1) Peter Berle discusses Northwest timber sales with lawyer, Doug Heiken and representative with the Northwest Forestry Association, Christ West. 2) Steven Westcott discusses the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to reduce MTBEs in gasoline. Dan Greenbaum of the Health Effects Institute and Terry Wigglesworth guest. 3) Peter Berle speaks with Sarah Chasis of the Natural Resources Defense Council about annual pollution and safety reports of U.S beaches. 4) In the earth calendar segment, Peter Berle discusses the Ring Neck Pheasant. 5) Peter Berle interviews Carl Terry of Niagara Mohawk and John Gibb, New York State Emergency Management Director about Y2K and what steps power companies are taking to avoid any potential problems. 6) Peter Berle discusses the effect of drought on farming in New York State. 7) Susan Arbetter discusses the environmental damages of Woodstock 1999.
1) Peter Berle talks about the impact of a U.S. Court of Appeals decision shutting down logging on Forest Service lands in the southeastern U.S., 2) Steven Westcott reports on overfishing of cod on George's Bank, 3) a memorial to Henry Kendall an American physicist who was one of the founders of the Union of Concerned Scientists, 4) listener comments, 5) In the Earth Calendar segment Peter Berle reports on picking iceberg lettuce in Arizona, 6) Steven Westcott talks with Steve Brill an urban forager who searches urban parks for edible plants, 7) In Talking Green Peter Berle reports on slaughterhouses, 8) author Myron Arms reads from his book "Riddle of the Ice."
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.