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Earth Matters co-producer and GRIP Executive Director Allyson Siwik is joined by Mariel Nanasi, Executive Director of New Energy Economy to discuss the 100% Renewables Campaign and efforts to transition to clean energy. Our global community faces a future of catastrophic climate change if we continue on our current path and do not reduce our carbon emissions immediately. With the loss of federal policies to implement the goals outlined in […]
Earth Matters co-producer and GRIP Executive Director Allyson Siwik discusses the wonders of Biochar with Gordon West CEO of GilaWoodNet With atmospheric carbon dioxide moving permanently above 400 parts per million, the planet has bumped up against the 2 degree Celsius temperature threshold agreed to in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. What can we do to remove heat trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate global warming? Biochar is one […]
This week on Earth Matters, we go public - public lands and public participation. Join Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance as she talks with Gabe Vasquez of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation and Jason Amaro of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers about public lands, Trump’s misguided review of our national monuments, the surprising truth about state trust lands, and the urgent need for public participation in the political […]
Earth Matters co-producer Nathan Newcomer interviews former Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director and newly elected Grant County Commissioner Harry Browne on his initial impressions of being a GC Commissioner and the not yet failed - though "flailing" - efforts of the NM CAP Entity and ISC / Interstate Stream Commission to bring about a Gila River Diversion project. Earth Matters is broadcast Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and […]
Earth Matters co-producer and GRIP Executive Director Allyson Siwik discusses new developments on the Gila River diversion project with former NM Interstate Stream Commission director and diversion critic, Norm Gaume. The NM CAP Entity has been "flailing" as their proposed action is no longer viable and the group searches for a feasible diversion project. Meanwhile the clock is ticking, the environmental compliance process has not begun, and the 2019 deadline […]
This week’s Earth Matters interview with David Miner is a blend of environmental and social issues. Miner lived in Kent, Ohio when the Cuyahoga River caught on fire in 1968, and when four students were killed by the Ohio National Guard in 1970. The discussion with Earth Matters co-producer Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance and David Miner takes us back to the events of the late 60s […]
Jill Hruby was the Director of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. Along with Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia is in the vanguard of US nuclear weapons research, development, monitoring, security and a myriad of services for nuclear and national security issues. Sandia is also a leader in many other fields with domestic applications, including micro-engineering, energy studies, nuclear nonproliferation technology, solar applications, and security and resiliency of cities. The Gila […]
This past week environmentalists and conservationists gathered in the State Capital in Santa Fe for Land, Water & Wildlife Day to call attention to the many threats to our land, water resources, and wildlife here in New Mexico. There are several bills being discussed by our state legislators this session that have the potential to help or harm our natural resources in the Land of Enchantment. Today we bring you […]
This week on Earth Matters, Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance talks with ornithologists Dr Dale Zimmerman and Carol Fugagli about their recent trip to Kenya to document bird populations and diversity. This lively discussion ranges from the political to the personal, as Dale and Carol talk about Kenya’s declining bird and wildlife habitats, burgeoning human population, and other conservation challenges. In a more lighthearted vein, they relate […]
