The topic of this episode is EPR programs for packaging materials, which have begun to proliferate in the U.S. Four states have now implemented EPR programs, others have proposed legislation, and more states are expected to follow suit in the years to come.
You know start time are you ready to start trying. To. Be easy Chicago and p r x This is sound opinions I m Jim to your goddess and I m Greg this week we re going to share some of our favorite new music that s flying under the radar from a Cameroonian American mentalist to a Seattle punk blues band we ve got new music you need to hear and we ll have a conversation and performance from singer songwriter Joan Shelley coming. That s all coming up and sound opinions. Sound Opinions is supported by this island pairing hearing music since 1988 Silent beer company Chicago Illinois listen critically enjoy response. You are listening to sound opinions and later in the show we re going to talk to Joan Shelley But 1st it s time for another round of buried treasures Jim a feature that we try to do as often as we can because we have a huge backlog of beloved music that we have here hasn t gotten enough attention when it came out that I ve always got a couple dozen tracks in contention for the show
Inches to one of the country s bedrock environmental laws if finalized federal agencies would no longer have to consider climate change before approving big projects such as oil pipelines and highways N.P.R. s Jeff Brady has more the National Environmental Policy Act or Nepa is 50 years old and requires federal agencies to analyze a project s environmental consequences and also gives the public a chance to comment on government decisions for many years now a wide range of industries have complained that the need for a process is time consuming and expensive the changes expected today are designed to streamline that process but environmental groups say the changes would undermine the intent of the law and make it difficult to plan for the effects of climate change court challenges are expected and the changes are unlikely to be made final before the November election Jeff Brady n.p.r. News Puerto Rico continues to be shaken by earthquakes there have been half a dozen already today some
Tough response to prevent anti semitic crimes following Saturday s stabbing attack during a Hanukkah celebration in New York N.P.R. s Daniel Estrin reports from Jerusalem Israel s consul general in New York said quote another hate crime against Jews was just a matter of time the envoy said he met the New York City police commissioner a week ago to discuss anti-Semitic incidents in the city former Israeli defense minister of ignore Lieberman said the solution to attacks like the one in New York is for Jews to move to Israel other Israeli leaders stop short of saying that after attacks on Jews in France and elsewhere Israeli officials have encouraged Jews to move to Israel for their safety but there s a long standing tradition that Israeli officials don t do that when it comes to American citizens Daniel Estrin n.p.r. News Jerusalem Secretary of State Mike Pompei o says u.s. Airstrikes targeting Iranian backed militia in Iraq in Syria were meant to send a message they were in response t
Has been a major spike in anti-Semitic attacks in New York this year for n.p.r. News I m Sean Carlson in New York the Russian military has declared its new intercontinental weapon operational They say the weapon can fly 27 times the speed of sound and can make Sherpa new verse while heading toward its target if true that would make the missile much harder to intercept officials say the missile can also carry a payload of up to 2 megatons the flu is in full swing just in time for the holidays the c.d.c. Estimates that 4600000 Americans have had the flu so far this season and it s not over yet N.P.R. s Sidney leptin reports 25 states are now experiencing high flu activity according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention It estimates that there have been $39000.00 hospitalizations from the flu so far the rate of hospitalization is similar to previously seasons this flu season is still gaining steam according to Dr William Schaffner with Vanderbilt University Medical Center it