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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 September 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 discusses the environmental activism of corporations, including the Nature Company, Sebastian, and Stonyfield Farm. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Cindy King of the Sierra Club and Frank Harkenrider, mayor of Hermison, Oregon, debate the issue of chemical weapons incineration. 3.) Thomas Lalley talks with Harold Mayfield, an expert on Kirtland's Warblers, about the endangered species that is making a comeback. 4.) In the segment Portrait of a Place author David Grimes discusses the various rivers that have impacted his life. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with John Neeshi, a biologist, about the mating rituals of the musk ox.
- Subject:
- Musk ox, Chemical weapons disposal, Kirtland's warbler, and Corporate environmental activism
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 August 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 talks with Gary Gardener of the Worldwatch Institute about environmental degradation and the loss of cropland worldwide. 2.) In the segment Portrait of a Place, author Patty Ann Rogers describes Shoal Creek, Missouri. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Harvard professor Edward O. Wilson about his recent book "In Search of Nature". 4.) Berle talks with Janet Hogan Taylor, author of "Dead Snails Leave no Trails", about natural pest control. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Berle talks with naturalist James Trager about wildflowers.
- Subject:
- Wilson, Edward Osborne, 1929-, Environmental degradation, Natural pesticides, and Shoal Creek (Mo. and Kan.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 August 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 reports on the controversy involving the regulation of dolphin safe tuna and talks with Brooks Yager of the Deparment of the Interior about the regulations. 2.) Berle discusses sustainable environment around the Columbia River in Washington. 3.) Thomas Lalley compares sustainable development in Washington to sustainable development in India and talks with architect Sue Hassini about the differences. 4.) In the segment Locking Horns, citizen activist Honey Sharp Wheeler argues with Ron Nessen of the cellular telephone industry association about how much say citizens' should have in the construction of cellular towers. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Lalley talks with Steve Webster from the Monterey Bay Aquarium about blue whales.
- Subject:
- Cellular telephones--United States, Sustainable development--India., Sustainable development--Washington (State), and Tuna Industry
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 August 10
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency about the Safe Drinking Water Act. 2.) Susan Drennen of the Audubon Society remembers bird watching pioneer Roger Tory Peterson. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on the controversy surrounding nuclear waste disposal and talks with Eileen Supko of Energy Resources International. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Ron Nevine of the Oceanites Foundation about emperor penguins.
- Subject:
- Peterson, Roger Tory, 1908-1996, Drinking water--Law and legislation--United States, Nuclear waste disposal, and Emperor penguin--Antarctica
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 August 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 reports on the effects pesticides on having on pollinators and talks with author Steven Buckman about the crisis. 2.) Lalley visits the Indian Ladder Farm in upstate New York to see how the pollinator crisis is effecting their apple crop. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Sarah Chassis of the National Resources Defense Council water pollution at our nation's beaches. 4.) Berle remembers his aunt's favorite place along the Merrimac River. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with research biologist Bill Cannon about free tailed bats.
- Subject:
- Free-tailed bats, Water Pollution, Pollinators, and Merrimac River (N.H. and Mass.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 July 28
- 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 Undersecretary of State Tim Wirth about binding commitments for the international community in regards to greenhouse gas emissions. 2.) Berle reports on the increased air pollution occurring in the Grand Canyon the steps the Environmental Protection Agency is taking to decrease the pollution and talks with Rick Moore of the Grand Canyon Trust about the issue. 3.) Storyteller Laura J. Bobrow reads an old Burmese fable. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on air pollution in Los Angeles, half of which is caused by stationary sources.
