T. Boone Pickens Says Natural Gas Reserves Could End Oil Imports

Coffee Brown, University of New Mexico, for Talk Radio News

Entrepreneur T.Boone Pickens points out the advantages of natural gas, the ease of conversion, and the possibility of ending dependence on foreign oil.
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Gore asked to apologize for underestimating climate change

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman describes how he asked former Vice President Al Gore to write a column apologizing for underestimating climate change as a way to express how bad things have become (0:49).
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Podesta calls DC government officials "robber barons"

In an exclusive interview with the former Chief of Staff John Podesta, Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner discusses Podesta's book "The Power of Progress: How America's Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country". Podesta discusses what he calls "robber barons in Washington", as well as ways to transform America's economy. He concludes by citing important factors that he believes would help our nation's housing crisis. (7:33)
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Big changes for the big apple

Deputy commissioner of the New York City Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis Angela Licata says that New York can expect dramatic climate shifts by 2050. She gives details as to how the city and its water supply will be affected. (:32)
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A regime of climate change

Jimmy Adegoke, associate professor at the University of Missouri in Kansas City says that our nation is already in an enhanced regime of climate variability and change, and that we must plan accordingly. (:16)
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Preview of G8 summit: Stronger U.S. leadership

Mark Helmke, senior professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talks about how the U.S. needs to cut carbon emissions and take on a stronger stance on the global warming problem in the the upcoming G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan. (1:27)
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Massive highway flooding predicted in Gulf Coast region by expert from Federal Highway Administration

At a discussion held by the American Meteorological Society on the effects of climate change on transportation, Michael Savonis, Air Quality Team Leader at the Federal Highway Administration, says that 2400 miles of highways in the Gulf Coast Region are at risk of permanent flooding due to climate change. He says that 4000 miles are at risk if smaller roadways are taken into account. He says that this high number is "a very good reason for the transportation world to care about climate change."(0:41)
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Climate change is influenced by humans

Bryan Arroyo, assistant director for the Endangered Species program at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spoke today about polar bears being put in the threatened species list. He said that we are in a changing climate and while there are disagreements about the magnitude, but the scientific research is clear and climate change is occurring. There is a 90 percent probability that climate change is influenced or forced by human release of greenhouse gases. (1:01)
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Energy independence doesn't mean U.S. would stop buying foreign oil

At a Brookings Institution discussion on energy challenges for the next president, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) says that energy independence doesn't mean that the U.S. "would never buy oil from Mexico, or Canada, or Saudi Arabia" but that it would never be "held hostage" for oil supplies. (0:43)
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Solar energy is reliable and usable for the future

Karl Gawell, of the National of the Solar Energy Association, spoke today about the potential of solar energy. Solar energy has been heavily relied upon in space for many years and has the potential to be powerful and effective in everyday life. (1:11)
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Wind could provide 20 percent of energy by 2030

Randy Swisher, the executive director of the American Wind Energy Association stresses the significance of the potential power that wind energy can have in the future in the energy arena today. (0:56)
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An Interview with Dr. Lawrence Brilliant of Google.org

Talk Radio News Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner interviews Dr. Lawrence Brilliant, an epidemiologist who works with Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google.com. Dr. Brilliant discussed the five strategic initiatives at Google.org, which is funded by 1 percent of Google equity, profits, and employee time.
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