How a Fight over Trees Transformed American Politics

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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It wasn’t all that long ago that protecting the environment was an issue considered to be above partisanship. In 1970, it was Richard Nixon who announced the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency and signed the Clean Air Act into law. So how did the environment become one of the most divisive issues in American politics? The answer is a fight over trees. In the 1990s, a fierce confrontation in the Pacific Northwest pitted loggers against activists and scientists trying to defend ancient forests. As it escalated into a national debate, it created new battle lines that would define decades of conflicts over everything from fracking to climate change. In this first episode of the new podcast series Timber Wars, journalist Aaron Scott of Oregon Public Broadcasting explains how it all got started—and why we’re still having the same fight in 2020. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Bose, maker of the new Bose Frames Tempo, high-performance sports sunglasses that deliver high quality audio. It’s the sound you expect from Bose with everything you need from sport sunglasses. Learn more about how they can elevate your running and cycling at bose.com.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Boes.
0:03.6	Maker of the new Boes Frames Tempo.
0:06.3	High performance sports sunglasses that deliver high quality audio.
0:10.3	Science has shown that if you want to be a better athlete, you need to go from
0:14.8	to go from training that sounds like this
0:18.0	to training that sounds like this.
0:28.0	Thanks to the revolutionary Bose Open-ear audio design, the Bose frames tempo lets you listen to your music without headphones,
0:32.8	so you stay aware of your surroundings,
0:35.2	no matter what you come across
0:36.9	when you're exercising outside.
0:39.2	Two specially designed speakers embedded in the temples
0:42.3	produce sound that's loud and deep.
0:44.4	An advanced microphone system focuses on your voice and reduces the sound of
0:50.7	wind and other noises so you can have clearer conversations.
0:55.1	And the battery lasts for up to eight hours on a charge.
0:58.5	The lightweight nylon frames are sweat and weather resistant and features soft silicon nose pads for a more comfortable
1:05.2	fit, plus interchangeable polarized lenses crafted for specific light conditions.
1:11.6	The Bose Frames Tempo, designed for sports, engineered for sound.
1:16.0	Learn more about how they can elevate your run or ride at bows.com.
1:21.0	That's Bose.O-S-E-com.
1:27.0	From Outside magazine and PRX, this is the outside podcast. It is the morning of November 4th, the day after the presidential election.
1:42.8	And as I'm recording, we still don't know who will be the next president of the United States.
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