Jim Wallis, Editor in Chief of Sojourners Magazine and author of God’s Politics talks about the Evangelical Climate Change Initiative and how Evangelical leaders are calling for action in defiance of the Bush administration policies.
LISTEN Part 1 (11 min) Part 2 (7 min)
Montana Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer is in favor of using his state’s abundant coal reserves in an environment friendly way. Are synthetic fuels part of the solution to reduce global warming? NRDC’s Dave Hawkins chips in. LISTEN (12 min)
Jan Hasselman staff attorney with Earthjustice in Seattle talks about the lawsuit filed against the EPA. Pesticide companies should not be allowed to take advantage of
vulnerable populations by enticing people to serve as human laboratory
rats.
“EPA’s rule ignores Congress and allows unethical human tests to be used to weaken pesticide regulations.”
The lawsuits were filed simultaneously in New York City and in San Francisco by Pesticide Action Network North America, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del
Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United), San Francisco
Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Natural Resources
Defense Council. They are represented by attorneys with Earthjustice
and NRDC. LISTEN (7 min)
Julia Whitty has been making nature documentaries
for the past twenty-five years specializing in underwater
films. Her story in the March/April issue of Mother Jones
is entitled The Fate Of The Ocean :"Our oceans are under attack and
approaching a point of no return. Can we survive if the seas go silent?" LISTEN (12min)
NRDC’s Jim Presswood brings us up to date on off-shore drilling. Call and/or write your Senators to
ask them to vote against the Domenici-Bingaman bill.
LISTEN (7 min)
James Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and author of Red Sky at Morning, America and the Crisis of the Global Evironment (2004),
joined us in studio to talk about global warming and his call for action in a
recent letter to the Editor of the NY Times.
LISTEN (part 1: 11 min)
LISTEN (part 2: 7 min)
This week we have a great treat thanks to our cooperation with NRDC: from Earth to America! a TBS special show produced by NRDC trustie Laurie David, here is
Larry David explaining how HE became an eco-activist, from Brooklyn to Tuna. Enjoy 🙂
LISTEN (7 min)
Listen to the whole show (37 min) or listen to the various segments:
NRDC’s Jon Coifman about oil addiction Listen (9 min)
NY State Representative Liz Krueger Listen (7 min)
Sarah Pelmas and Peter Sealey about "Compact" Listen (7 min)
Greg Papadopoulos, Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer for
Sun Microsystems discusses Sun’s Eco-Responsibility Initiative and the new "cool threads technology" that saves energy and space . Listen (10 min)
Peter Tertzakian, energy economist and author of a just released book, A Thousand Barrels A Second – The Coming of the Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing An Energy Dependent World continues his discussion with Betsy about how to get our society into fuel detox. Listen (7 min).
Betsy also mentioned Richard Heinberg’s "The Party’s Over". His mot recent book is "Power Down".