Alaska WIlderness League Executive Director Cindy Shogan sits down with Betsy to urge all of us to stand up and be counted on March 20th in Washington, DC. LISTEN (11 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Cool The Planet, Save The Arctic
- Friday, 09 March 2007 20:23
- Written by William Craven
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TreehuggerRadio
- Friday, 09 March 2007 20:19
- Written by William Craven
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Treehugger looks at the winners of this year’s Globie Awards while Warren McLaren reports from Sydney on Australia’s recent
move to ban the bulb. Also, Congress is taking seriously the idea of
passing a Renewable Porfolio Standard for the nation. Dr. Ana Unruh
Cohen of the Center for American Progress explains what this might look
like. We also speak to David Suzuki about his recent sustainability
tour of Canadian provinces. LISTEN (9 min)
The Heat Is On: Making Global Warming A Presidential Priority
- Thursday, 08 March 2007 20:32
- Written by William Craven
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As long as this absurdly early presidential campaign season is underway, EcoTalk might as well get its two cents in. Simply hearing environmental platitudes on the campaign trail represents progress, but it is our job to tell them what we expect from them on energy policy and climate change. Here Tony Massaro, Political Director for the League of Conservation Voters, talks about how they and other green groups are putting heat on politicians in every single congressional district in the United States. LISTEN (10 min)
Robert Borosage: When’s the idea primary?
- Thursday, 08 March 2007 20:30
- Written by William Craven
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Campaign for America’s Future co-Director Robert Borosage laments the petty frivolity of this early presidential campaign season and breaks down Barack, Hillary, (Al?) and John’s positions on energy, sure to be the issue of the post-Bush era: "Hillary has pledged to be governed by the rules of pay-as-you go, not spending any money without a way to pay for it. Republicans will block any effort to increase taxes. So it’s not at all clear how much resources can be freed up to create a bill that will have the scope, and the depth, and the breadth of a multi-layered drive towards energy independence."
LISTEN (8 min)
Dmitry Lisitsyn and the fight for Sakhalin
- Thursday, 08 March 2007 20:21
- Written by William Craven
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In January we invited Pacific Environment to tell us about Shell Oil’s Sakhalin Project, the largest oil project in the world. Unsurprisingly, this project has wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and people of Sakhalin, an island in the Russian Far East. Here local activist Dmitry Lisitsyn and Sara Moore tell Betsy about the citizens of Sakhalin and their fight for the only land that they can call home.
The politics are complicated, the corporate profiteering is staggering, the people of Sakhalin are secure in their human rights, and the game is not yet over. LISTEN (11 min)