Nuclear-Free Energy & The World Food Crisis
May 8th, 2008
Getting to ZERO carbon dioxide emissions – without going nuclear; and the connections between climate change and the world food crisis.
Host Daphne Wysham speaks to Arjun Makhijani and his colleagues at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research on their plan for cutting greenhouse gases without turning to nuclear power.
A discussion on the connections between climate change and the world food crisis. Joining us from locations around the world are: Walden Bello with Focus on the Global South; Debbie Barker with the International Forum on Globalization; and Anuradha Mittal of The Oakland Institute.
In our final segment – we get an on-the-site report from the border of Burma and Thailand on the thousands of people killed and injured during the recent devastating cyclone. (The military government of Burma have renamed the country – Myanmar.)
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Music for this edition of Earthbeat is “World Looking In” by Morcheeba and “Lebanese Blonde” by Theivery Corporation. Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
Interesting to know.
October 27th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Thanks for writing this.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
with free energy we can now imagine the benifits of bein able to turn on the lights or the heating without worring about the heavy bills from the utility companies.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:45 am
When we think alternative energy we immediately think about solar power, wind turbines, hydro electric power and geothermal energy sources. These are the more common alternative energy and the usual products we see being advertised in television, being featured in energy conventions and are often promoted by online products.