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The Enviro Justice Show

August 11th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Guess who suffers more than most from pollution and environmental degradation? OK, probably the critters, but next in line are low-income communities and people of color. Surprise! Some of this may become obvious as class warfare makes itself at home in the UK. The poor get dumped on amidst the plenty. Aron Goldman of The Springfield Institute’s Environmental Justice Bike Tour joins us for the virtual tour. As always we take YOU for a tour in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, our E-Valley-uation segment, a visit with the Fool-on-the-Hill among other familiar stops, but first it’s time for…. Revenge of the Critters! Raccoon battles woman over turf!

The Troubled Atmosphere Enviro Show; Tuesday, 6:30pm

July 3rd, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Noticed how hard it is to breath easy here in the Valley, especially in the summer? Sylvia Brandt, Associate Professor at UMass in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics joins us to talk air quality, asthma, biomass incineration, maybe we’ll even get to her work on the effects of climate change on Mid-Atlantic fisheries (or is that another show?). We’ll do the Enviro Show Echo Chamber, Meet the New Boss, the Enviro Show Quote of the Week, and our E-Valley-uation thingy, but first it’s time for…Revenge of the Critters! Macho “sports” fisherman gets caught! Sorry, you’ll have to see it to believe it.

In our E-Valley-uation segment guess who got busted again at the Vermont Yankee nuke? That would be our own Jean (she’s the shifty looking one in the back row with the shades on). Hey, they’re just a bit concerned about nuclear safety, aren’t you too? And, in keeping with the show’s theme: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Rejection…err…that’s Protection issues a new air pollution permit! Timing is everything! And, time for some good news (albeit a bit dated): 335 acres saved from McMansions in B-town!

The Summer Solstice ’11 Enviro Show, Tuesday, 6:30pm

June 20th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Solstice Greetings Earthlings. It’s the longest day and time once again to honor the Earth with a Summer Solstice celebration! We visit the Enviro Show Echo Chamber, revisit the Fool-on-the-Hill and re-meet The New Boss, but first it’s time for…Revenge of the Critters! Boating on the Thames this summer? Keep your hands inside the rails!

The Roadkill Enviro Show, 4/26, 6:30pm

April 20th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. In the wake of Earth Day we take a deep breath and checkout the damage from the wake of all those motor vehicles out there. Derek Yorks of the Linking Landscapes turtle mortality study joins us in the studio to talk roadkill mitigation. Of course, we revisit the multiple meltdowns in Fukushima in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber as well as some direct action down in DC. Back here at home we get a local response to Entergy’s lawsuit against the state of Vermont in our E-Valley-uation segment and find out who this week’s Fool-on-the-Hill might be, and who knows, maybe we’ll even get to The Quote of the Week, but first it’s time for…Revenge of the Critters! THE best squirrel attack ever! Tooooooo long for The Enviro Show, but we’ll give you the Cliff Notes version. No roadkill for this squirrel. Instead, this squirrel kills…..well, actually, just wounds.

Return of the Shopocalypse Enviro Show, Tues, 6:30pm

December 3rd, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Here we go again: people shopping ’til they’re dropping. Sooooo many toys, so little time? How about putting that money to good use? Rev. Billy calls-in once again to preach about the coming Shopocalypse. Then we get calls from Kristin DeBoer of Kestrel Trust and Lily Lombard of Grow Food Northampton; places where your gift donations will be money well spent. As usual, we’ll also checkout our E-Valley-uation segment, The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and our Enviro Show Quote of the Week, but first it’s time for…Revenge of the Critters! Reindeer attack….again and again!

The Green Vote Enviro Show, Tuesday, 6:30pm

November 18th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. With the 2010 Elections behind us and a House full of cretins in front of us we welcome Green-Rainbow Party Candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor, Nat Fortune to the show. We’ll check-in with Nat about the Party’s annual convention at Clark University in Worcester last week and his excellent run for office that put the Green-Rainbow Party on the map for the future. As always we visit The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and our E-Valley-uation and Fool on the Hill segments. We’ll also give you our Enviro Show Quote of the Week and if time allows we’ll Meet the New Boss once again, but first it’s time for….
Revenge of the Critters! Elephants bust out! It’s not just the GOP taking out poor farmers.

The Toxic 100 Enviro Show, Tuesday, 6:30pm

November 6th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Tired of the toxic atmosphere these days? Michael Ash and Jim Boyce of our own UMass Political Economy Research Institute clue us in on the Toxic 100 Air Polluters in the nation. Speaking of breathing room, Massachusetts has significantly reduced mercury emissions from power plants and incinerators. We’ll check that out in the Enviro Show Echo Chamber and see what’s happening locally in our E-Valley-uation segment. As always, we give you the Quote of the Week and maybe have another look at The Fool on the Hill, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! “New Zealand has these big green parrots called keas, which like to eat windshield wipers. Why do you suppose they hate cars so much??

The Summer Solstice Enviro Show, Tuesday, June 22, 6:30pm

June 19th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

The Summer Solstice Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlngs. It’s that time of year again: Summer Solstice, time for the fire festival. Happy Midsummer Eve! Our in-house pagans, Laura & Penny return to (ahem!) enlighten us all. Also, roving reporter (and Bardic Insurgent) Tom Neilson calls in from the U.S. Social Forum. And, a call from Mike Howells, an activist from New Orleans with his finger on the pulse of what’s going on with grassroots response to BP’s crimes against the planet. As always, we’ll scope out the news in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, as well as locally in our E-Valley-uation segment where we introduce (fanfare please) our very first Annual Enviro Show Big Green Clear Cutters Award!, but first, it’s time for……Revenge of the Critters! Gardeners beware! It’s the Attack of the Killer Mutant Leek Moths! Read more on The Summer Solstice Enviro Show, Tuesday, June 22, 6:30pm…

The Slippery Critters Enviro Show

May 7th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Happy Air Quality Awareness Week! How’s that “Drill, Baby Drill!” working out for ‘ya? We’ll be looking into some of the slippery characters and their corporado friends responsible for the slippery critters in the unmitigated disaster in the Gulf of Mexico; that during The Enviro Show Echo Chamber. Research professor at the Department of Natural Resources Conservation, UMass Amherst, and leader of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Massachusetts Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Stephen DeStefano joins us to talk about those critters slipping through your yard. His recent book, “Coyote at the Kitchen Door” is making the rounds here in the studio. As usual, we’ll delve into some of the local news in our E-Valley-uation segment and do The Enviro Show Quote of the Week, but first it’s time for….

Revenge of the Critters! Sea Turtles aren’t simply victims of us four-leggeds ‘ya know. Tables turned on the little surfer girl!

The Spring VFR On-air Fund Drive Enviro Show

April 24th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. It’s time to pay the piper once again. Valley Free Radio runs on YOUR donations, not on corporate largess that dictates content. VFR is independent community radio and The Enviro Show is just one of many locally produced shows that VFR makes possible. Now we are asking you to help keep the show on the air. To help us during the fund drive our roving reporter and legendary troubadour, Tom Neilson joins us for the hour. We’ll engage in a bit of Echo Chamber reverb and do The Quote of the Week and our E- Valley-uation segment, but first it’s time for……..Revenge of the Critters! Jellyfish turn the tables on the fishers.