Jeff Cleary of Blue Water Laundry tells Betsy about the dirty business of dry cleaning, particularly the practice of using perchloroethylene (perc, for short), and the three alternative methods (GreenEarth, CO2, and Wet Cleaning) that do the job without harming groundwater, air, or your body. Ask your dry cleaner for one of these options, and if they respond with a quizzical look, send them our way. If they give you stubborn disdain, let them know what the market demands, and that you’ll take your dollar to where you can find the supply. LISTEN (10 min)
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Jeff Cleary & Blue Water Laundry
- Monday, 12 March 2007 17:59
- Written by William Craven
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Sports Illustrated: Time to Pay Attention
- Friday, 09 March 2007 20:38
- Written by William Craven
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So your friendly EcoTalk producer here was brushing up on his college basketball to faithfully observe the March Madness holidays. I reached for a trusty issue of Sports Illustrated and…..my job was on the cover. In the latest example of the connections that people are drawing between climate change and, well, most aspects of their lives, SI asks a fair question: are baseball in South Florida, the ash bat favored by Major Leaguers, and the Winter Olympics all equally at risk? Cover story co-writer and fact-checker David Epstein tells us about the wide-ranging, thoughtful, and scientifically solid report that SI has delivered. Betsy rolls her eyes at a climate change/swimsuit issue tie-in, but if you ask me, anything to get the word out! LISTEN (11 min)
PS: Looking at the top of the magazine, you gotta wonder: Can we at least have some Organic Athletes?
Deadly Sonar: The U.S. Navy’s Assault on Whales and Science
- Friday, 09 March 2007 20:35
- Written by William Craven
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NRDC’s flagship magazine OnEarth features an article by Peter Canby on the Navy’s use of Sonar (widely accepted to be harmful and/or fatal to whales), and the Navy’s efforts to silence its (often authoritative, science-based) critics. Daniel Hinerfeld follows up on the article with NRDC Senior Policy Analyst Michael Jasny. LISTEN (7 min)
Picture: Ken Balcomb, Center for Whale Research
Cool The Planet, Save The Arctic
- Friday, 09 March 2007 20:23
- Written by William Craven
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Alaska WIlderness League Executive Director Cindy Shogan sits down with Betsy to urge all of us to stand up and be counted on March 20th in Washington, DC. LISTEN (11 min)
TreehuggerRadio
- Friday, 09 March 2007 20:19
- Written by William Craven
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Treehugger looks at the winners of this year’s Globie Awards while Warren McLaren reports from Sydney on Australia’s recent
move to ban the bulb. Also, Congress is taking seriously the idea of
passing a Renewable Porfolio Standard for the nation. Dr. Ana Unruh
Cohen of the Center for American Progress explains what this might look
like. We also speak to David Suzuki about his recent sustainability
tour of Canadian provinces. LISTEN (9 min)