Monday, July 26, 2010

Superfund Sites, Brownfields...and the People who Must Live upon Them

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Superfund sites clean up into brownfields...then communities go about their business upon them, families live in the houses built upon them...and, not infrequently, cancers, birth defects, nose bleeds, skin rashes, and other diseases follow.

Irma Anderson lives in Midway Village, California, and has a history of health problems. Ladonna Williams lived there too and saw the two-headed frogs the children brought home when they unknowingly played on contaminated land. For decades both women have tried to get elected officials hear what they're saying: the land remains dangerously contaminated.

Marie Harrison of GreenAction reviews the many issues she and other members of her Hunters Point/Bay View neighborhood face as that former military base and Superfund site transitions to a Brownfield.

Note: Two file formats:
128 kbps for radio stations
24 kbps for local listening

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Dahr Jamail's update from the Gulf; Ariel Luckey's explores America's violent history

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Another update from the Gulf of Mexico's disaster zone with independent journalist Dahr Jamail, this time from Alabama. Has 'the cap' really capped the flow from 5000 feet below the surface? Or, does the low pressure signify other, more insidious leaks that we may not know about? Can we trust BP or the president to tell us if there are more leaks?

We talk with performance artist Ariel Luckey whose piece, Free Land, explores the underbelly of American history and Manifest Destiny. Ariel Luckey is one of the few white men in American who grapples with the reality that he and his family, like most of the white population in the United States today, derives privilege from a very violent past. He says, "It is about truth...and moving on from a history that most prefer to ignore...."

NOTE: Two file formats:
128 kbps, broadcast quality
24 kbps, local listening

Links mentioned in this show:
www.dahr.org
www.arielluckey.com


"A giant flame - the burning off of methane and benzene - roared off the side of a rig, leaving a chemical gas floating lazily to the south as it rose" from the article; see Erika Blumenfeld's pix and read the update on Truthout

Monday, July 12, 2010

An Update from Dahr Jamail in the Gulf; Mike Lynes on the Impact of Wind Power

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Independent journalist Dahr Jamail joins us again from New Orleans with an update on what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico where even the crabs are fleeing toxic water....
The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area is located in Central California's Diablo Range and is one of the earliest wind farms in the United States. Golden Gate Audubon's Conservation Director Mike Lynes talks of these wind turbines and how they affect the natural environment.

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Links mentioned on this show:
Dahr Jamail Dispatches
Golden Gate Audubon

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Monday, July 5, 2010

Dahr Jamail in the Spill Zone...and the Drill Baby Drill Lobbyists....

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Israel and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty...and goods into Gaza.
Dahr Jamail reports from the Gulf spill zone on how media is treated, how locals fare day-to-day, and how the future looks.
The "Drill, Baby, Drill" proponents in Congress and state government fare very well from the oil and gas lobby. We look at their handsome handouts and then examine the true cost of oil, to America's bottom line as we examine whether fossil fuels are in the best interests of the American people even in the short term.
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128 kbps mono
24 kbps mono

Links to websites mentioned in this radio show:
Power without Petroleum video
Dahr Jamail's updates :
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security