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RadioActive 2/20/14

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco

Issue: Environmental and Social Justice

Program Topic: Mercury from Holtrachem site closes mouth of Penobscot to Lobster Fishing, Mallinckrodt, LLC resists cleanup; Irving instigates metallic mining law changes

Key Discussion Points:
a) This Saturday, 7 square miles of the Gulf of Maine, at the mouth of the Penobscot River, will be closed to lobster and crab fishing due to mercury contamination from the Holtrachem site in Orrington.
b) Concurrently, the liable corporation, Mallinckrodt, LLC, is appealing its cleanup responsibility before the Maine Supreme Court.

c) We also re-visit an industry move to dismantle current mining regulations in Maine. Monday, the legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed changes, recently reformulated by the Board of Environmental Protection to allow for even less environmental protection.

Guests:
Jesse Graham, director of Maine Peoples Alliance, www.mainepeoplesalliance.org
Nick Bennett, staff scientist Natural Resources Council of Maine, www.nrcm.org

www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Penobscot-River-closed-to-lobster-crab-harvest/15790/

www.pressherald.com/news/Maine_Supreme_Court_to_hear_case_on_Orrington_hazardous_waste_site_cleanup_.html

www.pressherald.com/news/state-regulators-meet-this-week-to-decide-the-best-way-to-clean-up-mercury-at-the-former-holtrachem-plant_2010-05-02.html?pagenum=full

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WERU News 10/15/13

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Recorded by Matt Murphy for WERU Community Radio News & Public Affairs

Audio recorded at the annual meeting of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Maine and presentation of the Roger Baldwin Award to Ann M. Luther, October 10, 2013 at the University of Maine, Orono. Ann, a member of the League of Women Voters Maine, was honored for her volunteer work on public policy issues including voting rights, clean elections and ethics in government. Audio includes an introduction by then Secretary of State and former Baldwin Award winner, Matt Dunlap and acceptance speech by Ann Luther.