Tag: Mountaintop removal

WERU Special: Coal Mining 2/8/12

Broadcast time: 4pm

Program Topic: impacts of coal mining practices in southern West Virginia on the environment, residents’ health, and worker safety

Key Discussion Points:
a) The choices for those who are trying to make a living in southern West Virginia are difficult at best.
b) A recent health study conducted in mountaintop removal coal mining areas revealed higher cancer rates and different cancer types than in a non-mining area of West Virginia.
c) Few working miners join the union despite unsafe working conditions.

Guests by name and affiliation:
A) Reverend Jim Lewis
B) Bo Webb
C) Larry Metheney, Sec./Treasurer AFL-CIO of WV
Call In Program: n
Political Broadcast: y
Host: Carolyn Coe

FMI: americanswhotellthetruth.org

RadioActive 7/24/08

Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne & Meredith DeFrancesco

Topic/Guests:  Award-winning local artist and activist Robert Shetterly talks with Teri Blanton.  Blanton is a survivor of a Superfund toxic waste site near her home in Harlan County, Kentucky.  Her courageous stand against the abuses of coal companies has won her notoriety within her state.  An active member of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Teri’s personal mission is to reach out to her community about the issue of Mountaintop Removal Mining.    Teri Blanton will give the keynote speech at the 2008 WERU Full Circle Fair in Blue Hill, Maine on Saturday, July 26th, 2008.  Robert Shetterly will also be painting her portrait for his series “Americans Who Tell the Truth”.

FMI: www.ilovemountains.org, www.americanswhotellthetruth.org

**Please note that a typo in the Fair Guide states that Blanton’s keynote will be 2:30-3:30p.m. and that information was given on today’s show.  The correct time is 1:30-2:30pm.