Your Call 112508 Hard Questions about Wildfires

Is California asking the hard questions about wildfires? On the next Your Call we'll discuss how the environmental and economic climates are forcing hard choices on the state. How should fire-fighting be balanced with other state priorities in the budget? If we cut the budget for fighting fires, how should the priority list for those resources change? Is the urban core of the state building enough housing to relieve population pressures in high danger areas? It's Your Call with Ben Temchine and you.

Guests: Bill Stewart in Berkeley
Forestry Specialist at the University of California at Berkeley. Before joining the university two years ago, Bill was the Director of the research unit at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, where he studied resource economics issues.

Andy Stahl in Portland, Oregon
Executive Director of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, national organization of government employees holding the Forest Service accountable for responsible land stewardship.

Click to Listen: Hard Questions about Wildfires

Your Call 112408 The Road Ahead for the Big Three

Is the crisis in Detroit an opportunity to get the car industry we want? On the next Your Call we'll have a conversation about the struggling US auto industry. The heads of three Detroit automakers flew down in their corporate jets to make a case for federal aid to stave off bankruptcy. Skeptical lawmakers were unmoved. So what is ahead for future of auto industry? Is saving the Big Three an opportunity or just a big problem? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: Michael Brylawski, vice president of Rocky Mountain Institute. He heads its Mobility/Vehicle Efficiency (MOVE) Practice.

Kelly Erin O'Brien, Vice President, and host of "Life in the Fast Lane" on KUSP, Central Coast Public Radio, 88.9 FM

Chelsea Sexton, co-founder of The Lightning Rod Foundation and an advocate for Electric Transportation

Click to Listen: The Road Ahead for the Big Three

Your Call 112408 The Road Ahead for the Big Three

Is the crisis in Detroit an opportunity to get the car industry we want? On the next Your Call we'll have a conversation about the struggling US auto industry. The heads of three Detroit automakers flew down in their corporate jets to make a case for federal aid to stave off bankruptcy. Skeptical lawmakers were unmoved. So what is ahead for future of auto industry? Is saving the Big Three an opportunity or just a big problem? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests: Michael Brylawski, vice president of Rocky Mountain Institute. He heads its Mobility/Vehicle Efficiency (MOVE) Practice.

Kelly Erin O'Brien, Vice President, and host of "Life in the Fast Lane" on KUSP, Central Coast Public Radio, 88.9 FM

Chelsea Sexton, co-founder of The Lightning Rod Foundation and an advocate for Electric Transportation

Click to Listen: The Road Ahead for the Big Three