It's Hot In Here

WCBN's environmental talk show

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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.…view-from-the-newseum

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​.nation​al​geo​graphic​.com/​n​e​w​s​/​2​0​0​9​/​0​2​/​0​9​0​2​1​8​-​e​x​t​i​n​c​t​-​b​i​r​d​-​p​h​o​t​o​.​h​tml
  • Contaminants in Common Brands of Bottled Water: http://​www​.ewg​.org/​r​e​p​o​r​t​s​/​b​o​t​t​l​e​d​w​a​ter
  • Take Back the Tap! http://​www​.foodand​wa​ter​watch​.org/​w​a​t​e​r​/​b​o​t​t​ledNext week, pigs in space!
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