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The Battle for Cape Wind

The decade-old plan to build the nation’s first offshore wind farm faces new opposition from Cape Cod’s longest established residents- the Wanpanoag Nation.


Also In This Week’s Radio Show (February 5, 2010):

 

The full show

 

Blasting NASA – President Obama's budget proposal axing a major rocket program sets NASA's plan to return people to the moon back a step but takes a giant leap to commercializing human space exploration.

 

A New Fission Provision – The Obama administration has proposed tripling loan guarantees to the nuclear industry, a move some see as shortsighted.

 

Coal Ash Controversy – Just over a year ago more than a billion gallons of coal ash slurry containing lead, arsenic and mercury spilled out of a Tennessee Valley Authority disposal site and into the Emory River. EPA vowed to revise disposal practices by the one-year anniversary of the TVA accident, but has yet to do so. Scientists and are calling for EPA to designate coal ash a hazardous material but industry says that label could hurt beneficial coal ash recycling.

 

Listener Letters – It’s Living on Earth’s turn to listen.

 

How to Scare a Bear – A new study finds that it's easier to keep the food away from the bear than keep the bear away from the food.

 

Cool Fix for a Hot Planet – The Minnesota Twins wants LEED certification for its major-league baseball stadium.

 

Bird Whistler – Patrick Dugan has an amazing ability: with perfect pitch, he can imitate more than 100 birdcalls.

 

Earthear – A chorus of frogs from the rainforest in Martinique.





Generating Controversy:  The Changing Climate of Coal
The problems and promise of coal, and the potential of new technologies.

Obama's Cabinet
A Nobel Laureate scientist... a Colorado rancher... the daughter of immigrants... LOE looks at the president's energy and environment team.

A Watering Can, Some Seedlings, and the Greening of a Nation
The story of Nobel Prize Peace winner Wangari Maathai.


Louisiana Storm Protection: Past, Present, Future
Why the levees failed and how to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Early Signs- Reports From A Warming Planet
How climate change is affecting communities around the world.

Fusion or Illusion?
A look at the promise of fusion energy.

The Secret Life of Lead
A twenty year study looks at the effects of childhood lead exposure.

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