- Subject:
- Greenhouse gases, Bobrow, Laura J., Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Environmental conditions, and Air--Pollution--California--Los Angeles
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 July 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 Peter Berle reports on the Brazilian government's decision to let control of the Amazon River Basin Preserve be given to the indigenous people of the area. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Laurie Nelson of the National Parks Conservation Association and Minnesota Senator Bob Lesard argue whether or not local interests should have more authority over the Voyageurs National Park. 3.) Stephanie Goichman reports on Ecoteam, an organization that spreads information about environmental activism to communities around the country. Goichman talks with Michael Keller, head of Ecoteam. 4.) Berle talks with professor of landscape architecture Bob Gracy, about Americans' obsession with lawncare and the need for natural landscaping. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Thomas Lalley talks with biology professor Jan Randall about the Banner Tailed Kangaroo Rat.
- Subject:
- Environmental Activism, Amazon River, Natural landscaping, and Voyageurs National Park (Minn.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 July 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 Peter Berle reports on the use of the U.S. Navy Sound Surveillance System to listen to the sounds of the ocean floor. Berle talks with Steve Hammond from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about what they've learned from the technology. 2.) In the segmen Portrait of a Place, Tom Horton, author of Island out of Time, discusses Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay. 3.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Thomas Lalley talks with biologist Brant Gilmore about the mating habits of the sand tiger shark.
- Subject:
- Sand tiger shark, Ocean sounds, Smith Island (Md. and Va.), and Sound Surveillance System
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 July 7
- 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 illegal trade of endangered animals and talks with Susan Lieberman from Fish and Wildlife Services. 2.) Roger Schlickheisen remembers former director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Mollie Beattie. 3.) Host Peter Berle reports on environmentally sustainable lumber and talks with Richard Donovan of the Smart Wood program. 4.) Berle talks with Hazel Wolf, a 98 year old environmental activist from Seattle, Washington. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Dr. Harry Keyes, a scientist with New Zealand's Department of Conservation about the volcano Mount Ruapehu.
- Subject:
- Lumber--Environmental aspects, Beattie, Mollie, 1947-1996, Endangered Species, and Wolf, Hazel, 1898-2000
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 June 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 Peter Berle discusses an agreement between the United States and Mexico to clean up an airshed between Texas and Mexico. Berle talks with economist Pete Emerson of the Environmental Defense Fund about the issue. 2.) Berle talks with Tom Crouch of the Air and Space Museum about the world's fascination with kites. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on a story about multi-national corporations following the hierarchy of reduce, reuse, and recycle. He talks with Nancy Hirschfield of Stonyfield Farm. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Donna Shafer of the National Biological Service about the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle.
- Subject:
- Air--Pollution--United States, Air--Pollution--Mexico, and Kemp's ridley sea turtle
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 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 Peter Berle discusses the controversy involving Tongass National Park in Alaska and whether the U.S. government should allow the cutting of timber in the forest. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Troy Rhineheart of the Ketchikan Timber Company and Steve Kalick of the Alaska Rainforest Campaign argue over whether or not the timber industry's existing contract should be extended to cut timber in the Alaskan National Forest. 3.) Thomas Lalley talks with Christopher Robin Healy who cultivates a 10 acre acres garden using permaculture. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Dave Campbell of the Tennessee Nature Conservancy about the rare Tennessee coneflower.
- Subject:
- Permaculture, Tongass National Forest (Alaska)--Environmental conditions, and Tennessee coneflower
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 June 16
- 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 deterioration of Florida Bay, caused by its water sources being diked, drained, and diverted. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with ecologist Rick Ausfeld about how lyme disease spreads and what kinds of precautions one should take. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Brazilian Senator Marina Silva about her work trying to save the rainforests. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with astronomy Professor Woody Sullivan about summer solstice here on Earth as well as what it means on Mars.
- Subject:
- Silva, Marina, 1958-, Lyme disease--Prevention, Rainforests, and Florida Bay (Fla.)--Environmental conditions
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 June 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 with Patrick Anderson of the Environmental Protection Agency about a lawsuit going on in Chester, Pennsylvania involving civil rights and environmental quality. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on an illegal toxic waste dump site in Adirondack Park that is maintained by the Department of Transportation. 3.) Berle talks with Norman Vaughan, who at 89 years old, climbed a mountain in Antarctica that was named for him over 65 years ago. 4.) Berle talks with biology professor Bruce Kahn about the emergence of shad flies from the St. Lawrence River.
