While flying home this holiday season, airlines will throw away zillions of cups, newspapers, napkins… nearly anything consumed on an airplane that could be recycled will instead be carelessly thrown to the landfills. Recycling guru and NRDC Senior Scientist Dr. Alan Hershkowitz tells us about Trash Landings, the new report on the garbage monsters overhead. LISTEN (12 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Trash Landings: How Airlines and Airports Can Clean Up Their Recycling Programs
- Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:48
- Written by William Craven
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Unfurl the Truth, Face Jail Time
- Sunday, 17 December 2006 08:47
- Written by William Craven
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Ted Glick and Paul Burman stood atop the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and unfurled a banner that read Bush: Let NOAA tell the Truth. Who do you think should face jail time for reckless endangerment: Bush, or Glick? LISTEN (8 min)
Andy Revkin: Arctic will have Ice-free Summers by 2040
- Wednesday, 13 December 2006 19:37
- Written by William Craven
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New York Times Climate Reporter and Author of The North Pole Was Here, Andy Revkin tells us about the frightening new study that says Arctic summers could be ice-free by 2040, the earliest date yet prognosticated by scientists. PART ONE (11 min) PART TWO (7 min)
John Reilly: The Cost of an Overheated Planet
- Wednesday, 13 December 2006 19:35
- Written by William Craven
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Increasingly severe climate challenges require economic plans that will integrate new and daring ideas. MIT Economist John Reilly from the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change discusses the variety of economic perscriptions out there, and a rather surprising about-face on the topic of federal emissions caps. LISTEN (11 min)
Victoria E. & Twice Shy Clothing
- Wednesday, 13 December 2006 19:26
- Written by William Craven
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Model, Blogger, and Environmentalist Victoria E. introduces us to the offhandedly sexy clothing line Twice Shy: irreverent, edgy clothes designed for sinners yet made in a saintly fashion. LISTEN (9 min)