1) Steven Westcott reports on dolphins dying due to pcbs in their blubber, 2) Sean Dudley reports on Jan Schlichtman, the lawyer depicted in the movie "Civil Action," who believes that mediation, rather than litigation, will solve environmental cases, 3)Peter Berle talks with Jim Napoitano of RPI about the makeup of human bodies which contain materials from outer space, 4) In the Earth Calendar Peter Berle reports on lambs being born on his farm in western MA, 5) Steven Westcott reports on the diminishing lobster population in Rhode Island and efforts to restore the population, 6) In the Talking Green segment Peter Berle talks about the 10th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill and efforts to insure that it doesn't happen again, 7) David Quammen reads from his book "Wild Thoughts from Wild Places."
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.