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Sustainable Energy and Economy Network scholar/activists are frequent commentators and guests on local, national, and international radio programs. SEEN director Daphne Wysham also co-hosts a weekly radio program, Earthbeat, on WPFW (89.3 FM, Pacifica Radio) in Washington D.C. Below are some track selections, including Earthbeat shows and the audio archives of "Radio SEEN."
2005 Climate Convention Coverage December 21, 2005 This Earthbeat show features a report from the climate negotiations in Montreal at the global Climate Convention, and the first meeting of parties to the Kyoto Protocol. Co-host Daphne Wysham unearths the inside story on how collusion between the energy interests and the Bush administration are attempting to sabotage any progress. Featuring interviews with:
November 29, 2005 Earthbeat co-host Daphne Wysham interviews climate activists attending the annual Climate Convention meeting in Montreal, Canada. Click below to hear mp3s:
2005 Hurricane Coverage October 4, 2005 Click here to listen to mp3 of this show Earthbeat continues to explore the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Hugh Kaufman returns to update listeners on the inadequate federal response to post-Katrina environmental problems in the New Orleans area. Paul R. Epstein, MD, discusses the links between global warming and the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes. Dr. Epstein is Associate Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. September 20, 2005 Click here to listen to mp3 of this show Guest Hugh Kaufman of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency answers the question, "How safe is it to return to New Orleans?" Mr. Kaufman is senior policy analyst at the EPA Office of Solide Waste and Emergency Response. Other guests include: Mike Davis, executive director of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, which is dedicated to the stewardship of the lower Mississippi Delta; Jay Winter Nightwolf of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, who discusses Katrina's impact on the Houma Nation of southern Louisiana; Anne Petermann, co-director of the Global Justice Ecology Project; and Mike Tidwell, co-host of Earthbeat and author of Bayou Farewell. September 6, 2005 Click here to listen to mp3 of this show "The entire city of New Orleans now is an toxic dump, underwater," Dr. Robert H. Bullard warns on Earthbeat, hosted by SEEN director Daphne Wysham. Dr. Bullard, a leading authority on environmental justice has written extensively about toxic pollution and racism, particularly in Cancer Alley. "Racism permeates our society," he said. "There is an historical legacy of emergency response to all kinds of disasters, Superfund sites, etc., and in almost all of these cases, a disporportionate number of people of color are victims. There is different treatment." Other guests on Earthbeat included Donele Wilkins, founder of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, climate specialist Dr. Brenda Ekwurtzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Tyson Slocum, energy research director of Public Citizen. October 5, 2004 Click here to listen to mp3 of this show Joia Jefferson-Nuri hosts Earthbeat. Nadia Martinez of SEEN and Njoki Njoroge Njehu of the 50 Years is Enough Network discuss the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
July 21, 2005 "A
new plan for the World Bank," on the national public radio
program, Marketplace. "The World Bank, now under Paul Wolfowitz,
has a new mission: fighting global warming. But commentator and policy
analyst Daphne Wysham thinks that's not the best idea." April 19, 2005 The KPFA-FM program Against the Grain focuses on the Central America Free Trade Agreement. Nadia Martinez of SEEN and other guests discuss the treaty and why it should be opposed by activists in the US. October 6, 2004 The Institute for Policy Studies' series, Defining the Issues, discusses: The World Bank and IMF at 60: What is Next for the Institutions, What is Next for the Activists? Panelists inlcude Nadia Martinez, Institute for Policy Studies' Sustainable Energy and Economy Network; Abdulai Darimani, Third World Network; Lawrence Egulu, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; Njoki Njehu, 50 Years Network; David Ugolor, African Network on Environmental and Economic Justice; and moderator: Emira Woods, Co-Director, Foreign Policy In Focus. Listen to mp3.
Democracy Now! segment, "Declassified Documents: Bechtel Planned to Evade Iraq "Genocide" Sanctions in 1988." Features interview with SEEN's Jim Vallette
Making
Contact segment, "Oil Slick: Bechtel, Halliburton, and the
White House." This edition of Making Contact looks at a controversial
pipeline deal that now-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally
negotiated with Saddam Hussein on behalf of the Bechtel Corporation
during the Reagan administration. The show examines Halliburton's $7
billion dollar oil contract in Iraq. Featuring: Jim Vallette (Sustainable
Energy and Economy Network) and Daphne Wysham (Institute for Policy
Studies), co-authors of the investigative report Crude Vision: How Oil
Interests Obscured US Focus on Chemical Weapons Use by Saddam Hussein;
Jonathon Marshall, spokesperson for Bechtel; Bill Hartung, director
of the Arms Trade Resource Center at the World Policy Institute, and
author of The Hidden Costs of War. March 25, 2003 As the U.S. invasion of Iraq begins, Jim Vallette comments on SEEN's new report, Crude Vision. This report discloses the intertwining interests of Bechtel Corp., Donald Rumsfeld, the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and Saddam Hussein. Listen to this commentary on Marketplace, a national public radio program. (You must have Real Player to hear the Marketplace link.) December 20, 2002 "Enron For Christmas" on Marketplace. "Who's getting nothing for Christmas? You'd think it would be Enron, the year's ultimate naughty child. But commentator Nadia Martinez says there'll be no coal in its stocking this year -- Enron is getting a helping hand to continue doing business in developing countries." August 29, 2002
April 9, 2002 "Enron's
Subsidies," on Marketplace. "Doing the numbers on energy
subsidies...The U.S. government invests heavily in international energy
projects by American firms. Commentator Daphne Wysham expresses her
outrage at the variety of Enron energy projects overseas that were heavily
funded by, none other than, U.S. taxpayers.
June 5, 2000 National Public Radio, All Things Considered. Report on the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline with Daphne Wysham. Listen in Real Audio! April 13, 2000 Inside Capital discusses oil, gas and mining projects of the World Bank. (This report starts at 11:00) Includes interview with SEEN director Daphne Wysham (starts at 12:30). Inside Capital is a joint production of the National Radio Project and free speech radio news.
SEEN director Daphne Wysham presents at the International Forum on
Globalization Teach-In.
Listen to her nine minute speech here
(mp3). June 24, 1998 Daphne Wysham of SEEN discusses the impact of World Bank programs in
the Indian state of Orissa on "Making Contact," an independent
radio program. To view a transcript or hear the program, visit the archived
show's page at the National
Radio Project.
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