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Neighbors in San Francisco's D11 join the battle for green space and community (audio/mpeg 2.9MB) - by KPFA Evening News/Ann GarrisonKPFA EVENING NEWS, 06.15.2013: Occupiers attempted to save San Francisco's Hayes Valley Farm, renamed Gezi Gardens to invoke the battle for green space in Istanbul, Turkey, but police raided it this week to make way for condo development, in the early morning hours of June 13th. KPFA spoke to San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos about the push and pull over public land use, and organizing to create an urban farm in District 11. Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:13PM
FEMA, eucalyptus cuts, and herbicides: Fix or pox for fire prone East Bay hills? (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) - by KPFA Evening News, Ann GarrisonFEMA, is in the final stages of reviewing a fire management plan covering a thousand acres from Richmond to San Leandro. The plan would involve cutting down hundreds of thousands of trees and spraying pesticide. The plan is highly controversial, and cause for heated argument between environmentalists. The most fierce debate has centered around Claremont Canyon, in the Berkeley and Oakland hills, and Strawberry Canyon in the Berkeley Hills. Both are near where the devastating East Bay Hills Fi... Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 10:34PM
Will Parrish at SubRosa on Tree Sits, Saving Little Lake Valley, and Defending the Land (audio/mpeg 75.4MB) - by Alex DarocyOn May 24 at SubRosa Community Space in Santa Cruz, Mendocino County resident Will Parrish spoke about the ongoing efforts to protect the large areas of land that are being disturbed as part of a highway project by Caltrans to build a bypass around the town of Willits. Community members there have been resisting the project through tree sits, demonstrations, and by appealing directly to politicians in California in an effort to save the area, which is also known as Little Lake Valley. Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 2:31PM
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) threatened in San Francisco (audio/mpeg 1.4MB) - by KPFA Evening News, 05.18.2013California's most important environmental law, the California Environmental Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), is under attack, and activists are trying to make sure the act will still hold sway in San Francisco. CEQA requires corporations and landholders to provide public information about potential environmental impacts of their projects in advance. A statewide coalition recently blocked attempts to weaken CEQA at the state level, but now San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener has proposed ... Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:27PM
Shifting Baselines ~ An Audio Interview (audio/mpeg 26.4MB) - by Sabrocks In this audio interview we speak shifting environmental baselines, the bad boy of environmentalism, and doing business on a smaller scale Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:47PM
Complete audio of panel(Attachment On: [1/30/13] Forum on Shipping Plutonium Bomb Cores to Livermore) (audio/mpeg 40.3MB) - by Ed Rippy Posted: Sun Mar 3, 2013 12:44PM
Complete audio of Q&A(Attachment On: [1/30/13] Forum on Shipping Plutonium Bomb Cores to Livermore) (audio/mpeg 36.0MB) - by Ed Rippy Posted: Sun Mar 3, 2013 12:44PM
Sylvia McAdam Audio(Attachment On: Many California Tribes and Nations Represented at Capitol for Statewide Idle No More Rally) (audio/mpeg 4.4MB) - by Alex Darocy Sylvia McAdam addresses the group at the Sacramento rally over the telephone from London. Posted: Wed Feb 6, 2013 9:17PM
(Attachment On: Plutonium Pits Coming Back to Livermore) (audio/mpeg 7.0MB) - by Tara Dorabji Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:44PM
Sacred Mountain Defenders' prayer vigil on Arizona's San Francisco Peaks (audio/mpeg 1.5MB) - by KPFA Evening News/Ann GarrisonOn New Year's Day, the Sacred Mountain Defenders concluded a prayer vigil begun on December 23rd on San Francisco Peaks in northern Arizona. The mountain is sacred to the Navajo and other Southwest tribes. The Sacred Mountain Defenders also filed a complaint about the Arizona Snowbowl ski resort's use of recycled, treated sewage effluent to make artificial snow on the mountain. Posted: Tue Jan 1, 2013 10:36PM
#idlenomore comes to Montréal (audio/mpeg 72.7MB) - by Carla Green31:00 minute piece including interviews with organizers and participants at the Idle No More rally in Montréal on December 21st. Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:22PM
Fukushima re-starts nuclear program in face of health problems and citizen protests (audio/mpeg 36.9MB) - by RubbleHear audio from a protest several weeks ago in front of the Japanese consulate on Market Street. Two bilingual Japanese visitors speak through a megaphone on the state of affairs in Japan. Labor activist Steve Zeltzer, back from a fact-fining trip to Japan, speaks on the problems he learned of. Protests are being held weekly at the consulate. A protest was held at Union Square in front of droves of tourists on “Black Friday”. Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 3:13PM
Candidate statements and Q & A period(Attachment On: Santa Cruz City Council Candidate Forum on Water Issues) (audio/mpeg 78.9MB) - by Alex Darocy 43:27 -- Rick Longinotti adds a point of clarification to what Richelle Noroyan has just said
44:37 -- Richelle Noroyan says, "I feel like you are debating me right now"
45:00 -- Richelle Noroyan leaves the forum Posted: Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:25AM
Rick Longinotti's presentation(Attachment On: Santa Cruz City Council Candidate Forum on Water Issues) (audio/mpeg 30.7MB) - by Alex Darocy Posted: Thu Nov 1, 2012 1:25AM
Audio(Attachment On: Desal Task Force: Current Cost Estimate for Proposed Plant in Santa Cruz is '$114 Million') (audio/mpeg 32.3MB) - by Alex Darocy This audio clip begins shortly before the start of the discussion of the cost estimate, and also includes discussion of the EIR review process. Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10:29AM
Diablo Canyon Interview(Attachment On: Nuclear Power Protests Take to the Water) (audio/mpeg 15.1MB) - by Tara Dorabji Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:40PM
Women's Magazine (audio/x-wav 49.9MB) - by ErynEryn Mathewson speaks with Janelle White, Talia, Taylor, Isa Nakazawa, and Richard Wright about Congressman Todd Aiken's controversial comments about "legitimate rape," and a women's ability to "shut down" a pregnancy caused by such. Then Kate Raphael covers Chevron's involvement in the environmental degradation of the Nigeria, Ecuador and Angola. Activists, Emom Okon, Luz Trinidad Andrea Cusangua, and Sizaltina Cutaia talk about how they are working to hold Chevron accountable. Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:23PM
Deconstructing "Legitimate rape" and other controversial ideas presented by Todd Akin(Attachment On: Women's Magazine) (audio/x-wav 123.3MB) - by Eryn Eryn Mathewson speaks with Janelle White, Talia, Taylor, Isa Nakazawa, and Richard Wright about Congressman Todd Aiken's controversial comments about "legitimate rape," and a women's ability to "shut down" a pregnancy caused by such. Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:23PM |