Just when you think California has been as ambitious and unequivocal as it can be in the face of a looming energy crisis and climate change, the state steps on the gas: Dan Kalb, California Policy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, tells us about the latest bill in the California legislature, proposing a steep discount for fuel efficient vehicles, and a surcharge for gas guzzlers. LISTEN (12 min)
Freelance Environmental Journalist Seth Shulman was commisioned by the Union of Concerned Scientists to write a report on the tactics ExxonMobil uses to encourage public skepticism of the dangers posed by climate change. Today the Union of Concerned Scientists released his report titled Smoke, Mirrors, and Hot Air: How Exxon Mobil Uses Big Tobacco's Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science. LISTEN (11 min)
Can 10,600 scientists be wrong? That's the number of scientists who have signed a petition condemning the politicization of science. "The motivations are many, but they tend to come back to ideology and commercial interests," says Francesca Grifo, Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists Department of Scientific Integrity. LISTEN (11 min)
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)
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)
Shana Weber talks with with Francesca Grifo, Director of the Scientific Integrity Program about EPA Scientists Protesting Pending Pesticides Approvals via a letter sent to EPA's Director. The
fact that this letter had to be sent at all is an utter disgrace but,
even more disgraceful, is the likelihood that this warning will be
disregarded by an agency that is supposed to be protecting public
health and the environment.
LISTEN (3 min)
Kate Clancy , Senior Scientist with the Food and Environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists authored the report “Greener Pastures: How Grass-fed Beef and Milk Contribute to Healthy Eating” : "There are no losers in producing cattle entirely on pasture. Farmers
win, consumers win, the environment wins, and even the cattle win." LISTEN (8 min)
Francesca Grifo, Director of the Scientific Integrity Program for the
Union of Concerned Scientists talks about political censorship and distortion of science by the Bush administration. Listen (7 min)
In our first 2006 segment with EcoTalk our President Kevin Knobloch focuses on
the good news about global warming .
Have the cataclysmic events of 2005 forced a tipping point in climate
consciousness, and if so, how can that be used to inform and inspire in
06? Listen (19 min)
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