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NRDC Prez Frances Beinecke and not the Usual Suspects

Written by William Craven on . Posted in climate change, NRDC segment.

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NRDC President Frances Beinecke tells Betsy about the coalition of large corporations, including Duke Energy, DuPont, General Electric, and PG&E, who are demanding strong leadership on climate change from the Federal Government, just in time for tomorrow’s State of the Union speech: "The most important thing we’d like to see the president to do is commit to a cap-and-trade proposal that reduces our carbon emissions. But we’re not that optimistic." LISTEN (11 min)

A Farewell to Pombo, and a Poem for Winter.

Written by William Craven on . Posted in NRDC segment.

Winter NRDC‘s Daniel Hinerfeld and Andrew Wetzler say goodbye to outgoing Rep. Richard Pombo, "the single greatest threat to biodiversity in America."
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Also, a poem to mark today Winter Solstice, "Mockingbird at Winter Solstice" by Eamon Grennan from the Winter Issue of OnEarth.
Picture of Winter Solstice by Sigurd Towrie

Mockingbird At Winter Solstice

What a small many-greyed grapple of agitation
the mockingbird is, jittery on a thin branch
covered in berries but leafless, keeping one eye
and then the other on me, shifting its position,
unsettled by what my next move might be.

But at the opposite solstice this bird’s songs
are the life of leaves in which he’s an invisible singer,
sending melody after melody abroad, sweetening
space — even after midnight — with mimic music,
making the dark itself less dreadful, building

a nest of notes to feel at home in, though it must
be hard with so much to say, so many tunes
swirling through the honeycomb of its bones,
edging out of the white furnace of every feather
to swell its lone throat, setting its voice-box on fire.

— Eamon Grennan

Trash Landings: How Airlines and Airports Can Clean Up Their Recycling Programs

Written by William Craven on . Posted in NRDC segment, recycling. 2 Comments on Trash Landings: How Airlines and Airports Can Clean Up Their Recycling Programs

Airline While flying home this holiday season, airlines will throw away zillions of cups, newspapers, napkins…  nearly anything consumed on an airplane that could be recycled will instead be carelessly thrown to the landfills. Recycling guru and NRDC Senior Scientist Dr. Alan Hershkowitz tells us about Trash Landings, the new report on the garbage monsters overhead. LISTEN (12 min)

NRDC: The Little Mouse that Got in the Way

Written by William Craven on . Posted in NRDC segment.

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NRDC Correspondent Daniel Hinerfeld introduces us to the Preble mouse, a species of jumping mouse nearly doomed  when its Western habitat was targeted by developers. Does the Preble mouse warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act?

Also: Betsy Rosenberg and EcoTalk Producer Will Craven have a chat about their show, the inspiring guests and listeners who spur them on, and being a ‘niche’ show when that ‘niche’ is a whole planet.
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