Environment

St. Michael's College hosts Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in a conversatoin on Where America is Going.  With the recent elections, students and the Senator enter into an engaging dialogue on the future.

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Curtis Fisher, Regional Executive Director, Conservation Programs, of the Northeast Region of the National Wildlife Federation. 

WWYW is a multimedia program focusing on issues of accountability, that is produced by the Government Accountability Project, the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization. Episode 29, Segment 1: To get to the root of some of the causes of the current food safety problems, a recent survey commissioned by the nonprofit organizatoin Union of Concerned Scientists asked a key public - FDA and USDA scientists- to 'evaluate how well the government uses science to protect the food supply'. Francesca Grifo, shares the enlightening results.  Segment 2: Transparency at the State Department: The Foundation for the Future, and FOIA under Obama.  Iraq War architect Paul Wolfowitz resigned as World Bank President amidst several scandals.  The investigatory loop took 33 months of FOIA processes.  What did the investigation find out? Why did it take so long? And, how has the process of obtaining information via FOIA changed under the Obama administration.  Panelists includ: Shelley Walden, Patrice McDermott.

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After the Public Service Board approved a natural gas pipeline, activist groups organized a protest on the State House lawn.  Rising Tide Vermont, 350 Vermont organized the event and helped to train folks in preperation for direct action and civil disobedience. The protest focuses on a Vermont Gas Systems natural gas pipeline currently under way (Phase one) and proposed to contuinue throughout VT and into NY.