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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 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 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 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 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 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