Environmental pollution.
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Democracy Now! April 29, 2003
Hour 1: Is a better world possible? As Wall Street brokers face record fines, John Cavanagh, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Martin Khor examine alternatives to economic globalization; A preventive or preemptive attack? Stanford professor David Palumbo-Liu discusses U.S. military policy Hour 2: The Bush administration binds and gags environmental regulators: We discuss Operation End Extremism, rocket…
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Democracy Now! April 29, 2003
The Bush administration binds and gags environmental regulators: We discuss Operation End Extremism, rocket fuel contaminated lettuce and gag-orders on the EPA; Democratic elections in Nigeria?: The voting ended a week ago but the results are still in dispute. We talk with Nigerian student leader Sowore Omoyele; Native American who denies US or Canadian citizenship…
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Democracy Now! March 14, 2003
U.S. military seeks freedom to dump spent munitions, pollute the air and poison endangered species without risk of liability: Pentagon quietly seeks major exemptions from environmental laws; Easter Bunny-dressed protester arrested at Kmart at demonstration against Easter baskets containing toy soldiers; in other protest news 11 arrested at Boeing HQ in Chicago; University of New…
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Democracy Now! January 9, 2003
The S.U.V., the World’s Most Dangerous Vehicle and How They Got That Way: A conversation with reporter Keith Bradsher and the co-founder of a controversial new anti-S.U.V. ad campaign; Why is the US preparing to attack Iraq and not North Korea: A discussion on Iraq s oil and the potential to break OPEC; 125 tons…
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Democracy Now! August 12, 2002
A DISCUSSION WITH GEORGIA’S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONGRESSWOMAN/COLOMBIA S PRESIDENT AUTHORIZES GOVERNMENT TO TAKE SPECIAL MEASURES AND BOOST DEFENSE SPENDING |Congressmember Cynthia McKinney Under Fire: She is Georgia’s first African-American Congresswoman. She is the only woman serving in Georgia s congressional delegation. She is an internationally renowned advocate for voting rights, human rights and Africa. She…
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Democracy Now! August 28, 2001
PART 2 JOHN ALPERT’s coverage of wars ; Resistance to PG&E’s globalization coal policies, Salem, MA. |Headlines: Globalization resistance in Salem ; Columbian police remove natives to make room for strip mines. Part 2 of John Alpert interview. Music Break Israel killed another Palestinian terrorist mastermind in occupied terrories ; Searching for bodies of U.S.…
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Democracy Now! March 15, 2002
Interview with RALPH NADER about fuel efficiency, anthrax, Afghanistan, healthcare, and the corporate elite: Robert Mugabes victory in Zimbabwes presidential elections |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES MILOSEVIC CROSS-EXAMINES NATO LEADER AT HAGUE GUEST: LJILJANA SMAJLOVIC, is a leading Serbian journalist with the weekly magazine NIN. She joins us by phone from Belgrade. 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 ROBERT…
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Explorations With Dr. Michio Kaku – January 22, 2002
Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, science program. Contents: GUEST: Dr. JEFFREY L. BADA, a Director of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, [e-mail jbada@ucsd.edu] Professor of Marine Chemistry, and co-author of “The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup”[Perseus Pub.,c2000] to…
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If you love this planet / Helen Caldicott.
Noted environmental activist explains how an academy-award winning film about her work inspired her to author her latest book, “If You Love This Planet.” She goes on to warn of the emergencies confronting the global environment as well as all humanity. She challenges the United States and other industrialized countries to end their overconsumption based…