Residents like to think of the Washington region as the top of the heap -- the best in the country in terms of sheer brainpower and political might. Now it appears that we're also among the top polluters. Join Kojo as we look at a new report that claims our region generates more pollution than countries like Hungary and Sweden.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2007-10-01/our-regions-environmental-footprint
Our Region's Environmental Footprint
Listen Monday, Oct. 1, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. in EnvironmentGuests
Nancy Floreen
Member, Montgomery County Council (D-At Large); Chair, Climate Change Committee, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Stuart Freudberg
Director of Environmental Programs, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
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