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2000
AUGUST
August 30, 2000
Dying
Breed
Mike James of KCTS, Seattle, reports on the plight of the Orca, one
of the Northwest's most famous species.
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August 25, 2000
Up
In Flames
Tom Bearden reports from the front lines of the exhausting fight
against forest fires in Montana.
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August 23, 2000
Managing
Disaster
More than 5.5 million acres of land have burned in the U.S. this
year. After a background
report, Margaret Warner leads a discussion on forest management policy and
its role in this year's devastating fire season.
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August 22, 2000
On
the Record
As part of a series examining the records of the two leading
presidential candidates, Tom Bearden investigates George W. Bush's environmental
record.
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August 21, 2000
On
the Record
As part of a series examining the records of the two leading
presidential candidates, Tom Bearden investigates Al Gore's environmental record.
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August 7, 2000
Scorched
Earth
Fires continue to rage in several Western states. An update of the
status of the firefighting efforts.
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JUNE
June 29, 2000
Wild
Fires
A wildfire rages near buried nuclear waste at the Hanford Nuclear
Reservation in Washington State. Governor Gary Locke gives an update on the
status of the wildfire and the danger that it poses.
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June 5, 2000
Low
Water
The past winter was the warmest and in many states the driest
on record. Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW in Chicago examines the continuing drought
in the Midwest.
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MAY
May 30, 2000
Stopping
Sprawl
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on efforts
to curb urban sprawl.
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May 26, 2000
After
the Fires
Correspondent Tom Bearden talks about the aftermath of
the devastating fires in Los Alamos, New Mexico, as residents begin to return.
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May 18, 2000
What
Went Wrong?
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and New Mexico Governor
Gary Johnson talk about who is to blame for the fires that have devastated much
of the Los Alamos, New Mexico, area.
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May 11, 2000
Firestorm
Governor Gary Johnson, Buddy Young, regional director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt discuss the fires raging
in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
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May 3, 2000
Clean
Cars
Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television
reports on building cleaner cars.
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May 1, 2000
Forest
Fight
Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on a fight over forests in
the southeast United States.
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APRIL
April 25, 2000
Growing
Airports
Correspondent Spencer Michels takes a look at the
controversies created when an airport tries to grow, as the FAA starts hearings
this week on plans to expand San Fransisco International.
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April 18, 2000
Limited
Access
Tom Bearden reports on the conflict between tourism
and conservation in The White River National Forest in Colorado.
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JANUARY
January 31, 2000
Food
Fight
Frank Loy, undersecretary of state for global affairs,
and John Richardson, deputy head of the European Commission's delegation to
the United States, discuss the ramifications of an international treaty agreement
to regulate genetically altered food, which was signed by the United States
last weekend.
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January 20, 2000
After
the Floods
Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on efforts to cleanup
and rebuild in North Carolina, four months after the devastating floods left
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ENVIRONMENT
