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Commentary: WORT |
31 Dec 2005
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Mel & Floyd, Dec 30, 2005
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by matt vidal
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The Dec 30 show. |
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Interview: Energy |
28 Dec 2005
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Gulf Coast Environmental Catastrophes: hurricanes and petroleum spills
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by wajid jenkins/WORT-FM community radio
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 Two half-hour interviews from news show A Public Affair on WORT-FM community radio. |
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Commentary: WORT |
28 Dec 2005
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Mel & Floyd, Dec 23, 2005
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by matt vidal
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The Dec 23 show. |
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News: Environment |
27 Dec 2005
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One-Half of State Was Under Air Health Advisory Over Weekend - Air Quality Standards To Get Tougher Still
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by Mike Neuman
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) issued an advisory for particulates on Friday, December 23, 2005, covering the area south of a line from Rice Lake through Wausau and Green Bay to Kewaunee, and north of a line from La Crosse through Madison to Milwaukee. The advisory was issued because of persistent elevated levels of fine particles in the air, coming primarily from combustion sources, such as power plants, factories and other industrial sources, vehicle exhaust, and outdoor fires.
Weather conditions contributing to the advisory were air stagnation, light winds and warmer air aloft, which trapped particle pollution near the ground. The advisory was in effect until noon, December 24th. |
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News: Climate |
23 Dec 2005
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Global Warming Wrap-up for 2005
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by Michael T. Neuman
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Global warming roared ahead in 2005, with evidence of rising global temperatures and environmental, economic and social havoc caused by climate change appearing on every continent as well as in the oceans. For lack of concerted efforts against its causes - we need to reduce our collective emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere - we are likely to become increasingly more vulnerable to the changes that global warming could bring.
We must find the will and courage to begin reducing our annual greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, or any options we have now to confront global warming may become mute. Our government and ourselves need to begin the slow process of moving against global warming in 2006 by significantly reducing our fossil fuel burning, without further delays. |
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Commentary: WORT |
21 Dec 2005
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Mel & Floyd, Dec 16, 2005
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by matt vidal
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The Dec 16 show. |
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Commentary: Peace/Antiwar |
15 Dec 2005
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Indict Bush and Friends on War Crimes
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by Dr. Glen Barry
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Torture is always wrong, and preemptive wars of aggression are never justified. Period. This holds whether you are an Islamic Jihadist or President of the United States. In response to a single criminal and dastardly act on 9/11, America's President has unleashed a flurry of ill-conceived, criminal and militaristic responses.
Because of the U.S. government's conduct of a preemptive war of aggression, state sponsored use of torture, and the need to secure justice for innocent Iraqi war dead, it is way past time for War Crime charges against President Bush and other top officials. |
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News: Climate |
13 Dec 2005
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Rising Temperatures and Hurricanes Break Records in 2005
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by Michael T. Neuman
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According to the National Climatic Data Center (14 December 2005), globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the warmest on record for September-November 2005. September-November temperatures were much warmer than average for the United States, with only the Northwest region remaining near average. Wisconsin's average temperature from December 2004 through November 2005 was "much above normal", according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric's National Climate Data Center. |
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Commentary: Prisons |
12 Dec 2005
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has blood on his hands
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by Bill Anderson
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As of 12:01am Pacific Time tonight, California Governor Arnold Schwazenegger, and all the right-wing propogandists who opposed the Free Tookie campaign, will have the blood of an innocent man on their hands: Stan "Tookie" Williams. |
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Commentary: Prisons |
11 Dec 2005
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Wisconsin Registry of Sex Offenders Now Contains Residence Addresses - Fair or Unfair?
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by Michael Neuman
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As part of Governor Doyle's Sex Offender Apprehension and Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Initiative, beginning on December 1, 2005, the Sex Offenders Registry website began displaying residence addresses of registered sex offenders who are living within a community. Everyone can now find out where convicted sex offenders live, provided the information is kept accurate.
