1.) Host Bruce Robertson talks with Dr. Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, about his recent discovery of the "Saturday effect", that more oil spills happen on Saturdays than any other day. 2.) Robertson discusses Professor Thomas Tornbenny's recent project to convert sugar beets into fuel. 3.) Robertson talks with Eve Hamilton of the Overseas Development Council about the need for a new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the positive effects it could have on economic and environmental development. 4.) Kent Patterson reports on the effects of dams and irrigation ditches on the Rio Grande River on nearby ecosystems.

Date created

• 1992 January 12

Type

• Audio

Creator

• Chartock, Alan

Original Medium

• Audiocassette

Duration

• 25:16:00

Date Digitized

• 2009 September 16

Master Format

• WAV

Identifier

• nam_apap_138_es_000106

Subject

• Oil spills.
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
• Rio Grande.
• Alternative energy sources

Digitization Specifications

• Popped tabs, Encoding: 24bit/48khz; Software: Pro Tools LE 7.3 ; Hardware: Marantz PMD500 Stereo Double Cassette Deck, Dell Precision T7400 with a 2.33 Ghz Intel Xeon processor.

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  
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ITEM CONTEXT

Part of

88e1f8d49bd0d334e5f17bf80dc68e9b

Scope and Contents

Collection

WAMC Northeast Public Radio Collection

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the New York State Modern Political Archive