- Subject:
- Vaughan, Norman D., Chester (Pa.)--Politics and government, Adirondack Park (NY)--Toxic waste disposal, and Environmental quality
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 June 2
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) In their continuing series about endocrine disruptors, host Peter Berle talks with J.P. Meyers, author of "Our Stolen Future", about how even low doses of these chemicals could have dangerous effects. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports fomr the Tour de Sol race in Manhattan where electric, hybrid, and many other types of environmentally friendly cars, go head to head in a race. 3.) Berle talks with Michael Colby of the activist group Food and Water Incorporated, about their work fighting to keep pesticides off your dinner plate. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with biologist Joan Walsh about the horseshoe crab mating season on Delaware Bay.
- Subject:
- Food and Water, Inc., Horseshoe crabs, Electric cars, and Endocrine disruptors
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 May 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 reports on the Everglades Restoration Project. 2.) Host Peter Berle discusses the poor air quality of many school buildings and talks with Eleanor Johnson of the United States General Accounting Office about the issue. 3.) Berle talks with Dr. Claude Campania about his work off the coast of Patagonia with elephant seals. 4.) Ann Zwinger, author of "Down Canyon", talks about the Grand Canyon in winter in, Portrait of a Place. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Howard Werner about the problem marmots are causing in the Sequoia National Park in California.
- Subject:
- Indoor air pollution--United States, Zwinger, Ann, Everglades National Park (Fla.)--Environmental aspects, and Elephant seals
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 May 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Molly Beatty of the National Fish and Wildlife Service about the lift of the moratorium on listing endangered species. 2.) Berle talks with Don Silver of the Endangered Habitats League about a new ecosystem approach to protecting endangered species. 3.) Berle talks with Carl Pope of the Sierra Club about repeal of the gasoline tax and its possible effects on the environment. 4.) Berle talks with Peter Snyder of Luntz Research Group, about the environmental issues facing the Republican party in the upcoming elections. 5.) Thomas Lalley talks with Donald Rodbell, a geology professor, about climate change.
- Subject:
- Climate change, Endangered species--Law and legislation--United States, Gasoline--Taxation--United States., and Republican Party
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 May 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 Peter Berle talks with J.P. Meyers, about the book he co-authored "Our Stolen Future", which discusses endocrine disruptors, chemicals in the environment that have had and continue to have on our reproductive systems. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with biologist Jim Hamil about the increase in wolves in the upper midwest. 3.) In the segment Ear to the Ground, Linda Anderson talks with Mahish Shanda Meta, an environmental lawyer from India, about his work.
- Subject:
- Wolves--North America, Environmental law--India, and Endocrine disruptors
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 May 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 Peter Berle reports that most of the anti environment riders on the federal budget were deleted. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Anna Orillo of United States Public Interest Group goes against Jack Gerard of the Mineral Resources Alliances over whether or not the mining industry should have to pay for mining on public lands. 3.) Berle talks with marine biologist Bill Ballantine about his work setting up ocean sanctuaries in New Zealand. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Thomas Lalley talks with biology professor Thomas Smith about his research involving the West African horn bills and their effects on the rainforests.
- Subject:
- Mining law--United States, Ocean Research, Environmental awareness, and Hornbills
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 April 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 Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy about a bill he authored, the Forest Stewardship Act. 2.) Berle talks with forest ecologist Greg Apland about his skepticism over a bill that claims to protect the health of forests in the western United States. 3.) Karen Kelly reports on new urbanism, an architecture movement that brings city living to suburbia. 4.) Thomas Lalley talks with Thomas Smith, a biology professor at San Francisco State University about his research on rainforests. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Thomas Lalley reports on the yearly controlled burns in the Pine Bush Preserve in Albany, New York.
