http://archives.weru.org Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:30 +0000 en hourly 1 Copyright © WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives 2011 archives@weru.org (WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives) archives@weru.org (WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives) 1440 http://weru.org/sites/all/themes/marinelli/weru/img/WERU-podcast-small-20110628.png http://archives.weru.org 144 144 Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, ME 99.9 Bangor (weru.org) WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/weru-news-report/weru-news-report-11012 http://archives.weru.org/weru-news-report/weru-news-report-11012#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:00:42 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=8525 http://archives.weru.org/weru-news-report/weru-news-report-11012/feed 0 0:27:30 Issue: Alternative Local News Program Name: WERU News Report Broadcast Date:1/10/12 Broadcast Time: 4pm Program Topic: Maine Legislature Watch Key Discussion Points: a) Updates on the DHHS supplemental budget and other legislation being monitored by[...] Issue: Alternative Local News Program Name: WERU News Report Broadcast Date:1/10/12 Broadcast Time: 4pm Program Topic: Maine Legislature Watch Key Discussion Points: a) Updates on the DHHS supplemental budget and other legislation being monitored by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) b) Follow up re: the proposed renaming/restructuring of the Department of Environmental Protection and the recommendations of the LURC Reform Committee with Natural Resources Council of Maine c) Audio from today’s work session discussion re: legislation to make the Governor’s “working paper” exempt from Freedom of Access requests Guests by name and affiliation: A) Dan Coyne, Legislative Director for Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) FMI: http://www.mecep.org/ B) Pete Didisheim, Senior Director of Advocacy for the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). FMI: www.nrcm.org Call In Program: No Political Broadcast: No Host: Amy Browne Engineer: Amy Browne archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/weru-news-report/weru-news-report-1412 http://archives.weru.org/weru-news-report/weru-news-report-1412#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:00:34 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=8459 http://archives.weru.org/weru-news-report/weru-news-report-1412/feed 0 0:31:34 Program Topic: DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho’s proposal –is it simply “renaming” the bureaus, or is it restructuring? Key Discussion Points (list at least 3): a) Aho, a former lobbyist for the American Chemistry Council, the [...] Program Topic: DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho’s proposal –is it simply “renaming” the bureaus, or is it restructuring? Key Discussion Points (list at least 3): a) Aho, a former lobbyist for the American Chemistry Council, the American Petroleum Institute, Horizon Wind Energy, LLC, the Maine Real Estate & Development Association and Verso Paper, among others, was appointed to the Department of Environmental Protection post after Governor LePage’s original pick, Darryl Brown, resigned under controversy over conflicts of interest last year. Aho– who in the past received an award from the Kennebec County Chamber of Commerce for her advocacy on behalf of the business community– announced her plans to restructure DEP at a Chamber of Commerce event last month. b) Audio recorded a few hours ago as Aho presented the plan to the Environment and Natural Resources Committee of the State Legislature c) Comments from Pete Didishieim, the Senior Director of Advocacy for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, an organization that has been watching this process carefully and has serious concerns Guests by name and affiliation: see above Call In Program: no Political Broadcast: no Host: Amy Browne Engineer: Amy Browne archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-12110 http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-12110#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:00:42 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=5545 http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-12110/feed 0 0:26:43 Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco The Natural Resources Council of Maine is calling upon it’s membership to attend public hearings in Augusta tomorrow on what it calls “Three of the most important bills of this legislative sessi[...] Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco The Natural Resources Council of Maine is calling upon it’s membership to attend public hearings in Augusta tomorrow on what it calls “Three of the most important bills of this legislative session”.   Matt Prindiville, the Project Director of the Toxics and Clean Production campaign at the Natural Resources Council of Maine, is with us today to tell us why the NRCM considers LDs 1662, 1631 and 1568 to be so important And as we’ve reported in the past on RadioActive,  legislation has been introduced that would regulate the use of Solitary Confinement in Maine prisons, which many believe is being used abusively.    