Supreme Court Decides D.C. Gun Law Case; California Air Resources Board Proposed Plan To Slash Greenhouse Gases; The Story Behind The Disappearing Bees
Supreme Court Decides D.C. Gun Law Case
The Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling today stiking down Washington DC's 32 year old ban on handguns. Larry and his guests Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA, Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Law at Duke University and new Dean of UCI Law School, and Robert Weisberg, professor of Law at Stanford, discuss the high court's decision which found that the ban was incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment.
California Air Resources Board Proposed Plan To Slash Greenhouse Gases
Three weeks after the U.S. Senate threw out a national greenhouse gas bill California air regulators today announced their plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions. AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, calls on California to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Today the bill's co-sponsors released the draft scoping plan to implement the law. Larry and his guests Eileen Tutt, Deputy Secretary for Climate Change for the California Air Resources Board, and Derek Walker of the Environmental Defense Fund discuss the details of the blueprint which will alter the way utilities generate electricity, automakers build cars, developers construct buildings, and launch the nation's broadest market in carbon-credit trading.
The Story Behind The Disappearing Bees
Many of our nation's crops, and subsequently our food supply, rely on bees to keep them fertile. But in many places throughout the country, bee colonies are dying off due to a condition called Colony Collapse Disorder. This year alone, 36 percent of cultivated bee hives in the U.S. have fallen prey to CCD, a situation that is sending farming communities into a tailspin. In his book, "A Spring Without Bees," Michael Schacker explores the causes and effects of the waning bee population. Larry speaks with David Hackenberg about Schacker's book, the bleak future for bees, and the threat to our food supply.