- Subject:
- Forest protection, Architecture, Forest stewardship, and Rainforests
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 April 21
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Tim Wirth about environmental issues around the globe as well as the Global Affairs plans for the year. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the Department of the Interior's artificial flooding of the Grand Canyon. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson continues her talks with Susan Morse of Keeping Track and joins her on a hike through the woods. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Ginger Carpenter of the Rhode Island Nature Conservancy about dragonflies.
- Subject:
- Wirth, Timothy E., Wildlife protection, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), and Dragonflies
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 April 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 Peter Berle talks with Dr. Janet Phoenix of the National Safety Council about the dangers of lead paint. 2.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author Brian Alexander talks about the backyard of his childhood home in Ohio. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on attempts to move away from using traditional fibers in the making of paper and clothing and talks with Brian West of the Earth Island Institute about their project Raising Paper that promotes using alternatives like straw, flax, and hemp. 4.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Susan Morse about her organization, Keeping Track, which helps to protect lands that are important to wildlife. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle reports on the Columbian sharp tailed grouse of Montana.
- Subject:
- Lead paint, Fibers--Environmental aspects, Wildlife protection, and Alexander, Brian, 1959-
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 April 7
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Jeff Debona of the PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, about the theft of trees from public land. 2.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author Kathleen Dean Moore talks about the Willamette River in Oregon. 3.) Berle talks with Michael Weber, author of "Wealth of Oceans', about the negative environmental impact of shrimp farming. 4.) Berle talks with Lester Brown of the WorldWatch Institute about overuse of our oceans. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Thomas Lalley talks with Bob Whipple of Malachi Farms, about the process of maple syruping.
- Subject:
- Ocean--Environmental aspects, Shrimp farming, Willamette River (Or.), and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Association)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 March 31
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with David Hahn Baker of political consultant firm Inside Out, about environmental racism and the environmental justice movement. 2.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Betsy Marsten, editor of the High Country News, about the paper and its coverage of environmental issues of 10 western states. 2.) Karen Kelly reports on an artificial flood that was created in the Colorado River to study the effects on the ecosystem. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on the Yakataki comet and talks with Don Brownley, professor of astronomy at Washington University, about comets.
- Subject:
- Environmental justice, Comets, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), and Environmentalism--West (U.S.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 March 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 Peter Berle discusses the possible reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act. 2.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author/explorer Janet Jordan talks about Angel Falls in Venezuela. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Jerry Taylor of the Kato Institute and Chris Flavin of the World Watch Institute argue over solar power as a viable future energy source. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on an attempt to change the regulations of pesticides in food. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with ecologist Whit Gibbons about the Scarlet King Snake and his attempts to tag and study them.
- Subject:
- Pesticides, Solar power, Angel Falls (Venezuela), and Endangered species
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 March 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 talks with Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency about the slow clean up of toxic waste sites as well as about brownfields, waste sites that are not high risk and the efforts of the Clinton administration to revamp them. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports about a co-housing community in which the residents pooled their resources to build their very own sustainable neighborhood. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Jim Shenk of Imago, a company that develops ecological neighborhoods. 4.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", author Sid Marty describes Aspen Valley in Alberta, Canada. 5.) In the "Earth Calendar" segment, Berle discusses murex mollusks, mussels that during their mating ritual create a purple dye.
- Subject:
- Brownfields--Environmental aspects, Aspen--Canada, Imago (Organization : Cincinnati, Ohio), and Sustainable living
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 March 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 talks with various attendees of a conference on solar energy about the future of the technology. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with Thomas Caine of the University of Cincinnati about the Movile cave in Romania and the over 30 new species of animals found there. 3.) Berle talks with Joseph Segui about his work the SPNI or Society for Preservation of Nature in Israel. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Jim Parkhurst of Virginia Tech about the great horned owl.
