Environment/Climate

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Mark Kastel from the Cornucopia Institute on Factory Farm versus Organic Egg Production

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Hosted by Dr. David Naimon An interview with Mark Kastel, senior farm and food policy analyst at the Cornucopia Institute, about their report "Scrambled Eggs: Separating Factory Farm Egg Production from Authentic Organic Agriculture." Read more

ALBERTA TAR SANDS - A WORSE ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER THAN THE BP GULF OIL DISASTER?

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Last spring's BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico alerted us to the unforeseen hazards of deep water oil drilling. Since most of the remaining conventional sources of oil are located in politically unstable regions of the world, many political leaders are looking toward t... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11-04-2010 What were voters thinking?

Airs at: Thu, 11/04/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

#cg_msg_content #cg_msg_content #cg_msg_content div { margin: 0px; } What were voters thinking? A look at midterm election results Voters were angry, distrustful of political insiders and worried about government spending - at least that's the narrative provided by the m... Read more

Between the Covers on 10/28/10

Airs at: Thu, 10/28/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

The guest is award winning writer and activist Rebecca Solnit, the author of numerous books. Her most recent book is "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster." She has made ten trips to New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Rebecca Sol... Read more

Michael Blanding and "The Coke Machine: The DIrty Truth Behind America's Favorite Soft Drink"

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Healthwatch

Hosted by Naturopath, Dr. David Naimon An interview with journalist Michael Blanding (The Nation, Boston Globe, New Republic) about his new book "The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind America's Favorite Soft Drink" Read more

PRE-ELECTION DAY SPECIAL: CALIFORNIA PROP. 23, DIRTY MONEY AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

The environment is on the ballot in hundreds of electoral contests in all 50 states, in the guise of anti-environmental, anti-science and anti-climate candidates and ballot measures. More than 750 congressional and state legislative candidates have signed on to support the ... Read more

Political Perspectives on 10/29/10

Airs at: Fri, 10/29/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

A talk by David Suzuki, geneticist, author of 40 books and host of the CBC show "The Nature of Things" for 50 years. Suzuki discusses life and legacy and asks, "Are we lords of nature, or part of it?" Credits: Recorded in Vancouver, Canada Sept 17, 2010 by Alex Smith. Fro... Read more

David Abram on "Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology"

Airs at: Wed, 10/27/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Recovery Zone

Stephanie Potter hosts ecologist, environmental philosopher and director of Alliance for Wild Ethics (AWE), David Abram who is one of Utne Reader's 100 visionaries transforming our world. Abram’s first book, The Spell of the Sensuous—hailed as “revolutionary” by the Los Ang... Read more

HIGHWAY TO HELL: CANADIAN TAR SANDS EXTRACTION & THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Airs at: Mon, 10/25/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Now that most of the easy oil on our planet is gone, oil companies are turning to exotic places to extract oil: deep under the ocean as well as from shale and sand formations. In the far north of Alberta, Canada, millions of acres of pristine boreal forest are being strippe... Read more

Mickey Huff, co-author of Project Censored’s “Censored 2011: The Top Censored Stories of 2009-2010.″

Airs at: Wed, 10/20/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Host Lisa Loving speaks with Mickey Huff, co-author of Project Censored’s “Censored 2011: The Top Censored Stories of 2009-2010.″ They will discuss the most under-reported stories the corporate media ignore. "Censored 2011" features a full Truth Emergency section this year ... Read more