James Hansen Speaks on His Arrest for Protesting Mountaintop Removal; Midterm Money & Small Fishing Solutions
September 28th, 2010
NASA scientist James Hansen speaks about his arrest at the White House during a protest against mountaintop removal coal mining. Hansen was one of over 100 activists arrested during the non-violent civil disobedience event – Appalachia Rising. Joining the conversation is demonstration organizer, Maria Gunnoe, of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and a native of Boone County, West Virginia.
Hansen put forward an idea of Equal Protection of the Laws at the Appalachia Rising event. The Million Letter March mentioned by James Hansen is the ‘write’ way to stop climate change.
Record breaking amounts of money is pouring into the midterm elections – tracking the contributions from the oil and gas is Dave Levinthal, the editor of the blog Open Secrets and the spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics.
An innovative program in New England is keeping small, family fishing companies afloat in the face of big corporate interests. Niaz Dorry, the director of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance joins us to discuss the rise of ‘factory fishing’ and how her organization is fighting back.
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September 29th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
thank you James Hansen. I do not live in Appalachia or have family in the area. I want all of you to know distance does not mean we are not aware or don’t care. THANK you from the bottom of my heart for standing up for all of us in your back yard. We are all connnected and are affected by this horrific practice.
September 30th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
[...] coalfield residents from Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Virginia, NASA Climatologist James Hansen, many radical activists from the Rising Tide, Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice networks, [...]
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