2010 Archives
December 31, 2010
The "Hole" Story / In With The Old, In With The New / Surfacing
December 24, 2010
Forged in the Stars / Forged in the Stars / Forged in the Stars
December 17, 2010
Mixed Results From the Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico / Killed by the Messenger / The Wild Weather of 2010 / Mastodon Found in the Rockies / BirdNote® - Winter’s Regal Visitor / The Legacy of David Suzuki
December 10, 2010
Cancun REDD Wrap / Climate Conference Adopts Green Fund / Drought in the Amazon / Damming the Amazon River / Feeding More People as the World Warms / Yucatan Farmers / Urgent Bid for Survival
December 3, 2010
Taking the Temperature of the Cancun Climate Talks / The Climate in 2010 / In Kalimantan, Big Experiment, Big Hopes / REDD Corruption / Negotiating Rights to Forests / Cancun Voices / Earth Ear
November 26, 2010
Corn Ethanol Tax Credits / Carrotmobs and the Power of Buycotts / Out of (a noble) Gas / Navajo Nation Elections / Audubon’s Birds of America / BirdNote® - The Day of the Turkey / The Eagle Soars
November 19, 2010
FDA Puts Transgenic Fish on the Scales / Congressional Fight Over CO2 / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet- NYC Blues / New Era, New Curriculum / Lead Surprisingly Still in Brass Plumbing / The Legend of Pale Male
November 12, 2010
Reworking the Ozone Treaty to Work for Climate Change / Code Red for Gulf Coral / Gas Drillers are Pumped Up / Building Up: Vertical Farms / SNAP to the Farmers’ Market / Listener Letters / Protecting Abundant Water / Carbon Credit Card / EarthEar
November 5, 2010
The New Political Climate / Californians Vote Resoundingly to Keep Climate Law / Cap-and-Trade Takeaway / What's Next for the Congressional Global Warming Committee? / Biodiversity Convention / Greening Aruba / BirdNote® The Hardy Harlequin
October 29, 2010
Saving the World’s Biodiversity / Stimulus Money and the Environment / Keep on Truckin’ for Fuel Efficiency / Greening Afghanistan / Harnessing the Power of Soccer / A Force For Nature / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet/Tree Wiki / Field of Screams
October 22, 2010
Aviation and Emissions / What’s Eating Lake Erie? / Science Note/Saved By a Whisker / Genetics and the Environment / Don’t Be Such a Scientist / Still Life / Giant Walmart Thinks Small / Creating a Thatched Roof
October 15, 2010
California’s Climate Law on the Ballot / Gulf of Mexico Half a Year Later / The High Price for Free Wind Power / Science Note – Surfing Crocodiles / Finally an Affordable Electric Car / Coming Clean About Household Cleaners / BirdNote®- Northern Shovelers Pinwheeling / Wearing Local
October 8, 2010
UN Climate Negotiators Meet in China / U.S. Still Behind in Climate Talks / Still Fighting Labor’s Historic Battle of Blair Mountain / MacArthur Bee Genius / Government Low-balled Gulf Oil Disaster / Up on the Roof with Goats / Other Planets Like Earth / BirdNote®- Christopher Columbus’ Birds
October 1, 2010
China Rising / International Day of Climate Action / Science Note: Sharks and Smell / Spill Could Pick up Restoration Bill / Human Waste in the Wild / BirdNote® - Ravens and Crows / Yellow Dirt / The Power is (Still) Yours
September 24, 2010
Electrifying a Nationwide Standard / Putting Air Pollution on the Front Burner / Science Note/Sticky Rice / The world’s largest solar power plant / The Scoop on A Unique Dog Waste Digester / A Tornado of Birds / Listener Letters / Heinz Winner / Taming the Colorado River: Hoover Dam turns 75
September 17, 2010
Inspectors give the Low Down on Food Safety / Mid-turmoil on Climate / Future Food: Frankenfish / Fishy Tale / The Search For Missing Frogs / Courageous Sailing / The Wave / BirdNote ® - Shorebirds on the Wing
September 10, 2010
Rebuilding Roads, Rails, and Runways / Fishy Situation / The Big Easy's Big Decision / Science Note / High Tech Trash / Planning for Rising Water / BirdNote (R) - Tiny Dancers / Native Traditions and Climate Change
