Category Archives: climate change

Asian Pollution Affects Pacific Storms

Wednesday, 07 March 2007 20:03
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As Betsy says, "More proof that we all live downstream." When it comes to pollution and environmental degradation, it’s often not so much what we bring on ourselves, its what we pass along to others. A new report out this week draws conclusive links between carbon emissions in China and India with intensifying storms in the Pacific North. Report co-author Renyi Zhang, a scientist at Texas A&M’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences says that storms are not necessarily becoming more plentiful in the Northwest, but that they are increasing in strength and intensity. LISTEN (11 min)

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Harm de Blij: Why Geography Matters

Wednesday, 07 March 2007 19:54
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As Michigan State Professor Harm de Blij tells Betsy in this fascinating interview, "Geography is the only science that combines analysis of natural environments in the context of human society." So why have Americans become so ignorant of Geography, just at the moment when the Earth and its problems are ever more inter-related? Professor de Blij’s new book, Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America: Climate Change, the Rise of China, and Global Terrorism, answers, and guides us forward. LISTEN (12 min)

Advancing Science, Serving Society

Tuesday, 20 February 2007 18:51
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Vaughan Turekian, Chief International Officer for the American Association for the Advancement of Science talks about the noble skepticism that underscores all legitimate scientific inquiry, and how that differs from the straw men scientists being propped up by of the climate change deniers: "When 2500 scientists– and I there are actually more than that– that say that humans are impacting the climate, then humans are impacting the climate." LISTEN (8 min)

Live Earth: Concerts For A Climate In Crisis

Monday, 19 February 2007 08:48
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Cathy Zoi of the Alliance for Climate Protection tells Betsy about the launch of the SaveOurSelves campaign and the star-studded (Pharrel! Chili Peppers! Snoop Dog! Bloc Party! Bon freakin’ Jovi!) LiveEarth Concert Festivals slated for July 7th. She also speaks to the droughts in her sometime home Australia that are pushing public opinion towards greater conservation, and a more considered look at our relationship to the Earth’s resources. LISTEN (11 min)

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders

Monday, 12 February 2007 09:38
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tells Betsy about his letter to the American Enterprise Institute in response to their offer of $10,000 to any scientist who would challenge science showing that global warming is human-caused, so that they can continue to sow confusion, and put the brakes on all the progress we, the majority, are making: “It is a sad state of affairs when major corporations like Exxon Mobil and others are trying to cast doubt on the scientific work being done by very serious scientists on such an important issue.” Betsy wonders, “Don’t they live on this planet?” Senator Sanders also shares his hopes for the passage of The Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007 that he is co-sponsoring with California Senator Barbara Boxer.

LISTEN Part 1 (11 min) 

LISTEN Part 2 (7 min) 

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