Former Scientist with the US Climate Change Science Program Rick Piltz tells Betsy about leaving his post after a decade in of public service due to his refusal to work under the Bush Administration’s definitions of "science." He now runs climatesciencewatch.org, a site dedicated to keeping tabs on how our government handles the science of climate change. LISTEN (12 min)
Also, see Rick in the new film Everything’s Cool, which premiered this week at the Sundance Film Festival.
NRDC‘s Daniel Hinerfeld tours the house of our dreams: the first home given a Platinum rating by the US Green Building Council. It’s a Zero Energy, Zero Water, Zero Waste, Zero Carbon, Zero Emissions residence. Wow. LISTEN (8 min)
Renowned Economist, pan-Media Personality, and producer of the Ethical Markets TV show, Hazel Henderson is one of the most high-profile proponents of replacing the GDP with an economic indicator that measures the true health of our society. After all, what good is GDP growth if it includes the costs of cleaning up pollution or building prisons? Her new book is called Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy.
PART 1 (11 min) PART 2 (7 min)
Even if it’s just political football, it is refreshing for environmental and energy issues to be in play as the 110th Congress wraps up its first 100 hours. Jeremy Symons, Manager of the Climate Change Program for the National WIldlife Federation, chats with Betsy about Thursday’s big Congressional vote to make Big Oil pay taxes like other Americans.
They also review the ambitious McCain/Lieberman/Obama bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2% every year. That’s exciting– but can it pass? You’d almost think those guys were running for president or something…..
PART 1 (11 min) PART 2 (7 min)
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Joseph Romm, former Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy under President Clinton and current Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, shares with Betsy his three big picture solutions to global warming,
looks back at the environmental legacy of the Clinton/Gore
administration, and shares his insights on the legacy of the sitting
(duck) presidential administration: "They only like technology that
doesn’t exist." His new book is Hell and High Water: Global Warming– and What We Should Do.
LISTEN (12 min) Read his blog