<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version = "2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>The Environment Report</title><description>Bringing environmental news down to Earth.</description><link>http://www.environmentreport.org</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:16:02 -0500</pubDate><atom:link href="http://www.environmentreport.org/RSS.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Show: Burned by Flame Retardants? (Part 4)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=378</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Flame retardants help slow the spread of fire. They're in a lot of the products we own.  But when there is a fire, these chemicals release fumes.  In the fourth part of our five-part series, Rebecca Williams talks to some firefighters who say the chemicals can make their jobs more dangerous. ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=378</guid><category>Daily Show</category><enclosure url="http://www.environmentreport.org/podcasts/2010/MPMGLRC_ENVRPT_20100311_01.mp3" length="1923406" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Show: Burned by Flame Retardants? (Part 3)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=377</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Flame retardant chemicals make the products we buy 
less likely to burn.  But some of the chemicals are 
getting into the dust in our homes and they find 
their way into us.  Hundreds of studies are suggesting 
the chemicals could be linked to problems with brain 
development, and thyroid and fertility problems.  
In the third part of our five part series on 
flame-retardant chemicals, Rebecca Williams takes 
a look at why our federal government has not 
banned them. ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=377</guid><category>Daily Show</category><enclosure url="http://www.environmentreport.org/podcasts/2010/MPMGLRC_ENVRPT_20100310_01.mp3" length="1923405" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Show: Burned by Flame Retardants? (Part 2)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=376</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Are Fire Retardants Putting Us at Risk? Rebecca Williams brings us part two of a five-part series on flame-retardant chemicals.  The chemicals are in your body, and they're in newborn babies.
Rebecca looks at looks at why some health professionals are worried about the health effects of these chemicals. ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=376</guid><category>Daily Show</category><enclosure url="http://www.environmentreport.org/podcasts/2010/MPMGLRC_ENVRPT_20100309_01.mp3" length="1923405" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Show: Burned by Flame Retardants? (Part 1)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=375</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Are Fire Retardants Putting Us at Risk?  Rebecca 
Williams begins a five-part series on flame 
retardant chemicals.  The chemicals are in your 
body, and they're in newborn babies.  We 
Americans have the highest levels of anyone in 
the world.  In the first part of our series, 
Rebecca has her home tested to find out just how
common they are.
 ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=375</guid><category>Daily Show</category><enclosure url="http://www.environmentreport.org/podcasts/2010/MPMGLRC_ENVRPT_20100308_01.mp3" length="1923610" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Show: EPA Set to Act &amp; Renewing Nukes (Part 3)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=374</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Congress isn't taking action, but the 
Environmental Protection Agency is.  Lester
Graham reports the EPA will release its plan
for regulating greenhouse gases later this month.

And... the final part in our series on renewing
the nuclear past.  Shawn Allee goes to New York
where one aging power plant is leaking radioactive
water from its pipes.  Pipes that are upstream 
from a new drinking water facility.  It's a 
problem that's not all that uncommon in the 
industry. ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=374</guid><category>Daily Show</category><enclosure url="http://www.environmentreport.org/podcasts/2010/MPMGLRC_ENVRPT_20100305_01.mp3" length="1923406" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Show: Wind Power Potential &amp; Renewing Nukes (Part 2)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=373</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Wind power is a clean source of energy, but 
how much can it really produce?  Samara 
Freemark has the results of a new study.  
The researchers say wind power can produce 
a lot more energy than originally thought.  

And... renewing the nuclear past.  In the 
second part of a three-part series on nuclear 
power, Shawn Allee goes to the Vermont Yankee
Nuclear Power Plant.  Licenses for old nuclear 
power reactors are normally renewed, but not 
this one. ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=373</guid><category>Daily Show</category><enclosure url="http://www.environmentreport.org/podcasts/2010/MPMGLRC_ENVRPT_20100304_01.mp3" length="1923406" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Show: Cash-for-Caulkers &amp; Renewing Nukes (Part 1)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=372</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Obama pushes for a'cash-for-caulkers' program.  Orlando Montoya reports the program could mean rebates for homeowners who make their houses more energy efficient.  And... the nuclear power industry holds on 
to what it has.  Shawn Allee takes a look at the license renewals to keep the nation's aging nuclear power reactors up and running. ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=372</guid><category>Daily Show</category><enclosure url="http://www.environmentreport.org/podcasts/2010/MPMGLRC_ENVRPT_20100303_01.mp3" length="1923406" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>News Story: Are Fire Retardants Putting Us at Risk? (Part 5)</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4918</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Flame retardant chemicals help keep foam and plastics from catching on fire.  But certain kinds of these chemicals are building up in people.  And hundreds of studies are suggesting links to problems with brain development, and thyroid and fertility problems.  In the final part of our five part series... Rebecca Williams reports on the alternatives to these chemicals: ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4918</guid><category>News Story</category></item><item><title>News Story: Arctic Ocean Methane</title><link>http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4917</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ New research indicates the Arctic seabed is releasing methane at a rate higher than all the other oceans of the world combined. This recent discovery raises concerns about the pace of global warming.Lester Graham reports:  ]]></description><guid>http://www.environmentreport.org/story.php?story_id=4917</guid><category>News Story</category></item></channel></rss>