September 3, 2010
Dude, Where's the Oil? / Chalmette Update / The Pollution/Diabetes Link / It's No Copenhagen / Tern, Tern, Tern / Deepest Places / Science Note: Belching Sheep / A Man and His Chainsaw
August 27, 2010
Bye-Bye Bayou / The Bayou Ballot Box / Long Term Gulf Restoration / Where Are They Now: Bob Rue / Still Seeking Environmental Justice in New Orleans / Green Living in New Orleans / Trumpeting New Orleans' Rebirth
August 20, 2010
Up in Flames / Chilling Out in Copenhagen / Operation Green Energy / The Language of Landscape / Science Note/Tree Power / Discovering Walruses / Bird Eggs Unhatched
August 13, 2010
Getting to the Bottom of Methane / Building Green with Less Green / Reforming Toxic Chemical Regulation / Note on Emerging Science / The Sound of Solar / Three Men and a Bike / Walden by Haiku
August 6, 2010
Preserving the Congo Basin’s Trees / Part 2 / Part 3
July 30, 2010
Without Congress / Gulf Oil and Gulf Restoration / 1000 Shows and Counting / Environmental Advocacy Then and Now / Ozone Update / Science Note/Micro-Ear / Birding by Ear
July 23, 2010
Dispersant Discussion / Oil in the Air / Green Camp / NOAA Signed Off on Gulf Drilling Plans / Drilling Down on Fracking / Remembering a Nobel Climate Scientist / Beetle Ranching / Recipe for Raising Chickens
July 16, 2010
Let the Oil Slinging Begin / The Need for Seaweed / Magic Seeds & the Miracle Crop / Science Note/ Spud Saboteur Turns Good / The Other Oil Spill / Self-reconfiguring Robots / The Message Remixed
July 9, 2010
Lake of Significance / Whale Sharks in the Gulf / Listener Letters / Senate Seat Showdown / EPA Orders Power Plants to Clean Up / Acid Rain is Back / Science Note/Aquatic Insects and Solar Panels / Seeing the Forest for its Bugs / A Place Called Home
July 2, 2010
Sea Turtle Relocation / The Smallest Clean Up Crew / Climate Bill Backup Plan / The Evolution of Byrd / Biggest Brains in Biggest Danger / The Race Blind Heart / How to Describe the Disaster? / In Praise of Blackflies / Music With a Solar Flare
June 25, 2010
Does the White House Approach go Far Enough? / Judging the Judge / The Nose Knows / Methane in the Gulf / The Altered Ocean / Note on Emerging Science/Solar Storage / Up On the Roof / Shell Games / Earth Ear
June 18, 2010
The White House Battle for a Climate Message / Let the River Work / As If Danger Weren’t Enough / The Ixtoc Precedent / Serious Money for Indonesian Forests / Heated Debate over Heating Milk / Food That Reaches Back through Slavery / Natural Poetry / Earth Ear
June 11, 2010
Worker Safety in the Gulf / Scientists Stymied by Lack of Samples / NOLA Residents Take to the Streets / Senate Keeps EPA Clean Air Authority / President Obama’s Science Advisor Talks with LOE / BP’s Image Problem / A Lesser Liability Load / A New Playground for Kids to Play Naturally
June 4, 2010
Slick Technology / Eureka, they found it, unfortunately / The Gulf’s Other Deep Sea Wealth / A Clean Energy Wake-up Call from the Gulf / Cooperative Videobots / Emerging Science Note/Voodoo Wasps / Reversing Desertification / Begrudging the Grid / Gulf Update: Dispersant Nondisclosure
May 28, 2010
Fighting the oil in the Gulf / Cooking up a Storm- A Recipe for Disaster? / Blocking the EPA / New Leadership on Climate Change / My Planet Harmony / Humans and Birds: A New Pairing / Slip-sliding Away
May 21, 2010
Cell Phone Use May Take Toll / BP Spill – Investigating Criminal Intent / Gulf Oil Damage / Sustainable City Gardening / Eau d’ Fragrance Fears / Living Downstream
May 14, 2010
The Dispersant Discussion / Gulf Spill Impacts Ecosystem Services / Splitting the Difference / Climate Bill Hits Capitol Hill / Cool Fix: Algae from Wastewater / Pushing the Envelope for Clean Air / Earth Poetry / The Freshest Food in the Hood / Making a Novel out of an Anthill
