WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Producer/Host: Tim Hagney Homeopathy/depression/Black recluse spider

Producer/Host: Meredith DeFrancesco Issue: Environmental and Social Justice Program Topic: The 19th Conference of Parties(COP) to the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change conclusion and analysis Key Discussion Points: a) The UN climate talks in Warsaw were meant to build towards a goal of a binding agreement in 2015, but even this modest directive has disintegrated. Today, established environmental groups and other social movement representatives walked out of the COP 19, saying they felt not enough was being done. They say they will focus on building a movement to pressure on governments for the next conference. b) Main areas to be addressed at the climate talks are the mitigation of climate change, adaption to the increasing extreme weather effects and funding for countries who are the hardest hit, the least able to afford it, and have had the least contribution to carbon dioxide levels. On Wednesday, members of the G77 and China temporarily walked out negotiations on “loss and damages”, responding to the lack of engagement by developed countries, who want to put off the issue until 2015. c) With all the current carbon dioxide emissions reduction goals submitted by party countries, there is still a projected mitigation gap of 8-13 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide. To hold the planet to 2 degree Celsius, CO 2 emissions can’t exceed 44 gigatonnes by 2020. With the current party goals, the planet will be at 52-58 gigatonnes at 2020. Guest: A) Janet Redman, the Institute for Policy Studies, director of the Climate Policy Program. http://www.ips-dc.org/ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/21/mass-walk-out-un-climate-talks-warsaw http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/20/climate-talks-walk-out-compensation-un-warsaw http://climate-connections.org/ http://allafrica.com/stories/201311210409.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201311210463.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/climate-change-fight

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger Stop genderizing the world

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Engineer: Allison Watters

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: Community concerns and opportunities Program Topic: Scallops—Trying to Sustain the Fishery Key Discussion Points: a) Share a profile of scallops as much sought after public fisheries resource… their biology, habitat requirements, two methods of catching (dragging and diving), and anything else that distinguishes scallops when compared to other fish, and a sense of the overall market and the value of the scallop fishery in Maine b) On the broadest scale, how do we “manage” marine fish, including scallops, trying to make sure that we have these public resources into the future? c) What is different in how we manage lobster fishing, including those conservation measures that fishermen supported long ago and are part of current management? d) Despite our best attempts to manage fisheries along these lines, what is our track record, including with ground fish, sea urchins, lobster and scallops? e) How have we managed the scallop fishery in the past, bringing us forward to last year? Include role of Department of Marine Resources, and Scallop Advisory Council? f) What triggered the desire by the Department of Marine Resources to try new methods of managing the scallop fishery, and how did you work with them to gain input from fishermen? g) What is new and different about how Maine is managing scallops this coming season, beginning December 2nd? What are results are you hoping for? h) Dana Morse describes briefly the pilot efforts to grow scallops in cages, as a kind of aquaculture? What are the challenges to be overcome, what would be some of the potential benefits to scallop aquaculture and who might benefit? i) Hopes for managing the scallop fishery for the long haul Guests: A) Dr. Carla Guenther, Penobscot East Resource Center B) Trisha DeGraff, Resource Management Coordinator, Department of Marine Resources C) Andy Mays, Scallop Diver, Southwest Harbor, D) Dr. Erin F. Owen, Husson University E) Dana Morse, University of Maine Sea Grant

Producer/Host: Rob McCall Studio Engineer: Denis Howard Thanksgiving

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh Power in

Host: Amy Browne Engineer: Joel Mann An open-mic style call-in show

Producer/Host: Tim Hagney Kingdoms of homeopathy

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Maine’s 1st District Congresswoman Chellie Pingree was among those attending a congressional briefing yesterday, that featured victims of US drone strikes in Yemen, telling their stories. The briefing was organized by CODEPINK and followed a Global Drone Summit that was held over the weekend. Congresswoman Pingree made a brief statement about her position on the issue: Here is some of yesterday’s briefing, with audio made available to us by CODEPINK, and a special thanks to Maine CODEPINK organizer Lisa Savage. Florida Representative Alan Grayson:

Host: Jim Fisher Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: Mining and Public Health Key Discussion Points a) What kinds of mines do we have in Maine? b) What is Maine’s history with metal / sulfate mining? d) What are some of the environmental and health risks of metal mining? c) Where are we headed in Maine? Guests: Rep. Ralph Chapman Maine State Legislator, HD 37 and Environmental Scientist chapmanhd37@gmail.com www.ralphchapman.org Lindsay Newland Bowker CPCU, ARM, Environmental Risk Manager Bowker Associates, Science & Research In the Public Interest, Stonington Maine lindsaynewlandbowker@gmail.com Lindsay Newland Bowker, Environmental Risk Manager, Mineral Mining Blog

