Visibility

Report: Soot #2 Contributor to Global Warming

Environment

A new report says soot is a much bigger contributor to global warming than had been thought. Host Marco Werman gets the latest on soot from The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson.

Asian Haze

The World

Clearing Grand Canyon Air

The World

Deadly Particulates

Cool Fix- Light Pollution Solutions

The World

Particulate Particulars

The EPA, prompted by White House recommendations, revises a proposed air pollution rule, ignoring the findings of its own science advisory panel.

The World

The Haze Over Trade

An increase in trade from Asia has caused an increase in air pollution in California. Some Southern Californians are calling for stricter controls but not everyone believes the restrictions are necessary.

The World

Health Update

Living On Earth’s Diane Toomey reports that a major new study has found that as the level of particulate pollution rises, so do death and hospitalization rates.

The World

Launching a small business in a troubled economy

Amidst all the economic doom and gloom, we hear a story of one small business that’s actually working. Hilary Lanzer is a Takeaway listener and the vice president of sales at Ask Me, Inc., a marketing firm for travel services.