EcoTalk’s very own Clean Air Correspondent Frank O’Donnell waxes funny and fiery on President Bush’s State of the Union speech: "He’s starting to talk the talk, but he’s a long way from walking the walk. He’s tip-toeing in the right direction, but he is not coming forward with any plan at all to actually limit emissions related to global warming." LISTEN (11 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Frank O’Donnell on the State of the Union: Cars, Coal, and Corn
- Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:22
- Written by William Craven
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Ana Unruh Cohen’s take on the State of the Union
- Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:19
- Written by William Craven
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Ana Unruh Cohen, Director of Environmental Policy with the Center for American Progress, gave us her take on the President’s trip to the Capitol: "Recognition of the challenge is not enough. We need action." LISTEN (8 min)
EcoHangers vs. All that Metal in Your Closet
- Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:17
- Written by William Craven
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Advertising veteran Bob Kantor of the Hanger Network used his experience and his ingenuity to fill the needs that he saw in the marketplace: the need for new marketing opportunities and the problem of all the energy extracted from making wire hangers, and the 3.5 billion of them that end up in landfills. The result of his brainstorming? 100% recycled paper hangers that he promises are stronger and more durable than the wire ones in your closet. And selling adspace on them has made them profitable. LISTEN (10 min)
Sarah B. Pralle: Branching Out, Digging In
- Wednesday, 24 January 2007 21:14
- Written by William Craven
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Syracuse University Professor of Political Science Sarah B. Pralle shares with Betsy her new book Branching Out, Digging In: Environmental Advocacy and Agenda Setting, which explores why some environmental issues succeed, and some don’t. LISTEN (10 min)
Richard Cizik: Evangelicals and Scientists
- Tuesday, 23 January 2007 21:56
- Written by William Craven
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The coalition of 28 Evangelicals and Scientists that the National Association of Evangelicals Richard Cizik and Dr. Eric Chivian of Harvard University assembled do not agree about everything in the world (or in the heavens, presumably), but they do agree that climate change is a problem requiring urgent action on everyone’s part. Here Richard tells Betsy about his initial skepticism, his climate change revelation, and the common ground that will keep all of us on firm ecological footing. LISTEN (11 min)