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.
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.