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Friday, April 22, 2011

Minnesota Public Radio Stories

State of the Environment report on Earth Day
The director of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, Jon Foley, gives an Earth Day report card on the quality of our water, air and land. What are the biggest problems, and the biggest successes?11:00 a.m.
Guests
Jonathan Foley: Director of the Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota. McKnight Presidential Chair in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. He also leads the Institute on the Environment's Global Landscapes Initiative.
More from MPR
Red Wing area could be a hot bed for 'frac sand' (04/22/2011)
Dem. report: carcinogens injected into wells (04/17/2011)
Increase in natural gas production could slow interest in Minn. wind power (02/22/2011)
Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens at the National Press Club (04/19/2011)
New climate change case headed to Supreme Court (04/18/2011)
Minnesota researchers begin Lake Superior study (04/17/2011)
Resources
about Jon Foley
Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
How we can fix the jobs crisis
Marketplace Money Economics Editor Chris Farrell talks with economist Lawrence Mishel about the effect of unemployment on working and middle-class families and shares possible solutions to get Americans back to work.12:00 p.m.
Guests
Chris Farrell: Chief economics correspondent, Marketplace. Contributing editor, Bloomberg Businessweek. Author of "Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances," "Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall," and "The New Frugality: How to Consumer Less, Save More and Live Better." Graduate of the London School of Economics and Stanford University.
Lawrence Mishel: Director of the Economic Policy Institute. Co-author of "The State of Working America."
More from MPR
Obama's deficit plans run into economic reality (04/22/2011)
Fewer people in US sought unemployment aid last week (04/21/2011)
Newsmaker: McDonald's is hiring, but is anyone else? (04/19/2011)
Minn. unemployment dips to 6.6 percent in March (04/14/2011)
For many teens, a desire to work but jobs hard to find (04/11/2011)
Resources
Lawrence Mishel bio