Environment
Targeting fracking – December 30th, 2014
Lori Sonken talks with Toxics Targeting’s Walter Hang about his company’s work to fight fracking in New York State and about what they’ll be working on now that fracking has been banned. This interview originally aired on the December 30th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreAfter the fracking decision – December 23rd, 2014
Lori Sonken talks with Helen Slottje, 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner, about the state of things in the state of New York after the Cuomo administration’s decision not to allow fracking in the state. This interview originally aired on the December 23rd, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreGreening up the holidays – December 9th, 2014
Lori Sonken and Nicholas Katz talk with Anna Kelles of the Green Resource Hub of the Finger Lakes about how to reduce the environmental impacts of celebrating the holidays. This interview originally aired on the December 9th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreManaging Tompkins County’s waste – December 2nd, 2014
Lori Sonken and Nicholas Katz talk with Tompkins County Solid Waste Manager Barb Eckstrom about the county’s solid waste management program and how it’s changed in the 25 years she’s worked there. This interview originally aired on the December 2nd, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreDeveloping Ithaca’s industrial past – November 24th, 2014
Samuel Whitehead talks with the Ithaca Times’ Michael Nocella about how the industrial legacy of the Emerson Power Transmission plant on Ithaca’s South Hill is impacting the progress of a mixed-use residential development planned for the site. This interview originally aired on the November 24th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MorePreserving land with natural burial – October 2nd, 2014
Among the rolling the hills of Newfield sits the Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve. Greensprings is a green–or natural–cemetery, which means they work to make sure a burial has as little negative environmental impact as possible. But Greensprings is also a nature preserve–by burying people in select portions of their hundred acres, they’re working to ensure…
Read MoreA compostable vision of waste management in Tompkins County – September 22nd, 2014
Samuel Whitehead speaks with Tompkins County Solid Waste Manager Barbara Eckstrom about Tompkins County Solid Waste’s growing composting program. This interview originally aired on the September 22nd, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MorePassing a new comprehensive plan for the Town of Ithaca – September 11th, 2014
Samuel Whitehead talks with Senior Planner Dan Tasman about developing and passing a new comprehensive plan for the Town of Ithaca. This conversation originally aired on the September 11th, 2014 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
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