But is this fair to those who agreed to convictions based on the way the program operated in the past? Isn't it a bit like changing the rules midstream? |
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Commentary: WORT |
09 Dec 2005
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Mel & Floyd, Dec 9, 2005
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by matt vidal
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The Dec 9, 2005 show. |
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Interview: Global - Africa |
06 Dec 2005
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Genocide by Attrition in Sudan with Eric Reeves
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by Chris Hartley
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Eric Reeves discusses the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan in an interview on WORT and in a talk at the UW. |
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News: Corporations |
05 Dec 2005
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Northland College students say 'no' to Coke
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by Andrew Broman
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Responding to allegations of widespread human rights abuses by the world's largest soft drink maker, Northland College students voted overwhelmingly Friday to kick Coca-Cola off campus. |
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Commentary: WORT |
02 Dec 2005
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Mel & Floyd, Dec 2, 2005
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by matt vidal
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The Dec 2, 2005 show. |
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News: Climate |
30 Nov 2005
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Wisconsin Climate 16% Warmer Today Than 3 Decades Ago
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by Michael T. Neuman
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Heating and Cooling Degree Data for Wisconsin show Wisconsin's climate has warmed considerably already over the past several decades. With continuing increases in the amount and concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, one would expect this warming to continue, for the foreseeable future. |
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News: Climate |
28 Nov 2005
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The Peoples’ Relief Caravan: journal #2, overview
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by wajid jenkins
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overview of first journey to Gulf Coast by People's Relief Caravan during sept-oct 2005. |
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News: Health |
28 Nov 2005
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Health Writers on the Air -- November 24, 2005
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by david pouncey
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This show aired on 89.9fm, WORT in Madison, WI on November 24th. Stories from this program include an interview with Army Specialist Katherine Jashinski, the first woman to apply for Conscientious Objector status before being sent to Afghanistan. In addition, will your Wisconsin medical records soon be accessible by ALL health care workers via the internet? Diane Michalski-Turner reports on a new proposal in Milwaukee. Lea Zeldin interviews an AIDS activist living in Nigeria, and finally, a commentary on the new Medicare part D. Produced by the Health Writers Collective. |
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News: Energy |
28 Nov 2005
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Wisconsin Energy Bill Receives Mixed Reviews at Public Hearing at State Capitol
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by Michael T. Neuman
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A bill requiring the state to reform its energy policies received a lukewarm response at a public hearing in Madison last week at the State Capitol in front of the Senate and Assembly Energy Committees. Introduced by Committee Co-Chairs State Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, and Rep. Phil Montgomery, R-Ashwaubenon, the bill includes recommendations made by the Governor’s Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy last December including: transferring primary policy/oversight responsibility for the State’s energy efficiency and renewable energy programs to the Public Service Commission; and requiring state utilities to generate 10% of their electrical power from renewable energy sources by 2015.
Representatives from numerous energy-related businesses spoke in favor of the bill. Wisconsin environmental organizations testified with generally positive remarks, but with some reservations.
Preserve Our Climate member and IM reporter Michael Neuman testified that the bill doesn't go nearly far enough nor fast enough in addressing global warming and Wisconsin's contribution to it, saying that Wisconsin's agriculture, tourism and public health are already being impacted by an increasingly warmer Wisconsin climate, and offered as an alternative a plan that would would pay financial rebates to Wisconsinites who drove less, flew less and used less energy in their homes and businesses, thus reducing the annual volume of greenhouse gases emitted by the state. |
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Announcement: Civil Liberties |
27 Nov 2005
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Stop the War member files ACLU Complain
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by Bill Anderson
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Stop the War has recently been cited by the UW administration and its members threatened with academic disciplinary measures, in an attempt to curb civil liberties.
In response, Stop the War member, Bill Anderson has filed a complaint with the American Civil Liberties Union, requesting help in both defending members from the false allegations and stopping the pattern of UW intimidation of anti-war activists. The complaint provides a detailed description of the tactics used to the University Administration and Police to supress free-speech rights over the course of the last year. |
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Interview: Global - Latin America |
22 Nov 2005
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Interview with Jose "Chencho" Alas
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by Norman Stockwell
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 WORT-FM's Third World View - 11-20-05
Our feature today is an interview with noted human-rights activist Jose “Chencho” Alas. A former priest from El Salvador who worked with Bishop Oscar Romero as an advocate for the poor, Alas was consequently kidnapped and tortured in 1970 in the build-up of the totalitarian regime’s oppression of the peasants prior to Romero's assassination in 1980. |
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