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Mercedes Lee, National Audubon Society's Living Oceans Campaign
Mercedes Lee is assistant director of National Audubon Society’s Living Oceans Program and editor of Seafood Lover’s Almanac. Monday, 4 Jun 2001 ISLIP, N.Y. Hi, I’m Mercedes Lee, assistant director of National Audubon Society’s Living Oceans Program. I’ve been with Audubon for more than 17 years (practically my entire adult life) in various policy, programmatic, […]
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Cindy Hayford, The Food Alliance
Cindy Hayford is direct market coordinator of The Food Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally and socially responsible agriculture. Friday, 1 Jun 2001 PORTLAND, Ore PORTLAND, Ore. Hi, I’m Cindy Hayford, the direct market coordinator for The Food Alliance. This morning, I’m preparing point-of-sale materials for a booth I’ll be setting up this […]
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Scott Exo, The Food Alliance
Scott Exo is program director of The Food Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally and socially responsible agriculture. Thursday, 31 May 2001 PORTLAND, Ore PORTLAND, Ore. Good morning! I’m Scott Exo, program director at The Food Alliance. My goal today is to find two Food Alliance-approved farmers to commit to doing a demo […]
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Jonathan Moscatello, The Food Alliance
Jonathan Moscatello is agriculture program manager of The Food Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally and socially responsible agriculture. Wednesday, 30 May 2001 PORTLAND, Ore PORTLAND, Ore. Hi, I’m Jonathan Moscatello, the agriculture program manager here at The Food Alliance. My day is typically filled with recruiting producers for the program and meeting […]
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Dumb and Duma
Residents in Kariwa, Japan, who live near the world’s largest nuclear plant, voted on Sunday to reject plans to fuel the plant with recycled plutonium, known as MOX. Turnout was high, at 85 percent, and though the referendum was not legally binding, such a vote is rare in Japan and puts the government’s pro-MOX strategy […]
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Sun City
A year ago, Los Angeles set out to become the “Solar Capital of the World,” announcing that 100,000 roofs in the city would be covered with solar panels by the end of the decade. The city said it would reimburse people for half the price of a new solar system, which can run from $10,000 […]
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The Engine of Progress?
One-third of all new cars sold in Europe are diesel-powered, and analysts think the number will rise to at least 40 percent by 2005. Diesel engines can use 30 percent less fuel than gasoline ones, and they emit far less carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In the U.S., meanwhile, less than 1 percent of […]
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China's dust bowl is growing at an alarming rate
Last month, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration laboratory in Boulder, Colo., reported that a huge dust storm from northern China had reached the U.S. “blanketing areas from Canada to Arizona with a layer of dust.” They reported that along the foothills of the Rockies, the mountains were obscured by the dust from […]
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The Food Alliance, Portland staff
Deborah Kane, Jonathan Moscatello, Scott Exo, and Cindy Hayford all for The Food Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally and socially responsible agriculture. Tuesday, 29 May 2001 PORTLAND, Ore. Deborah Kane, Food Alliance executive director. First, let me introduce myself. I’m Deborah Kane, and I play the role of executive director here at […]
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I Saw the Signs
Twelve percent of bird species in the world may go the way of the dodo, meat consumption is five times higher today than it was in 1950, and coral reefs are bleaching at a quick clip, according to the Worldwatch Institute. In its annual Vital Signs book, the group says things are looking pretty grim […]