- Subject:
- Israel--Environmental aspects, Great horned owl, Solar energy, and Movile (Romania)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 March 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 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his recent trip to Cuba to talk with Fidel Castro about putting an end to his plans for a nuclear reactor and instead use sugar bagasse for power generation. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with David Mutchnik about his work on Bronx 2000, a group that uses the waste of the city to make reusable goods, including turning wood from shipping pallets into flooring. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson discusses Green Harvest, an idea from the greater Pittsburgh National Food Bank to use organic agriculture to get more fruits and vegetables to those in need. 4.) Berle talks with Lester Brown of the Worldwatch Institute about his annual State of the World report. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with meteorologist Mike Rucher about the effects the cold dry weather is having on Florida's fire season.
- Subject:
- Cuba, Urban forestry, Organic agriculture, and Bagasse
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 February 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 cost to the economy of global warming and how it will effect various industries including insurance and banks. 2.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Charlotte and Herb Reed of Indiana about their work on the Save the Dunes Council. 3.) Host Peter Berle report on the Clinton Administration's plan to restore the Everglades and talks with Katie McGinty, Chair of Environmental Quality about the plan. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle discusses how the use of a two crop system, rice and crawfish, has lead to an increase in the Louisiana snow geese population.
- Subject:
- Snow goose, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.), Global warming--Economic aspects, and Everglades (Fla.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 February 18
- 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 a controversy involving many environmentalists' beliefs that they are getting routed on bills in Congress by lobbyists and Political Action Committees. 2.) Host Peter Berle discusses a budget impasse regarding fisheries and talks with Douglas Hall of the National Marine Services about the need for a better understanding of fish stocks. 3.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Tom Malone of the University of Maryland about the blooming of diatoms on the Chesapeake Bay.
- Subject:
- Political action committees, Fisheries, Diatoms, and Lobbying
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 February 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 Peter Berle talks with Lincoln Brow, researcher at the Wildlife Conservation Society, about the causes for the decrease in the monarch butterfly population in Mexico. 2.) Berle discusses the controversy surrounding the dumping of PCB's into the Housatonic River and the fact that it will take generations to be fishable again. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Dr. Anthony Macotti and Professor Barry Commerce argue over whether or not incineration is the right way to get rid of PCBs. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports about the growing movement toward community supported agriculture. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with entomologist Tom Tirpin about how insects cope with winter.
- Subject:
- Polychlorinated biphenyls, Housatonic River (Mass. and Conn.), Monarch butterfly, and Community agriculture
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 February 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 Peter Berle talks with Mary McKeel of the Environmental Protection Agency about the new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14000 regulations that help manage environmental standards within a company. 2.) Berle discusses how the technicalities involved with streaming the Environment Show online. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Yvonne Maea about ACER, the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research, and the work it is doing. 4.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place" Dick Nunley, a professor at Berkshire Community College, discusses the Adirondacks. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Rom Rice of the Savannah Ecology Lab about flying squirrels.
- Subject:
- Streaming audio, ISO 14000 Series Standards, Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research, and Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 January 28
- 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 discusses the recent oil spill off the coast of Rhode Island and talks about the effort to use micro-organisms to help clean up the spill. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks about green investing, or investing in environmentally friendly companies and mutual funds. 3.) In the segment "Portrait of a Place", Blackfoot Indian Curly Bear Wagner describes Sweet Grass Prairie in Montana. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Chris Sorvine of Fish and Wildlife Service about the process a grizzly bear goes through in order to hibernate for the winter.
- Subject:
- Grizzly bear--Behavior, Sweet Grass Co., Mont., Oil spills--Cleanup, and Investments--Environmental aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 January 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 Peter Berle talks with Fred Hanson of the Environmental Protection Agency about how they are dealing with reduced funding. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the deteriorating health of amphibians and talks with Ken Iyer of the Smithsonian Institute about the issue. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns", California's Proposition 197, allowing for the hunting of mountain lions, is discussed by California Senator Tim Lesley and Paul Van Dyke, supervisor of the "No to prop. 197" campaign. 4.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson reports on Rutgers University and their use of environmental economics in hopes of one day achieving total sustainability on their campus. 5.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle discusses the processes animals go through in order to hibernate for the winter.
