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10:00Al Gore's Energy Proposal

Former Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore is challenging the nation to clean up its energy act. A look at the goals he's laid out and the feasibility of undertaking a major shift to renewable and clean energy sources in just ten years.

Guests

Cathy Zoi, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, a group founded by Al Gore to campaign for action on climate change.

Andrew Revkin, covers the environment for "The New York Times" and writes the paper's "Dot Earth" blog; author, "The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World"

David Conover, counsel, National Commission on Energy Policy; formerly at the Department of Energy as director of the agency's climate change technology program and as principal deputy assistant secretary for policy and international affairs; former staff director and chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

11:00David Giffels: "All the Way Home" (William Morrow)

Falling real estate values and the ongoing credit crunch have many home owners and potential buyers considering doing their own home improvement projects. One man’s story of how buying a dilapidated house and making it a home helped him build a family.

Guests

David Giffels, columnist for the "Akron Beacon Journal," contributing commentator and essayist on NPR, and former writer for MTV's "Beavis and Butt-Head."

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