Producer/Host: Amy Browne With all of the focus on the problems with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, a looming health care crisis for some of Maine’s most vulnerable residents seems to be flying under the radar. In January, 25,000 low income Mainers will lose their Mainecare coverage, and others will not be able to qualify. And even if they could afford to purchase insurance thru Obamacare, a loophole in the law means that they will not get the subsidies that those with higher incomes will receive to make the prices more affordable. Looking ahead to the next legislative session, White House staff joined Portland Mayor Michael Brennan and State Representative Linda Sanborn in hosting a phone conference yesterday to discuss the importance of expanding Medicaid coverage in Maine. Here’s what they had to say. (Also features a clip from a recent interview with Mitchell Stein, Policy Director for Consumers for Affordable Health Care)

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger Who killed JFK?

Producer/Host: Kathleen March Transcript: This is Kathleen March with WERU’s US-El Salvador Report. This week our topic is the attempt by unidentified persons to destroy the files of the group ProBúsqueda, which works to locate children who disappeared during the Civil War. The report has been prepared in collaboration with Radio Sumpul and US-El Salvador Sister Cities, with information supplied from the article published in ContraPunto by Gloria Morán. A la madrugada tres hombres armados entraron a las oficinas de la Asociación Pro Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos. Cuando uno de los empleados llegó, le obligaron a pedirle al vigilante que abriera la puerta. Cuando lo hizo éste, le quitaron su arma. Otro hombre que lo acompañaba tampoco pudo actuar. Los asaltantes, quienes no llevaban el rostro cubierto, les ataron las manos y los tiraron en el suelo. Antes de marcharse con archivos y equipo, rociaron gasolina y prendieron fuego al local. Los tres hombres que habían sido atados se soltaron y controlaron el fuego, pero muchos de los documentos habían sido destrozados ya. Ester Alvarenga, miembro del equipo técnico de Pro Búsqueda y ex directora, dijo que las áreas más afectadas fueron la administrativa y la de incidencia. Ella informó, sin embargo, que hay respaldo o copia de la información. “En 19 años en Pro Búsqueda no había pasado un incidente parecido (…) nos sentimos sorprendidos, porque a Pro Búsqueda no debe hacérsele daño, debe ser protegida porque hace una labor que nadie ha querido hacer en este país y los resultados de su trabajo lo dice”, ha dicho Alvarenga. Pro Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desparecidos fue fundada en 1994, dos años después de haber sido firmados los Acuerdos de Paz en El Salvador. El fundador fue el sacerdote jesuita Jon Cortina, ahora fallecido. El Procurador General de los Derechos Humanos, David Morales, dijo que hace tiempo que no ocurre este tipo de ataque contra los defensores de los Derechos Humanos – desde comienzos de los 90 – y que se hace para infundir miedo y temor. Cerca de 1.200 casos de menores forzosamente desaparecidos han sido denunciados. La mayoría implican a antiguos agentes estatales como el ejército, la Guardia Nacional, la Policía Nacional y Policía de Hacienda. ProBúsqueda ha resuelto 387 casos de niños desaparecidos y ha logrado 237 reencuentros. Ha conseguido dos sentencias internacionales en contra del Estado. En 2010 la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos presentó una demanda ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por la desaparición de seis niños durante el conflicto armado, y por la cual el Estado fue condenado en 2011. Fue la segunda condena que recibió el país por desapariciones de niños. La primera fue en marzo de 2005. La Corte dijo que el Estado había violado el derecho a la integridad personal y que debía pagar una indemnización por el daño inmaterial que sufrieron las víctimas y sus familias. El director de la Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, David Morales, condenó el hecho, afirmando que el atentado contra Pro Búsqueda se parece a atentados políticos que ocurrían durante el conflicto armado. Declaró que quieren asustar y que:“Por la información preliminar yo quiero ahondar en la preocupación en el sentido que el atentado tiene las características que tuvieron los atentados políticos contra defensores de derechos humanos en la guerra civil (…) el trabajo parece haber sido realizado por personas que sabían muy bien el propósito, buscaron destruir archivos institucionales históricos”, dijo Morales. Actualmente, la Sala de lo Constitucional evalúa la retirada de la Ley de Amnistía, exigida por varios organismos. El procurador añadió: «… no puedo dejar de relacionar que existe un propósito de infundir miedo y temor a la lucha contra la impunidad». Este acto provoca al descontento de las organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos, teniendo en cuenta que el 30 de [...]

Producer/Host: Sarah O’Malley The Moon, part 1