Pollinators in Peril - with Dr. Tara Cornelisse
- Green Street Radio
- Jun 20
- 1 min read
Changes in our environment are having a devastating impact on the little creatures who make our natural world function.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the EPA’s plan to ease scheduled restrictions on certain types of asbestos, and the failure of the New York Assembly to pass any of the strong environmental protection bills which had broad public and legislative support. Then entomologist Dr. Tara Cornelisse, Lead Zoologist of NatureServe, joins the conversation to talk about the plight of our pollinator population, and what we need to do to protect this critical part of our interdependent natural world.
Links from the Interview
Website of NatureServe: https://www.natureserve.org/
More about Dr. Cornelisse: https://www.natureserve.org/whos-who/staff/87171
Tara's study on the plight of pollinators: https://www.natureserve.org/news-releases/over-one-fifth-native-north-american-pollinators-elevated-risk-extinction
Links from the News
EPA planning to ease scheduled restrictions on asbestos: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/epa-trump-asbestos-ban-delay.html
New York legislature fails to adopt any environmental bills: https://www.wxxinews.org/new-york-public-news-network/2025-06-18/ny-lawmakers-halt-brakes-on-plastic-packaging-and-other-environmental-bills
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