May 7, 2010
Lack of Oversight on Drilling Safety / Spill Threatens Climate Bill / Losing the Chance to Find Out / Reforming Toxic Chemical Regulation / Marsh Fork Elementary Update / From Court House to Home / A Repurposed Life
April 30, 2010
Oil Spill Clouds Support for Offshore Drilling / A Win for Wind Power / The Spores of Sickness / Judging Biotech Seeds / Agriculture in Rhythm / Earth Poetry / Documerica / Bird Wonder
April 23, 2010
Climate Action, At Home and Abroad / Carp Cuisine / 40 Years Later / In Forests, the Challenges of Climate Change and Poverty / Human Rights in Cancer Alley / My Planet Harmony / Earth Poetry / Earth Day All Over
April 16, 2010
Senator Earth Day / Visions of the EPA, Past, Present, Future / Operation Green
April 9, 2010
A History of Safety and Environmental Violations / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Cash for Climate / The Politics of Capping Emissions / Bird Eggs Unhatched / Poetry Please! / Comic Relief for Climate Change / Woodcock Courtship
April 2, 2010
Preserving the Congo Basin’s Trees / Part 2 / Part 3
March 26, 2010
No Waves of Hope / Sun Sets on Udall / Listener Letters / Pushback in California / Climate Change, Plan B / The Postman Rings Greener / Food Revolution / Not Your Average Cabbage
March 19, 2010
Cellular Worries / Seeds of Discontent / Rural Rabble Rousing / Toxic Bodies / The Language of Landscape / Birds on the Wing / Note on Emerging Science / Bonobo Bliss
March 12, 2010
Pushing for Sea Changes / Autism and Toxins / Getting to the Bottom of Methane / Tree Planting for Carbon Raises Questions / Nuclear Shop of Horrors / Spring's A Comin' / Seeds of Resistance / Hollywood’s Unrequited Scientist
March 5, 2010
Climate Confusion / Note on Emerging Science / Nuclear Money Meltdown / Years After War, the Battle for Benefits Continues / Three Men and a Bike / It Was Big While It Lasted / The Sound of Solar
February 26, 2010
Trawling for a Fishing Solution / The World’s Largest Water Park / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Waste Not, Want Not / Solving Nuclear Waste / Here Comes the Sound / Big Blue
February 19, 2010
Climate Chief Calls it Quits / Ghost Filibuster Haunts Climate Action / Pika in Peril / Endangered Frogs Face New Threats / Urban Jungle Monkey / Fishing for Facts on Fish Food / One Fish, Two Fish, Farmed Fish, Barley Fish / Hard as Sea Snails / The Battle to Blend in
February 12, 2010
Hispanic Community Fights Toxic Waste / May Environmental Justice Prevail / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Blood Minerals Fuel Congo Conflict / Poultry Promise / Pundits Blow Whistle on Green Police / Swinging Swans / Oceanic Give and Take
February 5, 2010
Blasting NASA / A New Fission Provision / The Battle for Cape Wind / Coal Ash Controversy / Listener Letters / How to Scare a Bear / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Bird Whistler
January 29, 2010
Seeking A More Perfect Union / Manipulating the Climate / Up in Flames / Another Look at Atrazine / New Sierra Club Leadership / The Language of Landscape / Chilling Out in Copenhagen / Note on Emerging Science / Chimps Gone Wild
January 22, 2010
Rebuilding Haiti from the Roots Up / Republican Win Dims Hope for Climate Bill / A Year In, New Ideas for Obama / Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Good Fish, Bad Fish / Long Live the Kingfisher / Listener Letters / Walden by Haiku / Remembering Ted Stanley
January 15, 2010
A New Electric Feel / Scientists Push Against EPA Decision / Goodbye to These Times / The Oyster is Their World / The Language of Landscape / Ghost of the Mountain / Brave and Dead
January 8, 2010
Living on Earth’s Look Back / The Future of the Ecological Landscape / The Future of the Human Landscape
January 1, 2010
Inside Grandpa's Shack / Jack's Sketches / Go Hmong Boy!
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