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We spend the hour with Mike Davis author of the new book, "The Monster At Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu." Davis says, "2005 is the year in which avian flu, now has acquired a critical mass amongst birds that it won't be eradicated and it's unclear whether it can be contained. Most likely, avian flu will fly to every corner of the world. It will probably reach Alaska and Northern Canada, for instance, in the near future. Avian flu - the threat of pandemic avian flu - ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 7:11am PDT
In the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, legislation in the Senate and House has been criticized as beneficial to corporations while sidelining the victims of the disaster. Recently, House Republican leaders pushed through a bill to make it easier for oil companies to build new domestic refineries....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 7:49am PDT
Groundbreaking economic analysis reveals Bush Administration's push for more industrial logging defies market realities...
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 12:34am PDT
Three years ago Wilson was arrested for committing civil disobediance at a Dow Chemical plant to protest the company's connection to the Bhopal chemical disaster. She’s now refusing to go to prison until former Union Carbide CEO Warren Andersen is jailed for his role in Bhopal....
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 8:06am PDT
That blunt statement basically sums up this recently released zine by political prisoners Jeffrey ‘Free’ Leurs and Rob ‘Los Ricos’ Thaxton....
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 3:38pm PDT
Federal authorities and General Electric have struck a deal on dredging polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, contaminated sediment from the Hudson River. We have a discussion between an EPA administrator and an attorney from Riverkeeper....
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 6:59am PDT
NCC is currently blasting the top off of Zeb Mountain in eastern TN to
get their greedy hands on the coal that lays beneath. Using so called
“cross ridge mining” (we call it mountain top removal) they are
destroying our beautiful mountains in the name of profit. Here’s how you
can get a hold of them and let them know what you think. Feel free to visit them at their office and GIVE ‘EM HELL ALL OCTOBER!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2005 2:27pm PDT
On Sept. 13 the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan resolution offered by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would have maintained a firm timetable for the reduction in mercury emissions from power plants....
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 7:12am PDT
We interview Dave Sayotovich, one of the crew helping in the rebuilding of Waveland...
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 10:14am PDT
Interview with Ross Gelbspan, journalist and author, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 5:57am PDT
The latest RECON reports confirm RITA is now a CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 Hurricane....
Posted: Wed, Sep 21, 2005 12:38pm PDT
Interview with Diamond Dave Whitaker from the coast of Mississippi west of Biloxi...
Posted: Wed, Sep 21, 2005 11:29am PDT
We take a look at oil and the environment with Ken Wiwa - the son of Ken Saro Wiwa who was executed in 1995 by the Nigerian military dictatorship and Nobel Peace prize-winner and leading environmentalist Wangari Maathai....
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2005 7:44am PDT
Representative Dick Pombo (R-CA) has introduced H.R. 3824, an "extinction bill" that would eliminate 30 years of progress towards recovery of imperiled fish and wildlife under the Endangered Species Act, our nation's most important wildlife law....
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2005 4:28pm PDT
Various reports from the alternative media in and around New Orleans. We thank BlastFurnace Radio in Pittsburgh, PA & WAFB-TV, Baton Rouge, LA for their interviews. Malik Rahim is also interviewed about the current needs of the area - medical supplies & certification of clinics, restoration of the wetlands and the need for an alternative economy to provide local needs while FEMA sabotages the region....
Posted: Sun, Sep 18, 2005 9:01pm PDT
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Posted: Tue, Sep 13, 2005 1:50am PDT
"...no one is trying to find out."
Other US sources spelt out the extent of the danger from one of America's most polluted industrial areas, known locally as "Cancer Alley". The 66 chemical plants, refineries and petroleum storage depots churn out 600m lb of toxic waste each year. Other dangerous substances are in site storage tanks or at the port of New Orleans. No one knows how much pollution has escaped through damaged plants and leaking pipes into the "toxic ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 11, 2005 12:32pm PDT
...Price Controls ~ Interview with Tyson Slocum, of Public Citizen's Energy Program, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, Sep 11, 2005 12:01pm PDT
The arrest of 48 bicyclists in downtown Manhattan on August 26 marks a continuation of the assault by the New York City Police on democratic rights. These arrests took place in several locations as police corralled a monthly ride promoting bicycling that has been taking place for 10 years. They spotlight the increasing suppression of some of the most harmless and routine activities for fear that they could become rallying points for the seething hostility that exists to social inequality and ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 6:55am PDT
1. IN THE NEWS: FDA Issues Warning on Herceptin; FDA Official Resigns over Emergency
Contraception Delay; New York Passes Legislation for Healthier Schools
2. TAKE ACTION: Tell Governor Schwarzenegger to Sign the California Safe Cosmetics
Act; Register to Vote
3. SAVE THE DATE: Celebrating Activism – a Benefit for Breast Cancer Action’s
15th Anniversary, October 15, San Francisco; San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium,
December 8-11, San Antonio
4. FAQ OF THE MONTH: What's the difference...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 10:31pm PDT