RadioActive 8/30/12

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: EPA fuel efficiencies increase; Maine looks at regulating Bisphenol-A (BPA in toddler and baby food packaging; Texans engage in direct action blockade of Keystone XL tar sands pipeline construction

Key Discussion Points:

a) We looks towards next week’s public hearing on a Maine rule that would phase the chemical additive Bispenol-A out of baby and toddler food packaging.

b) We examine the EPA’s new rules to improve the fuel economy in cars and light trucks and reduce green house gas emissions

c) Activists blockade the construction of the southern stretch of Keystone XL Pipeline Tar Sands pipeline in Texas. Four hand lock down on trailer truck. Seven total are arrested in the direct action. This action marks the begins a campaign of direct action.

Guests:

A) Roland Hwang, Natural Resources Defense Council, Director, Transportation Program, Energy and Transportation Program www.nrdc.org

B) Emma Halas- O’Conner, Environmental Health Strategy Center, grassroots organizer www.preventharm.org

C)Ron Seifert, Tar Sands Blockade, Texas tarsandsblockade.org

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 8/29/12

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Do you use the web? Do you use passwords to access banking or credit card accounts, or buy stuff from Amazon, or have a Facebook or Twitter account? Do you spend a lot of time trying to devise a secure password? If the answer to the first two questions is yes, whatever the answer to the third question, best listen up. We’re dealing with a whole new world of password insecurity these days, and if one of yours happens to get cracked, your digital life could take a big dive.

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Maine Arts Alive 8/28/12

Producer/Host: Michael Donahue
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Artists Working Together for the Common Good
a) How and why did each association come together – what needs were met?
b) What role do the galleries and the artists they represent play in the economy of Maine?
c) What have you learned about working together over the years?

Guests:
Katy Allgeyer – Stonington Galleries & Studios – (Art by Katy)
Geoffrey Warner – Stonington Galleries & Studios – (Geffrey Warner Studios)
Don Bardole – Dear Isle Artists Association – (Artist)

Call-In Program: yes
Political Broadcast: no

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