Japan earthquake 2011

The March 2011 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami affecting the NE coast of Japan.

Gerry Pollet of Heart of America NW joins Abe to discuss the latest on the Hanford nuclear site

program date: 
Tue, 07/26/2011

 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on vacation.

 

53:02 minutes (24.28 MB)
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The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show on 07/26/11

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Tue, 07/26/2011 - 8:00am - 9:00am
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Gerry Pollet of Heart of America NW joins Abe to discuss the latest on the Hanford nuclear site.

Since its birth during the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has left a toxic legacy in its wake, from displaced populations to groundwater contamination to radiation in the Columbia River. Now, the U.S Department of Energy has proposed a "cleanup plan" that abandons large amounts of plutonium and other toxins at the site, and is even proposing using Hanford as a nationwide toxics disposal site.

Walmart plans 17 new stores "to suck out the best of Portland," + hot particles from Fukushima & U.S. Austerity measures

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Presswatch
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Thu, 06/30/2011

Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." Special one-hour show. Austerity measures happening here in U.S. Air  filters could indicate we're all breathing 5 hot particles/day from plumes from Fukushima.  Products shipped from Japan setting off radiation monitors.   Walmart scheming to put 17 new stores in Portland and "suck out the best of PDX."

55:09 minutes (25.25 MB)
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More On Fukushima and Radiation in the Northwest

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Presswatch
program date: 
Thu, 06/23/2011

Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" - More on Fukushima and effects of radiation on the Northwest, including a spike in infant mortality and call in advice on what to do to protect yourself.

25:41 minutes (35.27 MB)
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Arjun Makhijani on “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States”

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Sun, 06/12/2011

 Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.”

57:09 minutes (65.41 MB)
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Interview with Nicole Foss on energy, finance, empire, and environment.

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Radiozine
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Mon, 06/06/2011

 Today Per Fagering and Kurt Liebezeit have a chance to sit down and interview Nicole Foss, editor of the popular financial news aggregation site The Automatic Earth, on the topics of energy and finance.  Nicole counts nuclear safety among her many areas of expertise, and although the Fukushima disaster has dropped out of the mainstream news cycle it is still very much an area of concern for her and other experts.

27:46 minutes (25.43 MB)
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Radiozine on 06/06/11

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Radiozine
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Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:00am - 11:30am
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Interview with Nicole Foss on energy, finance, empire, and environment.

Today Per Fagering and Kurt Liebezeit have a chance to sit down and interview Nicole Foss, editor of the popular financial news aggregation site The Automatic Earth, on the topics of energy and finance.  Nicole counts nuclear safety among her many areas of expertise, and although the Fukushima disaster has dropped out of the mainstream news cycle it is still very much an area of concern for her and other experts.  Nicole also earned her living in Ontario managing renewable energy policy, and she will explain why the green future that many people aspire to is very difficult to put into practice.

Talk Radio on 06/10/11

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Fri, 06/10/2011 - 8:00am - 9:00am
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“The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States”

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Arjun  Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, which has released a paper “The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis and Its Impact on Nuclear Power in the United States.”

This week AP reported that, "Japan's government has doubled the estimate of how much radiation leaked from a tsunami-hit nuclear plant and says the damage to the reactors was greater than previously thought."

Food Safety in a Post-Fukushima World

Here's a link to an article I just wrote for OpEd news. We need to push for better testing of food for radiation contamination.

 http://www.opednews.com/articles/Food-Safety-in-the-Post-Fu-by-Marianne-Barisonek-110513-897.html

Stephanie Cooke on the history of nuclear accidents

program date: 
Fri, 04/29/2011

The History of Nuclear Accidents and Mistakes: An interview with Stephanie Cooke, journalist and author of In Mortal Hands, A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age.

http://www.stephaniescooke.com/blog/

19:34 minutes (17.91 MB)
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