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Vladislav Davidzon, Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable
Energy in Motion Bicycle Tours
Shaun Murphy, Founder of Coolfuel Roadtrip USA  Listen (11 min)

Kristin Patten, Outreach Coordinator for ONESKY, the Canadian Institute for Sustainable Living talks about the dirty side of diamond mining. Listen (3 min) 
Matthew White, President of GreenKarat Recycled Gold Jewelry explains ecofriendly alternatives to standard jewelry. Listen (3 min)

Former Republican representative Pete McCloskey is coming out of retirement to challenge "Pombo the Plunderer" in
California’s June primary. Could it be that Richard Pombo, a 6-term
Central Valley congressman is attempting to roll back every
environmental law that McCloskey championed back in the 70’s and 80’s,
including the Endangered Species Act?  McCloskey also talks about why
this race is a battle for the "soul of the Republican Party" (Pombo has
also been the recipient of $40,000 in donations from one Jack Abramoff). Listen (7 min)

To our loyal listeners:  We are
planning an eco-romance show, to air February 4^th.

We are looking for ideas for your Top
10 Favorite Eco-Friendly Valentine gifts.  Be creative, be funny,
be serious.  All ideas are welcome!!

Our favorites will be read on-the-air
to our national radio audience on the Feb. 4^th show.

Deadline for submission is Jan. 30^th,
2006.  Please send your ideas to Shana
Weber.

This week on EcoTalk you’ll
hear first about the "Kleercut" protest organized by Greenpeace  and NRDC. The
target is Kimberly Clark. Pamela Wellner, Senior Forest Campaigner with
Greenpeace, says the Kleenex maker is using environmentally unfriendly
practices to make tissue, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. Listen (8 min)

Then we’ll
talk to a former global warming skeptic-turned-believer about what role
climate change may or may not have played in last year’s killer storms.
Tim Barnett, a Research Marine Physicist at Scripps Institution of
Oceanography in San Diego, will tell us why he’s mad as hell at the
Bush administration. Listen (6 min)

In our last two segments the focus will be on
the good news about global warming with Union of Concerned Scientists President, Kevin Knobloch.
Have the cataclysmic events of 2005 forced a tipping point in climate
consciousness, and if so, how can that be used to inform and inspire in
06? Listen (19 min)

Listen to the whole program (37 min)