Joni Mitchell’s song “Big Yellow Taxi,” from 1970, is the closest thing we’ve ever had to an environmental anthem. Mitchell told us how she’s bothered by green hypocrisy. Interviewed by Reese Ehrlich. (Originally aired: April 18, 2008)
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