It's Hot in Here

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/hotinhere20apr2009.mp3] Exxxtra special Earth Week Edition: It’s Hot in Here. This week we get real drrrty with “clean coal.” From the scene (i.e., mostly the bar) of last week’s Proposed Bay City Coal Plant hearing, we take you on a carbon filled journey through time and space. Interviews recorded from the hearing as well as […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere13apr2009.mp3] Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC) joins us in the studio… More specifically, we are joined by John Barrie (the Executive Director), Ben Connor Barrie (Special Projects Manager aka “Special Ops”), and Jeff Tenza (volunteer engineer). ATC is a non-profit organization based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan whose purpose is “To design, develop, demonstrate and distribute […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere06apr2009.mp3] Today we take a journey through the Caribbean as we discuss how the region is responding to both long-term and immediate climatic hazards. Joining us in the studio is Dr. Emma Tompkins, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment. She is a prolific author and much research that looks at current societal responses […]

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Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere23mar2009.mp3] Join us as Gina G, Shannon B and OR Johns heat things up with two exxxtra special guests. Lisa Anne Richey Associate Professor of Development Studies in the Department of Society and Globalisation (yes,  that’s Globalization with an S) at Roskilde University in Denmark and author of Population Politics and Development: From the Policies […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere16mar2009.mp3] We are joined in the studio by two staffers from the City of Ann Arbor’s Natural Area Preservation (NAP) unit: the Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator, Jason Frenzel-Wright, and City Ornithologist, Deaver Armstrong respectively. JasonDeaver But first the news… Some examples of new manufacturing and business innovation ideas in Michigan: WindTronics 760 wind turbines out […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere09mar2009.mp3] We’re joined this week (about 4 minutes in) by soon-to-be Cosmology doctorate Brian Nord who helps us explore the universe. It is also pledge week so consider showing some love (online even) for WCBN! A little news: the EPA is re-thinking a few things like dioxin clean-up ideas…. Then intermixed with our discussions […]

Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere02mar2009.mp3] 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 […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere23feb2009.mp3] This week Gina Gettum and guest cohost Aviva Glaser [Hot in Here’s own Chemical Correspondent!] pepper news you can use, oscar reviews and stone cold grooves with helpful hints to reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions! Butt First The News Climate Change is top national security threat and according to eminent economist Nicholas Stern […]

Audio[audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere16feb2009.mp3] Join us this week as special guests Andrew Brix of the Ann Arbor Energy Office and Jason Bing of the Environmental House Energy & Green Building Research Center get us up to speed on efforts to keep our homes and tree town green and how we can get involved. We also had Greg Vendena […]