- Subject:
- Amphibians, Rutgers University, Mountain lion, and Environmental Protection Agency
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 January 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 Peter Berle discusses the recent Salvage Logging Rider and the environmental problems it poses and talks with Julie Domond of the environmental group Headwaters, about the issue. 2.) Berle discusses the issue of clear cutting trees in Maine. 3.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Bill Vale of the Maine Forest Products Council and John Carter of the Green Party, discuss the issue of clear cutting. 4.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Mary Angle Francini of the Save the Redwoods League about their efforts to save the trees. 5.) Berle talks with Nashville, Tennessee guitar maker Jim Triggs about his work. 6.) In the segment "Earth Calendar", Berle talks with Buffalo meteorologist Stan Levine about the causes of lake effect snow.
- Subject:
- Guitar--Construction, Salvage logging--Environmental aspects, Clear cutting--Environmental aspects, and Save-the-Redwoods League
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1996 January 7
- 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 damage done to the ozone layer by certain gases, and talks with various scientists about the issue. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with Dr. Peter Ehrlich of Stanford University the relationship between the environment and population. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Brian Stazinsky, who started the "Destination Conservation" program to help school children become more aware of environmental issues. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle discusses how the flooding of the Amazon River has led to some serious environmental issues.
- Subject:
- Ozone layer depletion, Amazon River, Conservation, and Population Concern
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 December 31
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle talks with various environmental leaders about the environmental issues of the past year and what they see for the year ahead. 2.) Berle talks with Dr. Paul Ehrlich of Stanford University about the effects of population on the environment. 3.) Berle talks with Diane Dylan Ridgely, Environment Show Advisory Council, about the relationship between women's issues and the environment. 4.) Berle talks with children's book author and head of the Readland Center Geoffrey Canada about a neighborhood in New York City.
- Subject:
- Canada, Geoffrey, Population Concern, and Women's issues
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 December 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 Peter Berle talks with various environmental leaders about the environmental issues of the past year and what they see happening in 1996. 2.) He talks with Joan Davidson, New York State Parks, about the battle over protected lands. 3.) Berle talks with John Wirth, professor at M.I.T., about the effects of climate change. 4.) Berle talks with Louise Como of the Sierra Club about the potential of fuel cells.
- Subject:
- Climate change, National parks, and Fuel cells
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 December 17
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Thomas Lalley reports on transportation policy and examines some of the controversial issues surrounding it. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Michael Rieblo of the Environmental Defense Fund and Taylor Bowden of the Highway Users Foundation discuss the reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. 3.) In a commentary Linda Anderson shares her ideas on how to have and environmentally friendly and sustainable holiday. 4.) Host Peter Berle talks with Maurice Modlin at Chrysler about their new electric car that is going into production. 5.) Bruce Robertson reports on the regulation of billboards and talks about the new Scenic America Regulation and how that will affect the billboard industry. 6.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with naturalist David Zuckerman about the migration of newts in California.
- Subject:
- Electric cars, Transportation policy, Billboards--Law and legislation, and Newts
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 December 10
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle reports on deer management and the need to develop new techniques for better control of the deer population. 2.) Thomas Lalley talks with 3 theologians from the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish faiths about the "greening" of religion. 3.) Berle shares more listener suggestions for having an environmentally friendly and sustainable holiday. 4.) David Wicinas reads an excerpt from his book "Sagebrush and Cappuccino". 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Roy Mustalish of the Amazon Center for Environmental Education about how the flooding of the Amazon leads to the flourishing of the plants surrounding the river.
