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The Immeasurably Diminished Enviro Show, Tues., 1/3/2012, 6:30pm

January 3rd, 2012 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Another year gone by, another lost opportunity to save the planet. On our very first show, over six years ago, we read excerpts from the 1992 World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity which said in part: “No more than one or a few decades remain before the chance to avert the threats we now confront will be lost and the prospects for humanity immeasurably diminished.” In case you missed that from the 1992 Warning, we repeat: “No more than one or a few decades”. It’s 2012. Happy New Year? Brenda Ekwurzel calls in. Brenda is Assistant Director of Climate Research and Analysis for the Union of Concerned Scientists. The World Scientists’ Warning was spearheaded by the late Henry Kendall, former chair of UCS’s board of directors. If all that is way too much doom & gloom for you, we’ll bury our collective heads in the sand looking for the Fool-on-the-Hill and the Quote of the YEAR!, as well as search for some good news in our Enviro Show Echo Chamber and maybe the E-Valley-uation segment, but first it’s time for… Revenge of the Critters! A classic for the New Year: Elephant vs. Big Oil!

The Tortured Brook Enviro Show, Tues. 12/6, 6:30pm

December 3rd, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Recovered from tropical storm Irene yet? The Chickley Brook hasn’t. It’s gotten trashed by some engineers who should probably be working for the Once-lers. Andrea Donlon, River Steward for the Connecticut River Watershed Council joins us for some river talk and some serious E-Valley-uation. Then it’s on to the Enviro Show Echo Chamber and a meet-up with the Fool-on-the-Hill, as well as treating you to our Quote of the Week, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Otters may be feed up with humans!

The Shut it Down NOW! Enviro Show, Sept. 13, 6:30pm

September 6th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Continuing our monitoring of that radioactive ticking time bomb just over the border in Vermont we welcome Deb Katz of the Citizens Awareness Network back on the show to talk about all the recent events up there as well as the resurgence of the Clamshell Alliance and other protest activities. Like always we entertain you with our Foool-on-the-Hill and have you Meet the New Boss, as well as a trip to the E-Valley-uation segment and more, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! Fox in the UK is feeling at home!

Bee with The Enviro Show, Tues., 6:30pm

July 27th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Do you think bees are just nasty little critters out to ruin your picnic? (What? that sweet critter pictured here by our friends at the Beehive Design Collective?) Suppose we told you there would bee no fruit in your bowl or veggies on your plate without them? Dan Conlon of Warm Colors Apiary in South Deerfield gives us the latest buzz on the dreaded Colony Collapse Disorder and other issues facing our winged companions. As always, we visit the Enviro Show Echo Chamber, The Quote of the Week, Meet the New Boss and the week’s Fool-on-the-Hill, but first it’s time for….
Revenge of the Critters! Golfers beware! There’s a fox guarding the links!

The Revenge of the Critters Enviro Show, Tuesday 6:30pm

July 13th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. In the wake of the UN’s World Population Day we’ve turned our favorite segment into an entire show. Guess what happens to the critters and their habitats when the human population hits 7 billion. Jason Hribal, author of Fear of the Animal Planet – The Hidden History of Animal Resistance” calls in to share tales of four legged revenge. We’ll see who this week’s Fool-on-the-Hill might be, checkout The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and our E-Valley-uation segment, but first it’s time for… Revenge of the Critters – The Segment! It’s News of the Weird’s Least Competent Do-it-yourself exterminators. Don’t try this at home!

The Amherst Chainsaw Massacre Enviro Show, 6/7/11, 6:30pm

June 3rd, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Are we sick & tired yet of 19th century internal combustion vehicles dictating our infrastructure needs? How about the destruction of scores of trees to make way for roundabouts? It’s like a merry-go-round ride made in a little corner of hell and it’s round about time we reconsidered our priorities given the oncoming climate crisis. Amherst Tree Warden, Alan Snow and Shade Tree Committee member Hope Crolius join us to talk trees. We checkout some other valley news in our E-Valley-uation segment as well as news from the outside world in our Echo Chamber. How about we see who this week’s Fool-on-the-Hill might be? All that and more, but first it’s time for… Revenge of the Critters! Golfers beware: trees can ruin your game.

The Real Ides of March Enviro Show, Tuesday 6:30pm

March 10th, 2011 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. The Earth has shifted on its’ axis, Japan is not where it used to be, and nukes are melting down. Japan’s NHK broadcaster reports that the cooling issue at Fukushima Unit 2 could lead to the same type of explosion that occurred at Unit 3 on Monday and Unit 1 on Saturday. We think that qualifies for the Ides of March, no? The sins of Old King Coal was to be the theme of this show but life got in the way. Deb Katz from the Citizen Awareness Network calls-in with the latest on nuclear meltdown, radioactive exposure and official obfuscation. The Fukishima Nuclear Power Plant is a General Electric (GE) Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) with a Mark 1 containment, the same type of creaky old nuke as Vermont Yankee. Did we mention that the Nuclear Recommendation…err…Regulatory Commission just granted VY another 20 year opportunity to meltdown right here in the Valley? In any case, we’ll truly have a full house ‘cuz: Jeff Biggers, activist and author of Reckoning at Eagle Creek also calls in from Coal Country while here in the not-so-large studio Peter Vickery joins D.O., Glen & Jean to tie-in that funky old Mt. Tom coal burner looming over the Valley. Peter has been working with Mass Sierra Club in an effort to get Mt. Tom to switch to cleaner burning natural gas. Of course gas drilling comes with its’ own host of ills and in our Enviro Show perfect world we’d rather see corporados in treadmills producing power, but hey, it’s not exactly the 19th century, right? If time allows we’ll tumble into some of our usual segments like The Enviro Show Echo Chamber, the Quote of the Week, Fool-on-the-Hill and whatever, but first it’s time for…..Revenge of the Critters! Yellow sack spiders driving people crazy! Read more on The Real Ides of March Enviro Show, Tuesday 6:30pm…

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.

Our 5th B-Day Enviro Show!, Tues., August 31, 6:30p

August 26th, 2010 Posted by Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Believe it or not we’ve reached age 5 here on The Enviro Show. Yes, we have behavioral problems, but no, bed wetting is not one of them. The show turned 5 on August 26. We guess that makes us a Virgo and therefore: “fussy and a worrier; overcritical and harsh; perfectionist and (get this) CONSERVATIVE”! (OK, maybe not). Tom Neilson joins us in the studio for our Birthday bash. There will be cake….(well, it’s really corn bread)…for eveyone! Sorry, no burning candles allowed in the studio. Just because we’ll be partying doesn’t mean we’re asleep at the switch. Of course, there’s another more somber 5 year year anniversary taking place in New Orleans, isn’t there. We continue to update you on the ongoing BP Cover-up as well as hip you to other issues in The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and in our E-Valley-uation segment, but first it’s time for….Revenge of the Critters! We jump into the Wayback Machine to visit tiny jellyfish who kill you!