RadioActive 1/25/18

Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco

Nestle/Poland Spring Manager Appointed to Maine Board of Environmental Protection and Trump Moves to Open Offshore Drilling

-Today, we look at the appointment and confirmation of Nestle/Poland Springs natural resources manager Mark Dubois to Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection (BEP), and the close relationship between industry and regulators in the state.

-Poland Springs, a subsidiary of Nestle, has been pursuing aggressive expansion of their wells in Maine. Dubois oversees the selection of new spring sites.

-In April, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the Dept of Interior to write new rules for offshore oil and gas drilling, as part of “America First Offshore Energy Strategy”. The Trump Administration’s new plan aims to open close to 90% of the US outer continental shelf for drilling, including off the coast of Maine. The Dept of Interior is accepting public comments on the plan until March 9th.

Guests:
Nickie Sekera, Community Water Justice https://www.facebook.com/communitywaterjustice/
Lisa Pohlmann, Natural Resources Council of Maine www.nrcm.org

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 1/25/18

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Advanced Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are wonders of digital technology. They are becoming more and more important in our everyday lives from deciding who will get a mortgage to deciding who will get bail if someone is arrested. But there is a sort of dirty little secret here: we don’t actually know how AI systems reach the decisions they make, or even if those decisions are right or wrong. Let’s think about this for a moment…

Family Corner 1/24/18

Producer/Host: Sue Mackey Andrews
Engineer: John Greenman

Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Recovery Coaches

Key Discussion Points:
a) Substance Use Disorder (SUD) touches all of our lives – directly or indirectly. We all know someone – or know of someone affected – by SUD. Some of us know many people, including family members, neighbors, friends and fellow employees.
b) Recovery coaching is a form of strengths-based support for persons with addictions or in recovery from alcohol, other drugs, codependency, or other addictive behaviors. Recovery coaches work with persons with active addictions as well as persons already in recovery.
c) Healthy Acadia is developing and implementing Recovery Coaches in Hancock, Washington and Penobscot County now – training over 105 people in 7 months with more on the way.
d) Recovery Coach volunteers are sorely needed!

Guest: Denise Black, Healthy Acadia

Maine Currents 1/23/18

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Forum: Congressional District 2 Democrats

Candidates vying to be the Democratic challenger running against Bruce Poliquin in Congressional District 2 later this year drew a standing room only crowd at a forum in Belfast on Sunday, January 21st. The event was sponsored by the Belfast , MidCoast and Head of the Tide Indivisible groups and the Waldo County Chapter of Maine AllCare. The 5 candidates answered questions on topics ranging from indigenous rights to campaign financing to universal healthcare. Today we take you there. (Part 2 will air on Tuesday, 1/30/18 at 4pm)