Laurie David: Stop Global Warming, the Solution is You
Laurie David founded stopglobalwarming.org and just published Stop Global Warming: The Solution Is You
LISTEN (8:50 min)
More info on her site
Author: Philippe Boucher
Jeff Burnside: No Reporting About Global Warming On TV In Maine
Society
of Environmental Journalists board member and TV reporter Jeff Burnside
tells about TV channels being forbidden to report on climate
change in Maine, and the lively debate at this year’s Society of
Environmental Journalists Conference. LISTEN (11 min)
Inappropriate Manipulation of Science at the Department of the Interior
Michael Halpern of the Union of Concerned Scientists tells how high-ranking political appointees within the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service have rewritten scientific documents to prevent the
protection of several endangered species (including the prairie dog). LISTEN (8:50 min)
Shawnee Hoover: If the US is addicted to Oil, Bush just hired the dealer.
The Bush Administration, in yet another inspired choice, has
put former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond in charge of charting the nation’s
energy future. ExposeExxon‘s Shawnee Hoover says that’s like putting
Jack Abramoff in charge of cleaning up politics.
LISTEN (18 min)
Adam Browning: America’s Energy’s Future is on the ballot
Adam Browning of Vote Solar tells that America’s energy future is on the ballot this November in California and Arizona.
LISTEN (11 min)
In Kentucky: Sierra Club vs Tyson-Chicken
Tyson Chicken thought it could pollute the bucolic hills of rural
Kentucky until they became a wasteland of stink and contaminated water. Aloma Dew and her community activists sued and won.
Aloma gives us the Tour de Stench and also talks about the upcoming Healthy
Foods, Local Farms Conference.
LISTEN (11 min)
Joel Makower: New Energy Companies
Joel Makower of Greenbiz.com talks about the emerging new energy companies.
LISTEN (12 min)
Destroying Precious Forests to Make Tissue
Darby Hoover coordinates NRDC’s campaigns to promote the use of recycled paper
products by US colleges with a 3 ponged approach: paper procurement,
use reduction and recycling. Destroying precious forests to produce
disposable tissues is the reason for targeting Kimberly Klark and pressuring the pulp and paper industry to change its ways. LISTEN (8 min)
More inforrmation: A shopper’s guide to home tissue products, saving paper in schools
This is a rerun of our May 19 program
Cameron Wake: Climate Change In The US Northeast
Cameron Wake talks about the report Climate Change in the US Northeast that was recently published with the support of the Union of Concerned Scientists: Global warming is poised to substantially change the climate in New England if heat-trapping emissions are not curtailed. The extent and
impacts of the change depend on the choices that governments,
businesses and citizens make today.
LISTEN (11 min)
Earthjustice continues to push EPA for limits on greenhouse gas pollution
David Baron, Managing Attorney in Earthjustice Washington DC’s office talks about the case that will be heard by the Supreme Court at the end of November about the responsibility of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases from motor vehicles.
LISTEN (7:50 min)