America’s Big Radioactive Secret with Justin Nobel

Investigative reporter Justin Nobel talks with Doug and Patti about his recent blockbuster Rolling Stone article exposing the massive problems and industry deception associated with radioactive fracking waste.

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Green Street Podcast – The Gas Rush

An intense and amazingly effective campaign is underway to convince Americans that natural gas is the answer to our energy problems. As a result,  a vast network of pipelines is being constructed across the country, millions of Americans are converting their old oil-burning systems to natural gas, and government officials are green-lighting massive new gas-fired power plants.  The oil and gas industry, which created the concept of a “bridge fuel” is hoping that their trillion dollar investment will pay off before people find out that over its lifetime, natural gas contributes more to global warming than either oil or coal.

The Precautionary Principle with Carolyn Raffensperger

On this edition of Green Street, Carolyn Raffensperger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, talks about the founding of the Wingspread Conference, and how this unusual meeting of scientists, medical professionals, philosophers and environmentalists developed a new paradigm for analyzing risk assessment: The Precautionary Principle.