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)
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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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Sherry Boschert: Plug-In Hybrids!
- Thursday, 18 January 2007 21:07
- Written by William Craven
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In Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America Sherry Boschert chronicles the coming together of Americans of all political stripes, from "left greenies" like herself to neoconservative hawks like James Woolsey, to call for 100mpg (100mpg!) Plug-In Hybrids as a solution to our environmental, energy, national security, and pocketbook problems. Let’s do it! LISTEN (12 min)
Frank O’Donnell: A Dick Cheney Christmas
- Wednesday, 20 December 2006 20:47
- Written by William Craven
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Correspondent Frank O’Donnell talks about the 13 states who filed a suit to force the EPA to strengthen particle soot standards and safeguard public health. You’d think we wouldn’t have to ask them to do their jobs.
ALSO: What is the White House giving their friends for the Holidays? Frank tells us here.
PART 1 (11 min) PART 2 (7 min)
Daniel Kammen: China takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
- Friday, 08 December 2006 15:04
- Written by William Craven
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As Berkeley Professor Daniel Kammen tells Betsy, it’s great that the Chinese government is considering a tax on industrial polluters. Less great, though, is that a coal-fired power plant opens there every ten days. As for the Republic of Texas…. LISTEN (11 MIN)
Frank O’Donnell: EPA takes a dive for the Oil Industry
- Tuesday, 05 December 2006 15:58
- Written by William Craven
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Clean Air Watch Correspondent Frank O’Donnell continues his extensive chronicling of the Bush Administration’s outright disrespect of the EPA‘s dedicated scientists, and their undying fealty to Big Oil. LISTEN (10 min)