1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Jody Jacobson of the World Watch Institute about population growth and how the low status of women in some countries could be a contributing factor. 2.) Bob Rija reports on the controversy surrounding the proposed building of monitored retrieval sites that would temporarily store nuclear waste. 3.) Professor of chemical engineering V.K. Mathur discusses his newly developed invention that would help in the fight against acid rain by zapping out the nitrogen oxide chemicals. 4.) Robertson checks in with Keith Tondrick on his Appalachian Trail hike, he and his group are now in Tennessee.