At a press conference in Augusta this morning it was announced that a coalition of groups has come together to work for the passage of LD 1611 “An Act to Ensure Humane Treatment of Special Management Unit Prisoners” (sponsored by Rep. Jim Schatz, Blue Hill), including the Maine Civil Liberties Union, the Jeremiah Project, the Maine Psychological Association, the NAACP- Portland Branch, and the Maine Council of Churches. We speak to Emily Posner of Mainers Against the Abuse of Solitary Confinement.  FMI: maineprisonjustice.org The Natural Resources Council of Maine is calling upon it’s membership to attend public hearings in Augusta tomorrow on what it calls “Three of the most important bills of this legislative session”.   Matt Prindiville, the Project Director of the Toxics and Clean Production campaign at the Natural Resources Council of Maine, is with us today to tell us why the NRCM considers LDs 1662, 1631 and 1568 to be so important.  FMI: www.nrcm.org And as we’ve reported in the past on RadioActive,  legislation has been introduced that would regulate the use of Solitary Confinement in Maine prisons, which many believe is being used abusively.    At a press conference in Augusta this morning it was announced that a coalition of groups has come together to work for the passage of LD 1611 “An Act to Ensure Humane Treatment of Special Management Unit Prisoners” (sponsored by Rep. Jim Schatz, Blue Hill), including the Maine Civil Liberties Union, the Jeremiah Project, the Maine Psychological Association, the NAACP- Portland Branch, and the Maine Council of Churches. We speak to Emily Posner of Mainers Against the Abuse of Solitary Confinement.  FMI: maineprisonjustice.org RadioActive archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/voices/voices-60209 http://archives.weru.org/voices/voices-60209#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:04 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4548 http://archives.weru.org/voices/voices-60209/feed 0 0:28:46 Producer/Host: Amy Browne Contributor: Matt Murphy Segment 1: Natural Resources Council of Maine & Maine Audubon’s press conference this morning in Bangor, where the Land Use Regulatory Commission was meeting for final deliberations on Pl[...] Producer/Host: Amy Browne Contributor: Matt Murphy Segment 1: Natural Resources Council of Maine & Maine Audubon’s press conference this morning in Bangor, where the Land Use Regulatory Commission was meeting for final deliberations on Plum Creek’s proposal for the largest development in the state’s history. Both groups have serious concerns about the proposal. FMI: www.nrcm.org Segment 2: An interview with Bonny Myers, director of a production of “Nickel and Dimed” that will be held at the Grand in Ellsworth this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday. FMI: www.grandonline.org archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-52109 http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-52109#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 20:00:45 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4507 http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-52109/feed 0 0:28:44 Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco Topic: Federal Climate Change Legislation An interview with Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Voorhees offers a critique of the current version o[...] Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco Topic: Federal Climate Change Legislation An interview with Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Voorhees offers a critique of the current version of the proposed legislation and explains the importance of this issue to Mainers, as well as the impact Mainers can have on the outcome. FMI: www.nrcm.org RadioActive archives@weru.org no no http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-20509 http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-20509#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:00:02 +0000 Community Radio WERU FM http://archives.weru.org/?p=4050 http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-20509/feed 0 0:28:50 Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFranscesco Topic: Yesterday coporations denied the existence of climate change, today they say they can fix it.  What is their role?  An interview with Orin Langelle of the Global Justice Ecology Project[...] Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFranscesco Topic: Yesterday coporations denied the existence of climate change, today they say they can fix it.  What is their role?  An interview with Orin Langelle of the Global Justice Ecology Project’s “New Voices on Climate Change” Iniative.  We speak with him by phone from Paraguay where he is attending meetings following the recent World Social Forum in Brazil.  And we talk with Dylan Voorhees, Clean Energy and Global Warming Project Director of the Natural Resources Council of Maine.  That group, along with more than 100 Maine-based businesses, presented a letter to Maine’s Congressional Delegation this week, urging them to lead the fight to stop climate change. FMI:  http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/newvoices  and www.nrcm.org RadioActive archives@weru.org no no