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Are Environmentalism’s Days Numbered?
Over the years, environmental advocates have painted a picture of doom and gloom to get their point across. Find out why the authors of a new book on the politics of environmentalism think this approach is doomed. Also, who is responsible for gas leaks that happen inside apartments; why some Fresh Direct works are in a labor dispute; and a plan for dealing with crimes committed by the mentally ill. Also, listeners call in with their heat wave comments about the endless summer.
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The Fire This Time
Glenn Corbett, professor of fire science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, looks at whether the city should change inspection policies in light of the Harlem gas explosion.
Insanity on the streets
Eugene O'Donnell, professor of law and police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, former police officer and former prosecutor, talks about the dangers posed by mentally ill people on the streets of New York.
Local Delivery
Sandy Pope, president of Teamsters Local 805 in Long Island City, talks about efforts to unionize Fresh Direct's warehouse workers.
Nouveau Environmentalism
Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordaus wrote the 2004 essay "The Death of Environmentalism” that was a Brian Lehrer Show reading project. They follow up with a call for a new approach to environmental politics in the book, Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility (Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
Break Through is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Open Phones: Heatwave
Nina Planck, former director of New York's Greenmarket and author, Real Food: What to Eat and Why (Bloomsbury, 2006) talks about how the warm weather is affecting the fruits and vegetables. Listeners call in to talk about their warm weather experiences and if they are prepared for autumn.
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