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Terra Verde delivers news and views about the most critical environmental issues across California and globally. From agriculture and wildlife to energy and climate change, industrial pollution to design solutions, Terra Verde brings you stories of struggle and triumph that will determine the future of our planet.
Are Northern forests a source of global warming or the solution? Forest Ethics has published a new report on protecting the Great Bear rainforest to prevent climate change while a new study by Lawrence Livermore laboratory scientists says that more trees in the north may actually exacerbate global warming. Pratap Chatterjee hosts a discussion between … Continued
Frog in a Coalmine? These days you hear things sometimes about frogs. Frogs with mutations. Frogs that aren’t developing properly. And you have always wondered what these frogs tell us about ourselves. Well, it turns out that some of the leading people on this issue are right here in the neighborhood, so we have lured … Continued
The Biofuels Boom: Sustainable or Suspicious? Biofuels are becoming big business, but environmentalists are increasingly expressing concern about the environmental impacts of cultivating biofuel feedstocks. From the rainforests of Borneo and the Amazon, to the corn belt of the US, Terre Verde explores the environmental and social impacts of the biofuel boom.
Ever heard of a chemical called Bisphenol-A? Manufacturers use it to make hard, clear, plastics. It’s in Nalgene-brand water bottles. It’s in the resin linings of food cans. It’s in the epoxies dentists use to seal teeth. It’s in most plastic baby bottles. And, according to the centers for disease control, it’s in the bodies … Continued
Host Pratap Chatterjee discusses environmental issues in Indian country with Carrie Dann of the Western Shoshone and Jeff Keohane, an Indian Law attorney. Carrie Dann has, for over forty years, been at the forefront of the Western Shoshone Nation’s struggle for land rights and sovereignty. Together with her late sister, Mary, she led the political … Continued
Pratap Chatterjee discusses the settlement between West Berkeley residents and Pacific Steel Casting Corporation, the country’s third-largest steel foundry, to bring about pollution reduction.
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