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Google Apocalypse
By Avishay Artsy on Friday, May 30, 2008.Warnings about global warming and rising temperatures seem a little abstract. With the most recent version of Google Earth, you can now watch the next hundred years of climate change unfold before your eyes.
US Senate Expected to Debate Climate Security Act
By Amy Quinton on Friday, May 30, 2008.U S Senators are expected to debate global warming legislation on Monday. The Climate Security Act aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and set up a national cap and trade system for polluters.
New Hampshire’s Senators have not yet said how they might vote on the legislation – but both have major concerns with it.
As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, the legislation may be the biggest and most complex the Senate will take up this year.
Dimming the Lights
By Rosemary Conroy on Friday, May 30, 2008.Exterior lights are ineffective at their intended purpose, and as Rosemary explains have unintended consequences.
Wild Horses, You Can Take One Away
By Susan Sharon on Wednesday, May 28, 2008.A little bit of the wild West will be rolling into New Hampshire late next week.
The Federal Bureau of Land Management has rounded up seventy wild horses and burros on public lands in Nevada and is putting them up for bid at a three-day public auction.
If you're willing to make a long term commitment to care for these animals, have at least 125 dollars and the right kind of facility, one of these animals could be yours to keep.
Maine Public Radio's Susan Sharon reports.
To Spray or Not to Spray?
By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, May 28, 2008.For most of us, summer mosquitoes are just an annoyance, but they can be dangerous if they carry Eastern Equine Encephalitis or West Nile Virus. Some towns spray insecticide each year to reduce the risk of these diseases, but others choose not to, saying there's potential harm in spraying as well. We’ll look at the debate over whether to spray or not to spray.
Guests
- Alan Eaton, entomologist with the UNH Cooperative Extension and coordinator of their Integrated Pest Management program
- Kim McNamara, Public Health Official for Portsmouth
- Melodie Esterberg, Public Works Director for Rochester
- Dr. Jason Stull, State Public Health Veterinarian at the Department of Health and Human Services
Next Green Thing: The War on Carbon
By Abby Goldstein on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.Here’s a quiz. What is the most important thing you can do to stop global warming? Is it eating organic? Turning down the A/C? Driving a hybrid car?
According to the June issue of WIRED Magazine, none of those things are as important as cutting carbon. Instead we should embrace nuclear power, clear-cut the old-growth forests, forget organic food, and ditch the hybrid car, all in an effort to slow down global warming by any mean necessary.
As part of our series "The Next Green Thing," WIRED contributing editor Spencer Reiss joined Word of Mouth to kill some of environmentalism's sacred cows with the "ten inconvenient truths" of climate change.
(Photo by James Phelps)
Are You Going Green This Summer?
By Avishay Artsy on Sunday, May 25, 2008.It feels like summer is finally here in all its glory, and so are record-high gas prices, which means it's making a lot more sense to ditch the car and bike or walk to work instead. It's one small way we can shrink our carbon footprints. This coming Tuesday, Word of Mouth will look at the real changes we need to make to reverse global warming.
Agriculture Commissioner Lorraine Stuart Merrill
By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, May 22, 2008.Almost six months ago, Stratham dairy farmer Lorraine Stuart Merrill was sworn in as the state’s new Commissioner of Agriculture, replacing longtime commissioner Steve Taylor. Merrill takes the reins at a time where high fuel prices have been putting a renewed focus on local agriculture. We’ll talk with Commissioner Merrill about her time months on the job and what the department is doing to support local farms and farmers.
Guest
- Lorraine Stuart Merrill, New Hampshire’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Markets & Food
Manure Market Emerges
By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.The price for fertilizer has skyrocketed.
As farmers have scrambled to find alternatives for their crops, they’ve begun to reevaluate the reliable source right under their noses.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports that dairy and poultry manure has never smelled so good.
The Inventions of Tomorrow
By Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.We’re living in challenging times. Global warming and fuel shortages call for new ways to meet our energy needs. Major bridge collapses and earthquakes prompt us to rethink how we construct cities. Terminal illnesses and other injuries drive the search for effective treatment.
Some answers are arriving from laboratories and universities. But solutions are also being dreamed up in garages and the basement next door. For the second year in a row, Popular Science is recognizing ten creative new inventions in its June 2008 issue.
A zero-emission one-wheeled motorcycle, a steam engine for cars, a transmitter that detects lost miners using a motion sensor, and more. To find out about these inventors and the devices that could change our lives, we spoke with Mike Haney, executive editor of Popular Science.
Read the full list of Popular Science's 2008 Invention Awards winners
(Photo of Harry Schoell and his steam engine by John B. Carnett)
