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Reb looks at the heat island effect in urban areas. And... part one in our series on a new natural gas drilling technique. It's not regulated... and some say it should be.
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Lester looks at how things like your soda and your shirt might have genetically engineered stuff in them. And... a chat with Lester Brown from the Earth Policy Institute.
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The Environment Report will be airing a five-part series on "clean coal" next week. Visit www.environmentreport.org or hear it on a public radio station near you.
Many of us in public radio have come to a sobering realization: with the demise of so many newspapers, a greater share of the responsibility of informing the public falls to us. While public radio journalists have always taken their profession seriously, suddenly it seems more critical...
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Numbers are being used to sell or to kill a carbon cap and trade bill before Congress. Congressional Republicans have their own numbers that came from an MIT study. The problem is the researcher who wrote the study says the Republicans' numbers are wrong. Lester sorts things out with the MIT researcher.
And, the final part in our series on the future of coal. Shawn Allee takes a look at the coal burning power plants that are chugging along today. They've gotten through some regulatory hoops aimed at cleaning their smokestacks, but can they survive the next round of hoops on the horizon?
April 1
Today on The Environment Report...
One out of every four wells could be unsafe
to drink from. Mark Brush reports on a new government study
that found private wells had chemicals at levels that could
cause health problems.
And... we continue our series on coal.
Lester looks at President Obama's plan
to cap greenhouse gas emissions... and what
that's going to cost you on your power bill.
March 31
Today on The Environment Report...
What are we going to do about climate
change? The debate in Congress officially
begins. Lester looks at who's for the new
climate change legislation, who's against it,
and what it might mean for you.
And... we have the third part of our
series on coal. Matt Sepic reports the
coal industry is running a major ad
campaign to clean up its sooty reputation...
but coal companies are also pouring money
into research that's looking for cleaner
ways to burn coal.
March 30
President Obama outlines his vision
for the U.S. auto industry, but will
consumers buy fuel efficient cars?
And... we continue our series on the
future of coal. Reporter Shawn Allee
looks at efforts to build a commercial
scale coal-burning power plant that can
store carbon dioxide underground. The coal industry says it's needed. The future of the federal government's FutureGen project.
March 29
The government is forcing the automakers to build more fuel efficient cars and trucks. Federal fuel economy standards are being raised. Not a lot, but it's the first time they've been raised in a long time.
And the first part in our week-long look at the future of coal. Lester Graham looks at the claims and counter claims going out over the airwaves. What is "clean coal"? And who's behind the campaigns to polish up the black rock - and who's behind the campaigns to debunk the "clean coal" term?
Carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming are driving power companies to a decision.
They can move away from burning coal altogether or they can work on technology to eliminate their CO2 emissions someday.
While they're making that decision, some of the nation's oldest, dirtiest coal-burning power plants still run.
In the final part of our series on the future of coal, Shawn Allee looks at why they billow dangerous air pollution– stuff most people think we cleaned up long ago:
House Republicans used an M.I.T. report to come up with cost estimates for the carbon cap-and-trade program. Lester Graham reports the author of that report has informed the Republicans their conclusions are almost ten times higher than the report indicated:
Congress will be considering an energy and climate bill. Lester Graham reports the legislation would shift the American economy from reliance on fossil fuels to greater reliance on renewable energy and energy efficiency:
A new report finds that almost one quarter of the private wells in the country are contaminated. Mark Brush reports on a new study that tested the quality of well water:
President Obama wants the U.S. to reduce the greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that contribute to global warming. Congress is considering a carbon cap-and-trade program. Lester Graham reports on what that will mean to coal-burning industries and your power bill.
Coal has a reputation as a sooty, dirty fuel. More recently, environmentalists and the coal industry alike have become just as worried about the carbon dioxide released when coal is burned. In the third part of our series on the future of coal, Matt Sepic has this look at the science behind so-called "clean coal":
President Obama has outlined his plans
for the struggling auto industry. They
include restructuring GM and Chrysler
as well as help for auto workers and
communities hurt by slumping car and truck sales. Lester Graham reports lost in the details was the President's bigger plan:
The coal industry got hit with expensive
pollution restrictions almost two decades ago. Now, the government's considering putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming. Coal companies think they have a technological solution in a test project called FutureGen. In the
second part of our series on the future of coal, Shawn Allee looks at why they
have such high hopes for it:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new vehicle fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. As Tracy Samilton reports, it's the first change since 1985:
You are being targeted by lobbyists. The coal industry and environmentalists are both trying to influence what you think. In the first part of our series on the future of coal, Lester Graham looks at the campaigns for-and-against coal:
