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EcoRadio KC
EcoRadio KC is a magazine show, including live segments, prerecorded stories, and interviews. The weekly explores our interdependence with the rest of the world, showing the connections between the ways we choose to live and the health of the whole community of life.
Host Jon Hokenson speaks with Jacob Carter, a research scientist for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). In this role, Dr. Carter investigates how science is used in the policy-making process, focusing on issues of scientific integrity across the federal government.
Prior to joining UCS, Dr. Carter worked at the Environmental Protection Agency. At the EPA, Dr. Carter integrated the effects of climate change into estimates of future coastal inundation on contaminated lands, such as brownfields and superfund sites. He did this to help guide decisions on adaptation efforts that could better protect nearby communities from the spread of dangerous contaminants during future floods.
Dr. Carter has a B.S. in biology from the University of Central Arkansas, and an M.S. in biology from Kansas State University. He earned a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology and a graduate-level certificate in environmental studies from the University of Kansas.
https://www.ucsusa.org/about/people/jacob-carter
Jon Hokenson and Jacob Carter will discuss how superfund site cleanups ignore communities of color.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/juan-declet-barreto/superfund-site-cleanups-ignore-communities-of-color
We hope you can tune as we become more knowledgeable about where we have been and where we are going.
We at EcoRadio KC are glad to encourage awareness and protection of our world. We can create a sustainable present for a sustainable future! This will be a great radio hour!
