ENVIRONMENT / POLLUTION
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Democracy Now! February 24, 1999
Sentencing Phase of Jasper Trial Begins; Chevron Linked to Violence in Nigeria; Nigeria Human Rights Watch |Sentencing Phase of Jasper Trial Begins After a week of hearing gruesome testimony and examining grisly evidence, it took a Texas jury of 10 whites and one African American less than three hours to find John William King, an…
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Democracy Now! January 29, 1999
Mumia Concert Stirs Huge Outcry: Why?; Colombia Earthquake; A Pocket Guide to Environmental Bad Guys |Mumia Concert Stirs Outcry: Why? Despite angry criticism by the governor of NJ and law enforcement officials, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal held a sold-out benefit concert last night in East Rutherfor, NJ. the Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine, Bad…
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Democracy Now! February 2, 1999
Death in the Niger Delta; Ecuadorian Rainforest Communities Sue Texaco; Noam Chomsky on the New World Order |Death in the Niger Delta At least 19 people were killed and another 10 were seriouslyinjured in the Niger Delta this weekend when Nigerian military forces opened fire on a group of protesters at a shell oil facility.…
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World Conference on Breast Cancer
1st World Conference on Breast Cancer – July, 1997, Kingston, Ontario. Helene Rosenbluth-Producer and Reporter of Global Action documentary. Sandra Steingraber, Biologist, lecturer and cancer survivor. She is the author of BOOK: LIVING DOWNSTREAM: AN ECOLOGIST LOOKS AT CANCER & THE ENVIRONMENT. Dr. Devra Lee Davis is the director of Health, Environment and Development at…
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Democracy Now! October 15, 1998
Police Beat Earth First Protesters in Minneapolis: Noam Chomsky on World Economy |(4 Minutes) Police Beat Earth First Protesters in Minneapolis Activists from Earth First and the american Indian Movement have joined with residents in a Minneapolis neighborhood to fight the construction of a highway to the mall of America, the larges mall in the…
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Democracy Now! October 2, 1998
The Story of the Hurricanes; Sado-Monetarism; The IMF; Banks Bail-out the Rich; International Campaign to Ban Landmines |(14 Minutes) The Story of Hurricanes The US announced $47 million in aid to Haiti and Dominican Republic to help them recover from Hurricane Georges. GUEST: Juan Gonzalez, co-host of Democracy Now! (19 Minutes) Sado-Monetarism: The IMF Today,…
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Democracy Now! September 2, 1998
Headwaters; Russia & the Press; Colombia |(21 Minutes) Headwaters The CA state legislature has approved a deal to purchase the headwaters forest. The bill will transform the world’s largest privately owned stand of ancient redwood trees into a public preserve. Environmentalists say the settlement will only save a portion of the land. The deal will…
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Democracy Now! September 11, 1998
Clinton Issues; Anniversary of Chile Coup; Unocal |(33 Minutes) Clinton Issues Lawyers familiar with Kenneth Starr’s report to Congress investigating the president say the report contains evidence that Clinton committed perjery, obsructed justice, tampered with witnesses and abused the power of his office. GUEST: Jamie Raskin, is a prof. of Constitutional Law at American University.…
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Democracy Now! September 19, 1997
Cuba Bombings; University of Texas; Nuclear Waste Dump |(14 Minutes) Cuba Bombing The Cuban government arrested a Salvadoran man in connection with a series of bombings that have rocked Cuba’s tourist trade. The Cuban government has blamed forces in the United States for the attacks. GUEST: Michael O’Heaney, of the human rights group Global Exchange.…