Nell Larson

This morning on This Green Earth, Dr.Enric Sala, a National Geographic Explorer-In-Residence and author of the forthcoming book 

A major study published in the online medical journal:  "JAMA Open Network" has confirmed that an increased risk of premature births and low birth weights is significantly associated with exposure to air pollution and excessive heat during pregnancy.  Low income communities and Black women specifically were among the most vulnerable group. The peer-reviewed study was based on a review of more than 32 million U.S.

Environmental racism. It's a term we rarely hear and a condition most of us are either unaware of, or quietly choose to ignore. But environmental racism has been around for as long as there has been white-based power structures to foster it and, low-income communities to take advantage of.

This morning on This Green Earth, Nell and Chris are joined by Mike Luers, General Manager of the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District.

Phil Francis from the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks joins Nell and Chris on This Green Earth to talk about "The Great American Outdoors Act", a bill designed to fund national parks and pay for their over-do maintenance and upkeep.  The bill was just was approved by the U.S. Senate on a bi-partisan basis, and now moves on to the House. 

Jordan Clayton from the US Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service joins Nell and Chris on This Green Earth to discuss the Utah Climate and Water Report for the month of May. Clayton is one of the authors of the report and he explains why our reservoirs are relatively full while drought-like conditions are growing across the state.

In the second half of today's This Green Earth, Nell and Chris talk about the concepts of Green Chemistry with Dr. Paul Anastas, a professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment at Yale University.   It's Chemistry as nature designed, provides and prefers, right here on This Green Earth.

Today on This Green Earth, Nell and Chris first speak with Joseph Wilson, an assistant professor of biology at Utah State University, about native bees.  Studies show that there are over a 1,000 species of bees just within the state of Utah (!), many inhabiting the sensitive landscapes of our southern canyons and deserts. He is also the co-author of The Bees in your Backyard.

Nell Larson and Chris Cherniak speak with Andrew Rosenberg from the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, a non-profit that is tracking the ongoing repeal of dozens of federal rules and regulations designed to maintain environmental and wildlife safeguards.  This includes reversing regulations applying standards to mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants, the monitoring of methane emissions from oil and gas operations and, the lifting of a ban on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

 [We are in the homestrech of completing construction here at KPCW. In an effort to keep the noise down, we bring you a rerun of some of Nell and Chris's favorite interviews. They will be back next week with more This Green Earth! Thanks for listening!]

Amy May from Tree Utah joins Chris and Nell on This Green Earth. She talks about Tree Utah and their planned project as a recipient of a Climate Fund Grant.  

Walt Meier with the National Snow and Ice Data Center joins Nell and Chris on This Green Earth to  talk about Arctic Sea Ice, it's maximum extent this past March and how much has melted since then.  He also provides some information on what Arctic-based research is being impacted by COVID-19.  

Chris and Nell bring you two of their favorite interviews from the past, as we continue contruction, and the transition from the lifting of the stay at home order. Rest assured, they will be back next week, May 11th, with an all new show! Enjoy these interviews with Kirk Wallace Johnson and Earl Swift.

Kirk Wallace Johnson - Aired April 16, 2019 - Starts at (01:14)

In this episode of This Green Earth Lauren Lockey is the owner and proprietor of Sage Mountain, a non-profit that provides educational programming, advocacy and sanctuary for farmed animals.  She talks about the increasing connection between the number and types of emerging viruses and diseases humans are experiencing and the consumption of both wild and domesticated animals.

Mike Luers, General Manager of the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District, talks about the extreme importance that we NOT flush "flushable" wipes and other bleach-based wipes down our toilets.  They should be thrown away in a waste basket.  He describes the growing problem these wipes, along with paper towels, napkins and even tissues are having on the pipes, pumps and motors at the treatment plant.