Tag: ecotalk

Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner

Written by William Craven on February 10, 2007. Posted in climate change.

Betsy’s climate change debate buddy Chris Horner (of the Competitive Enterprise Institute) pays a visit to EcoTalk to continue the conversation they had last week on Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes. The difference in Horner’s tone between his Fox and EcoTalk visits is striking, and underscores the ways in which he and like-minded cohorts continue to dangerously mislead the American people. Here Horner frequently hides behinds a dense wall of techno-babble that none of the scientists that we’ve had on our show have ever come close to touching. PART ONE (10 min)

In the second part of our talk with Chris Horner, New York Times climate reporter Andy Revkin (and author of The North Pole Was Here) checks in to fact-check some of Horner’s more erroneous points. PART TWO (8 min)

Patagonia:Change Your Clothes For Good

Written by William Craven on February 10, 2007. Posted in recycling.

Jen Rapp of Patagonia tells Betsy about recycling both Patagonia and (because they won’t do it) their competitors’ clothes, and the numerous examples of how, since day one, Patagonia has put their money where their mouth is. For example, do you know of any other company that pays their employees full salary and benefits for two months while they work at environmental nonprofits? LISTEN (12 min)

Treehugger!

Written by William Craven on February 10, 2007. Posted in TreeHugger Radio.

Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi brings us an ode to a melting North Pole, last week’s skeptic-slaying IPCC report, evidence of a climate science-suppressing US government, and Natural Capitalism–opining Hunter Lovins. LISTEN (8 min)

Lisa Margonelli: Oil on the Brain

Written by William Craven on February 8, 2007. Posted in Energy, Oil addiction.

An antidote to sometimes wonkish energy books, Lisa Margonelli‘s Oil on the Brain takes the reader from Margonelli’s local gas station to an Iranian oil platform in a refreshing up-close and personal style. Here she sits down with Betsy to highlight some of her most revealing journeys. LISTEN (10 min)

Heather Flores & Food Not Lawns

Written by William Craven on February 8, 2007. Posted in Books, Food and Drink.

Is gardening a political act? In a very thoughtful interview, Heather Flores, author of the new book Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and your Neighborhood into a Community, makes the case that the garden is the key to re-cultivating our communities, our diets, and our urban spaces.
LISTEN (10 min)

Charles Lockwood and Green Building

Written by William Craven on February 8, 2007. Posted in green building.

Environmental and Real Estate Consultant Charles Lockwood shares with Betsy both the broad trends and nuanced particulars of the Green Building movement, and the influential municipalities across the United States that are the early-adopters of what will become the future of construction. LISTEN (12 min)

Upgrade Morro Bay’s Sewage Plant Now!

Written by Philippe Boucher on February 7, 2007. Posted in NRDC segment, Oceans, water.

Daniel Hinerfeld tells the sad and shocking story of the Morro-Bay Cayucos sewage plant that the city refuses to upgrade asap.
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Tackling Climate Change in the US

Written by William Craven on February 6, 2007. Posted in climate change, National Wildlife Federation. 1 Comment on Tackling Climate Change in the US

Can we convert from an economy based on coal to a new energy future? New research out of Washington State says "Absolutely". Patti Glick, Senior Global Warming Specialist with the National Wildlife Federation, gives Betsy the rundown on this notably optimistic report. LISTEN (8 min)

Jeff Barrie: Kilowatt Ours

Written by Philippe Boucher on February 3, 2007. Posted in Energy.

Film maker Jeff Barrie talks about Kilowatt Ours,a plan to reenergize America.
LISTEN (10 min)

Will Steger: Expedition Global Warming 101

Written by William Craven on February 1, 2007. Posted in climate change.

Will Steger has journeyed by dogsled to the North Pole, Greenland and Antarctica. He has witnessed Global Warming firsthand from the top of the world, and for his next trip he’s taking us all to see it, and to meet the Inuit people whose way of life is irrevocably changing. It is all part of Steger’s Global Warming 101— through his blog, webcasts, and photos we all can learn about climate change as it is currently happening. So bundle up and hop on the sled.
PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)