- Subject:
- Deer--Control, Wicinas, David, Religion--Environmental aspects, and Environmentalism
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 December 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 reports on the controversy surrounding a proposal to open up the Arctic National Refuge to oil drilling and talks to proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Nancy Cassy of the Gwitchin peoples and Oliver Levitt of the Arctic Slope Regional Organization discuss whether or not oil drilling would threaten caribou in the refuge. 3.) Berle reads listener suggestions on how to have an environmentally friendly and sustainable holiday 4.) Thomas Lalley discusses the issue of deregulating utilities and questions whether the idea is good for the environment or your wallet. 5.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground", Linda Anderson talks with Kent Wheely who helped to start Seed Sources Exchange, which tries to save threatened fruits, vegetables, and grains from extinction.
- Subject:
- Caribou--Alaska, Arctic National Wildlife Range (Alaska), Deregulation, and Environmentalism
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 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 Peter Berle reports on the controversy surrounding the reauthorization of the farm bill and impact it has on the environment. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the increasing duck population and talks with Dr. Chip Ulyss about what conditions may have led to the increase. 3.) Bruce Robertson reports on the use of septic wastewater as a valuable resource and how many people are using it to create constructed wetlands. 4.) In the "Outpost" segment Dr. Timothy O'Brien, of the Wildlife Conservation Society, talks about his trip to Indonesia and about the important connection between wildlife and the ecosystem. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with ecologist Dr. Doug Ladd about the controlled burns that take place in prairies in order to preserve them.
- Subject:
- Constructed wetlands, Indonesia--Environmental aspects, Ducks, and Farming--Environmental aspects
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 19
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the execution of Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwo. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on "green washing" campaigns by companies to convince the public they are a green company. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Renee Askins of the Wolf Fund about her work repopulating the wolf population of Yellowstone National Park. 4.) In the segment "Locking Horns", Rodger Schlickeisen of Defenders of Wildlife argues with Larry Burrett of the Farm Bureau about whether or not wolves should be brought to Yellowstone. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with botanist George Yaskevitch about barrens and the rich variety of life they contain.
- Subject:
- Wiwa, Ken Saro-, 1941-1995, Environmental advertising claims, and Wolves--Yellowstone National Park
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 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 Peter Berle discusses the controversy over the safe drinking water act and why some environmentalists take issue with the bill. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on a controversy surrounding a proposal to build a water filtration plant near Woodstock, New York and why some think land preservation in the Catskills is a better bet. 3.) Lalley talks with Dr. Charles Lydeard about the recent decline in the mussel population. 4.) Berle talks with Dr. Alan Rabinowitz of the Wildlife Conservation Society about a trip he took to the Annamite Mountains in Vietnam and his discovery of several new species. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Dr. Ira O'Keene of the University of Massachusetts Division of Cardiovascular Medicine about why he thinks humans' cholesterol levels increase in the winter.
- Subject:
- Vietnam, Mussels, Catskill Mountains (N.Y.), and Water quality
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 November 5
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Drug-resistant infectious diseases often thrive in cities. Gretchen Daily of Stanford University, Mark Lappe (author of ?Breakout?) and Rodney Dietert of Cornell University speak on infectious diseases, environmental degradation, population growth and preventive care.(2) On sustainable cities, Randolph Croxton speak on how automobile suburbs take too much land and resources; James Kunstler (author of ?Geography of Nowhere?), on how these are destructive to social and economic life. Ray Bromley, professor of geography at University at Albany thinks that ?in filling? the city and overcoming racial problems and social tensions are of higher priority in improving urban life.(3) Reg Modlin of Chrysler and Sheila Lynch of Northeast Alternative Vehicle Coalition debate on whether electric vehicle mandates should be continued.(4)Jeff Canada, author and children?s advocate, speaks of living in 108th Street, NY and how people give character to urban centers.
