What is Earthbeat?

Welcome to Earthbeat, your top-rated, environmental radio program.(83)First, let’s go to the news. We have some sad news to announce today. The federal government has decided to discontinue funding for environmental science on ABC Radio. This will mean that Earthbeat will no longer be broadcast after the last program in this series airs in November.(84)A government spokesperson said, however, that funding will be increased for pure science and business reporting. Let’s move to our first special report. We have in our studio a very special guest: it’s Amy Mclntyre,(85)the distinguished botanist and author of several prize-winning books on the flora of New Guinea. She’ll be talking to our reporter, Jim Cross.