storks.
- Subject:
- Albatross, Dennis, Jerry, 1954-, Hybrid cars, and Rwanda--Environmental conditions
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 November 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 Peter Berle discusses a recent proposal to tax outdoor goods like binoculars and tents. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns David Jenkins of the American Canoe Association and Doug Enkley of the National Wildlife Federation discuss whether the outdoor goods tax should be initiated. 3.) Berle talks with educator and explorer Wil Steger about his trips to the Arctic region. 4.) Berle talks with the chief of the U.S. Forest Service Jack Ward Thomas, who recently announced his retirement. 5.) Thomas Lalley reports from the Land Trust Alliance Conference and talks with Jeff Roberts of the Landtrust. 6.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Cindy Thayer, owner of Dorthia Farm, an organic farm in Maine.
- Subject:
- Land Trust Alliance, Steger, Will, Thomas, Jack Ward, and Taxes
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 November 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 Peter Berle talks with Lee Talbott, professor of Environmental Sciences at George Mason University, about the effects the Ertan dam in China may have on the environment. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports from Rochester, New York at a remanufacturing plant and discusses their positive environmental impact. 3.) Berle moderates a discussion on the effects of mountain biking on the ecology of hiking trails. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with Dave Maginall of the Nature Conservance about the work he and a group of boy scouts are doing that involves planting acorns in Illinois.
- Subject:
- Dams-China, Acorns, Mountain biking, and Remanufacturing
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 October 27
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- Host Peter Berle talks with Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbit about his attempts to change the policies surrouding the regulations of dams. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Jean Hacker of the Land Trust Alliance about the work land trust organizations do to preserve land. 3.) Gary Ferguson, author of "Spirits of the Wild" tells a a story involving a nature myth. 4.) Berle talks with State Department attorney David Bolton about a new treaty that plans to regulate shrimping to better protect sea turtles. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Richard Martin of the Nature Conservancy discusses the endangered bald eagle.
- Subject:
- Ferguson, Gary, 1956-, Sea turtles Conservation, Babbitt, Bruce E., and Land trusts
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 October 20
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Thomas Lalley talks with John Pasaquitano of Ozone Action about pending legislation that will help to completely phase out ozone depleting chemicals and how this has led to the smuggling of these chemicals. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with Bev Bloom of the Solar Cookers International about their work helping to bring solar cooking technology to countries with scarce wood supplies. 3.) Berle talks with Tony Naricho, spokesman for the Yankee Atomic Power Plant, about the closing of the plant. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum discusses his special place, the world. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Karen Chapman of the Audubon Society talks about the increase in mosquitoes in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, due in large part to recent flooding.
- Subject:
- Ketchum, Robert Glenn, Yankee Atomic Power Plant (CT), Ozone-depleting chemicals, and Solar cookery
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 October 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 Peter Berle talks with Mike Schutz from the Environmental Protection Agency about the recent water quality agreement involving the Truckee River in Nevada. 2.) Berle talks with Judith Labelle, of the Glenwood Center, about how it helps communities to plan for their environmental future. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Trenton, New Jersey on the city's efforts to reinvigorate brownfields. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, Tim Palmer, author of "America by Rivers", discusses the Salmon River in Idaho. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Bob Candaro of the New York Botanical Gardens discusses the colors of fall foliage.
- Subject:
- Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.), Salmon River (Idaho), Community organization, and Trenton (N.J.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 October 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 Peter Berle talks with Paul Pritchard of the National Parks and Conservation Association about new legislation in Congress that will effect over 60 parks. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with Matt Jacobson of the Green Mountain Watch about a controversy involving the timber industry and the Lamb Brook area in Vermont. 3.) Berle talks with Dan Jensen, a biology professor from the University of Pennsylvania, about bioprospecting or looking for plants for pharmaceutical and chemical purposes. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Jeff Obrecht of the Wyoming Fish and Game Department, about the elks' mating season.
- Subject:
- Timber--Vermont., Bioproducts, National Park Service (U.S.), and Elk
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 September 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 Peter Berle talks with Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens about revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, relating to the conservation and mangament of fisheries. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Rhea Miller, commissioner of the San Juan Islands and Chris Hodgkins, attorney for a local tourist company, argue over recent legislation to outlaw personal watercrafts around the San Juan Islands. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on possible dangers involved with fiberglass installation and talks with Ann Janet Dicarlo of the National Resources Defense Council about the issue. 3.) Berle talks with Gene Logsdon about his work in the book "Earth at Our Doorstep". 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Jim Nichols, a fourth generation corn and soybean farmer about corn harvesting.
- Subject:
- Fisheries and the environment, San Juan Islands (Wash.), Fiberglass, and Logsdon, Gene
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 September 22
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Republican pollster Pete Snyder how the Republican party is dealing with environmental issues. 2.) Berle talks with George Davis of the Ecologically Sustainable Development company, about his most recent project, the Amur land basin located in China and Russia. 3.) Berle talks with Charles Hollister, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, about hurricane like storms near the bottom of the ocean. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on socially responsible financial institutions and talks with Alicia Gravits of Co-op America. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Pat Raves, educator at the North Carolina Aquarium of Roanoke Island about the Portugese Man of War jellyfish.
- Subject:
- Hurricanes--Atlantic Ocean, Socially responsible investments, Amur River Valley (China and Russia), and Environmental Issues-Politics
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 September 15
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Democratic pollster Salinda Lake about the importance of environmental issues in the Presidential race. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the "Eden Alternative", a project developed by Dr. Bill Thomas, that brings plants, animals, and children into nursing homes. 3.) Berle talks with Wade Davis, an ethnobiologist, about the relationship indigenous peoples of Latin America have with plants. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, author Scott Weidensaul talks about a mountain in the Appalachians of Pennsylvania. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Scott Weidensaul discusses his book "Raptors: Birds of Prey".
- Subject:
- Raptors, Eden Alternative, Environmental Issues-Politics, and Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Latin America
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 September 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 Peter Berle talks with Jack Ward Thomas, chief of the U.S. Forest Service, about forest fires. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the eco-tourism trend and talks with Katrina Brandon about the dangers involved in such an unregulated industry. 3.) Berle talks with Dr. Megan Beesley, professor of anthropology, about the negative effects eco-tourism is having on Botswana. 4.) Berle talks with Al Norman, a citizen activist, trying to fight big box developers from building around small towns. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berel talks with B.J. Copeland of the North Carolina Sea Grant program about hurricane season.
- Subject:
- Eco-tourism, Botswana, Activism, Citizen, and Thomas, Jack Ward