1.) Thomas Lalley reports on a controversy involving many environmentalists' beliefs that they are getting routed on bills in Congress by lobbyists and Political Action Committees. 2.) Host Peter Berle discusses a budget impasse regarding fisheries and talks with Douglas Hall of the National Marine Services about the need for a better understanding of fish stocks. 3.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Tom Malone of the University of Maryland about the blooming of diatoms on the Chesapeake Bay.