- Subject:
- Urban Life, Electric cars, and Infectious Diseases
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 29
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Bill Amoro of New England Fishery Management Council , Robert Engelman of Population Action International, Douglas Hopkins of Environmental Defense Fund and Lisa Spear of the National Resources Defense Council discuss the plight of the world?s fishing stocks. The Magnison Act (1977) ensured that management of fishing resources be governed by science, not commerce. At the UN, an international fishing treaty setting up protocol and management of fishing resources is to be signed. (2)Russell Means, Lakota Indian and author of ?Where White Men Fear to Tread? , talks about renewing his spirit and communicating with nature in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
- Subject:
- Fisheries, Magnison Act, and Means, Russell
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 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 discusses the controversy over a proposal to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Scott Peters of the Nuclear Institute and Scott Denham of the Safe Energy Coalition discuss if the disposal of nuclear waste is environmentally and economically feasible. 3.) In the segment Ear to the Ground, Linda Anderson reports on a group of 6th grade students who helping to keep the air clean by buying pollution credits. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on the chemical pollution of Silva Reservoir in Mexico. 5.) Rosemary Katana of the Inuit's presents a portrait of Banks Island in Canada.
- Subject:
- Chemical pollution, Nuclear waste disposal, Air pollution, and Yucca Mountain (Nev.)
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 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 discusses a recently filed lawsuit that is trying to prevent logging east of the Cascades in order to protect salmon in that area. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Chuck Burley of the National Forest Association and Glen Spayne of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's' Association, square off about whether or not logging should be stopped east of the Cascades. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports individuals that live "off the grid", using alternative energy sources to provide power to their homes. 4.) Bruce Robertson talks with Peter Haggarty about his project, Peace Fleece, which promotes discussions between Israeli and Palestinian sheep farmers. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Keith Bilstein talks about the migration of the Swainson Hawk.
- Subject:
- Logging, Cascades (Mountains), Israel/Palestine, and Alternative energy
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 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 discusses the controversy over sugar plantations in the Everglades and talks with proponents on both sides of the issue. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on the what kind of cars we can expect in the future as well as the quality of the air we will be breathing. 3.) In the segment Locking Horns Tom Martin of Audubon and Bob Buecker of the U.S. Sugar Company argue over the costs and benefits of the sugar program in the United States. 4.) Linda Anderson reports in her segment "Ear to the Ground" about Madeline Hoffman, woman from New Jersey who started GREO or Grass Roots Environmental Organization which helps grass roots organizations get started. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with ecologist Carlo Supiana about the migration habits of tuna.
- Subject:
- Air Pollution, Everglades National Park (Fla.), Environmental groups, and Sugar--Taxation--United States
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 October 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 Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and EPA Administrator Carol Browner about their belief that the budget process leads to a negative change in environmental laws. 2.) Author Bill McKibben reads from his latest book "Hope, Human, and Wild". 3.) Thomas Lalley reports from Ithaca, New York about attempts to bring back the lake sturgeon from near extinction. 4.) In the segment Locking Horns Bill Chandler of the National Parks and Conservation Association and Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute argue about whether or not certain National Parks should be closed to save money. 5.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with biologist Jeff Glassberg about the migration patterns of butterflies.
- Subject:
- McKibben, Bill, Lake sturgeon, National Parks, and Environmental Policy
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- Type:
- Audio
- Date Created:
- 1995 September 17
- Collection:
- WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection
- Collecting Area:
- New York State Modern Political Archive
- Collection ID:
- apap138
- Parent Record(s):
- 88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b
- Description:
- 1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Michael Oppenheimer of the Environmental Defense Fund about the draft report by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change that discusses the effects humans have on global warming. 2.) Linda Anderson reports on the growing popularity of farmers using work horses instead of trackers on their farms. 3.) Robertson reports on some of the environmental standards that came out of the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
- Subject:
- Global warming, Winter Olympic Games (17th : 1994 : Lillehammer, Norway), and Draft horses