We’rrreee back. That’s right folks, Hugo and Gina (minus Gwen, Gwen you are truly missed!) serve up all the envi­ron­mental news that fit to hear Monday’s from 12–1 PM.

• Two extra spe­cial guest, Dr’s Ezekiel Kalipeni and Mark Wilson dis­cuss their work exploring the link­ages between envi­ron­ment and human health around the globe, but par­tic­u­larly in Africa. Check their impres­sive credentials:
  • Dr. Ezekiel Kalipeni
  • Mark Wilson
• Big News This Week: Oil, Hurricanes and Rebels
  • Ike shuts down major U.S. crude oil ports
  • And could yield West Nile and other health effects (warning: Fox News)
  • Nigerian mil­i­tants declare oil war in Delta
  • Chad plays down World Bank exit from oil accord
  • Malawi goes against the “grain” with pos­i­tive (and some mixed) results!
    • Subsidies help farmers
    • Bans pri­vate sale of maize
    • Promotes irri­ga­tion
• Congress-Woman Melinda Jackson Parker, Free Downloads to Cousin Mosquito #1 AND #2! http://www.last.fm/music/Congress-Woman+Malinda+Jackson+Parker
• Sustainable fish of the week! US Farmed Tilapia!!
• Antarctic Winter Ice Gets Bigger, Arctic Ice Still Shrinking
• New Music From Malawi
• Enviro/Human Health Info and Stats
  • WHO on Global Environmental Change: http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/
  • CDC: National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm
  • Aviva’s Top 6 Bad Enviro Health Impacts of Chemical Pollution: http://thebirdsandthepcbs.blogspot.com/
  • Environmental Health News: http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org
  • NOAA
  • Human Health at USGS

Join us next week for our “Run for President, but Don’t Ruin My Planet” edi­tion of IHIH where we digest and dis­cuss each can­di­dates stance on key envi­ron­mental issues!