James Speth, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and author of Red Sky at Morning, America and the Crisis of the Global Evironment (2004),
joined us in studio to talk about global warming and his call for action in a
recent letter to the Editor of the NY Times.
LISTEN (part 1: 11 min)
LISTEN (part 2: 7 min)
Greg Papadopoulos, Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer for
Sun Microsystems discusses Sun’s Eco-Responsibility Initiative and the new "cool threads technology" that saves energy and space . Listen (10 min)
Peter Tertzakian, energy economist and author of a just released book, A Thousand Barrels A Second – The Coming of the Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing An Energy Dependent World continues his discussion with Betsy about how to get our society into fuel detox. Listen (7 min).
Betsy also mentioned Richard Heinberg’s "The Party’s Over". His mot recent book is "Power Down".
Commentary on
this week’s State of the Union is provided by Peter Tertzakian, energy economist and author of a just released book, A Thousand Barrels A Second – The Coming of the Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing An Energy Dependent World. Listen (3 min)
We’ll then take a carbon-free trip to Hawaii and learn about plans underway to make the 50th state first
in comprehensive development and use of renewable energy (the islands
get a lot of sun power!). We’ll get the story direct from Kyle Datta, with the Rocky Mountain Institute ,
which helped inspire the Aloha State’s Republican governor to go green! Listen (7 min)