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Hour One: Environmental News Roundup

With the headlines dominated by war and bioterrorism, news about the environment has been pushed to the back pages. In this hour of Science Friday, we'll take a look at some of the environmental stories we all may have overlooked in the past weeks.

We'll hear about a vote in San Francisco that gives the thumbs up to one of the largest solar power projects in the country, and a setback for plans to roll out electric cars in the northeast. We'll also get an update on last week's global climate change talks in Marakesh. Delegates from 180 countries met to hammer out the details of a new agreement. However, the U.S. was absent from the table. We'll find out more.

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Guests:
Kevin Braun
Editor-in-Chief
Greenwire/ Energy and Environment Daily
Washington D.C.

Henry Jacoby
Professor of Management
Co-Director, Global Change Joint Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mark Leno
Supervisor, City of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

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Related Links:

THE CONVENTION AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, UNFCCC
OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE SEVENTH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES, COP 7 TO UNFCCC
NY Times: Electric Cars May Lose Push in Northeast
NREL: Wind in a Minute
SF Gate: Election 2001: Proposition B
SF Gate: Election 2001: Proposition H
Cityspan - City and County of San Francisco Official Web Site
Solving the California Energy Crisis

This segment produced by: Annette Heist