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Interview Archives: Climate Change
Friday July 15, 2011, 10:06 AM
Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change
L. Hunter Lovins, J.D., Co-Founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute; Founder and President of Natural Capitalism Solutions; and Chief Insurgent of the Madrone Project
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business and Economy • Energy • sustainability • Environment • Climate Change • Innovation
Wednesday July 06, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Global Food System and Climate Pressures
Stephen P. Long, Ph.D., D.Sc., the Gutgsell University Endowed Professor in Plant Biology and Crop Sciences; and Resident Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Bonus video: Stephen Long says improved lines of crops that can tolerate population increases and climate change are needed to feed the world’s food supply.
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Categories: Agriculture • Environment • Climate Change • Land Use • Food • Science
Monday April 11, 2011, 10:06 AM
Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do about It
Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Physician; Instructor in Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Health and Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Dan Ferber, Ph.D., Contributing Correspondent, Science magazine; Award-Winning Science Journalist
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change • Health
Wednesday October 20, 2010, 11:06 AM
Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland
Jeff Biggers, Award-Winning Journalist
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change • History • United States history • Natural Resources
Monday October 04, 2010, 11:06 AM
Ten Technologies to Save the Planet
Chris Goodall, Businessman, Author, and Climate Change Expert
Host: Bill Hammack
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change • Technology
Monday September 13, 2010, 10:06 AM
The Pakistan Flood Disaster
John Briscoe, Ph.D., The Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University; serves on the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Asma Faiz, Doctoral Student in the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, and Fulbright Fellow
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Disasters • Environment • Climate Change • Land Use • Water resources • Asia • Pakistan
Friday September 10, 2010, 11:06 AM
Climate Change: Potential Impacts on the Environment and People
Jesse C. Ribot, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geography and Affiliate, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
Donald J. Wuebbles, Ph.D., the Harry E. Preble Endowed Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science; Professor, Department of Electrical and Coomputer Engineering, University of Illinois
Host: Celeste Quinn
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change
Thursday November 05, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Arctic, It's Hot: Implications of an Ice-Free Arctic for Global Security
Klaus Dodds, Ph.D., Professor of Geopolitics, and Director of Politics & Environment Research Group, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change • Water resources • Foreign Policy-U.S. • International Affairs • Military • Defense • National Security • Science • Oceans
Tuesday October 06, 2009, 11:06 AM
"Confronting Human-Driven Climate Change in the United States: The Need for New Energy Policy"
Donald Wuebbles, Ph.D., Harry E. Preble Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
Host: Ed Kieser
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change
Thursday July 16, 2009, 10:06 AM
"Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States"
Donald J. Wuebbles, Ph.D., the Harry E. Preble Endowed Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change • United States
