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Green Gifts, Polluted Air

With the Thanksgiving holiday comes thoughts of holiday gift buying - so what's a greenie to do in the season of consumption? We'll speak with Paul McRandle, Senior Research Editor for The Green Guide about some eco-friendly options including bamboo shirts, recycled metal jewelry and even less toxic cell phones for the tree-hugger on your list!  LISTEN to the whole show (37 min) 

We'll find out about gift baskets stuffed with everything from organic fruits and cheeses to natural personal care products from Eco-Express founder, Tamara Raphael.

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In our second segment we'll meet Lee Welles, the author of a new book - Gaia Girls - a fantasy adventure with an environmental message perfect for the 9-13 year old on your list. We'll get an enthusiastic review from fifth-grader Jenna Zimmerman (picture on the left).

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And then we'll turn to air pollution caused by cargo and container ships and why it's a major health concern. We'll get a report from NRDC's Daniel Hinerfeld and in-studio guest, Teri Shore, with Bluewater Network. 

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In our last segment we'll chat with Robbin Marks, of American Rivers, and learn why the hydroelectric industry is so pleased with the new Bush inspired energy policy and how environmental protection is getting sold down the river.

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October 30, 2006

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Forests, food, energy

Another victory in Congress, at least the opening round – Last week drilling in ANWR was blocked in a budget vote and Wednesday, in a rare bipartisan move, senators from both sides of the aisle teamed up with religious leaders and environmentalists to introduce legislation that would jump start cleaner car technology and promote development of alternative fuels. We’ll get reaction from Deron Lovaas, Vehicles Campaign director for the NRDC, on the significance of this drive. Now that drilling prospects in Alaska have been thwarted – at least for the time being – there’s a new push to open up more coastal drilling. What’s at stake and what can be done?  Lisa Speer, with the NRDC’s Ocean Protection Initiative, will weigh in.  And how is China’s changing landscape, and growing footprint, putting global pressure on resources from oil and water to steel?  We’ll speak with Chinese eco-activist, Wen Bo, of Pacific Environment, for a first hand report.  And speaking of china, what’s on your dinner table this Thanksgiving and where did it come from?  We’ll meet Theresa Marquez, catalyst for The Earth Dinner, a festive new way to celebrate food, farms and our bountiful planet. Also, the author of a new book that celebrates organic farming called Fields That Dream – A Journey To The Roots of Our Food – Jenny Kurzweil will check in. Last, but not least, are our national forests under fire from Bush and Co. and are your tax dollars contributing to the destruction? What you should know, and why you should care, from Carl Ross, Founder of Save America’s Forests.
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Betsy's guests this week are:

Wen Bo, is a Beijing based consultant for Pacific Environment.

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Carl Ross is Director of Save America's Forests

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Theresa Marquez is Chief Marketing Executive for Organic Valley Cooperative.

Learn more about the Earth Dinner.

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Jenny Kurzweil is the author of "Fields that dream: a journey to the roots of our food"

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In our NRDC partner segment:
Deron Lovaas, Vehicle campaign director, responsible for the "Break the chain" oil security campaign talks about a new bipartisan effort in the Senate to save oil.

Also more about Katrina and Oil, NeoCons driving Priuses and the Set America Free Coalition.   Listen (4 min)
 

Lisa Speer, Co-director of the Ocean Protection Initiative, about coastal oil drilling.

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Arctic refuge and clean vehicles

We'll start by a few moments from the celebration in San Francisco of 35 years of environmental advocacy by NRDC, including a few words by MC Robert Redford. Listen (3 min)

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We'll get the latest on the effort to stop Congress from opening the Arctic Refuge for drilling from Sarah Wilhoite, Legislative Associate with Earthjustice .
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We'll then turn to whats fueling the U.S. oil grab....our thirsty gas guzzlers. Niel Golightly, Ford's Sustainable Business Strategies Director, talks about their efforts to improve the fleets lowest EPA mileage rating and what he thinks of protests against the automaker scheduled for this weekend. Listen (6 min)

We'll also learn why Toyota, - the darling of enviros - is the target of a campaign by Union of Concerned Scientists and others. well talk to Louise Bedsworth, a senior analyst with their Clean Vehicles Program. Listen (8 min)
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And then Jeff Slye, CEO of Business Evolution Consulting will tell us what he learned doing eco-makeovers for the hotel industry. Listen (12 min)

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Talkin' trash

This week end, just when you thought the EPA might be busy protecting our embattled environment we'll tell you about attempts to loosen toxic pollution reporting requirements for corporations...a move intiated by the EPA...we'll hear from Sean Moulton with OMB Watch.
We'll get an update from Sierra Club's Daryl Malek-Wiley in New Orleans where hurricane debris, some of it toxic, is being dumped in marshy wetlands and then we'll really get down and dirty with Heather Rogers who just released a book on "The Hidden Life of Garbage".
And Arnold Schwartzenegger, is he greening the Golden state or is his image as an eco-friendly Governor being tarnished? The NRDC's California legislative anaylist, Ann Nothoff,  will weigh in....talkin' trash this weekend on EcoTalk. LISTEN to the whole show (37 min)

SEAN MOULTON – Senior Policy Analyist for OMB Watch

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to significantly roll back reporting of toxic pollution under the agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).

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DARRYL MALEK-WILEY – Environmental Justice Organizer with the Sierra Club New OrleansThe Louisiana Environmental Action Network filed a petition appealing a decision by state environmental officials to allow once-closed Old Gentilly Landfill to receive construction and demolition wastes from Hurricane Katrina.
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HEATHER ROGERS – author of GONE TOMORROW talks about her new book and the hidden life of garbage.

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ANN NOTTHOFF - California Advocacy Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) about Arnold and his environmentalism (or not).
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Read the article by Wade Graham in OnEarth.