It's Hot in Here

Great Lakes Headlines, Coal, Toxic Tangents and more

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This week Gina Gettum, Shannon Brines and chemical correspondent Aviva Glaser discuss: environmental news headlines relevant to Michigan and the Great Lakes, lots about coal, a few toxic tangents and more! Un-censored!

You can read more about the Great Lakes round-up of news bits here

Read more about the exciting Power Shift 2009 and Capitol Climate Action here!

Sarah Cwiek (a.k.a. Gwen Hetfield) joined us as a Motown correspondent from the studios of WDET FM in Detroit and brought us greatly up to date on proposed coal plants in Michigan among other things.

DNA and Dogs!@@#$!

Our Washington correspondent Kerry Duggan….

checked in from the nation’s capitol and the League of Conservation Voters. (She mentioned the Coen Brothers “Clean” Coal spoof – see previous post below.) Check out her Great Lakes’tivities.

And a Toxic Tangent regarding bottled water and whatnot:

  • Extinct Bird Found! And then Eaten. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090218-extinct-bird-photo.html
  • Contaminants in Common Brands of Bottled Water: http://www.ewg.org/reports/bottledwater
  • Take Back the Tap! http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/bottledNext week, pigs in space!
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