http://www.radio4all.net/program/61809Podcast for Program: Fracking in DC/Nuke on MarsWed, 01 Aug 2012 10:59:17 +0000240http://www.radio4all.net/program/61809 ANTI-FRACKING GOES NATIONAL WITH DC LOBBY AND PROTEST Thousands of citizens from across the country recently gathered in Washington DC for a "STOP THE FRACK ATTACK" rally and lobbying campaign against the health and environmental hazards of "hydro-fracking" - the extraction of fossil fuels by flooding and fracturing subterranean deposits of Marcellus shale. "Shadow" correspondent JIM KRIVO presents sound from the stage and interviews with rally participants; TRACY CARLUCCIO of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network [ delawareriverkeeper.org ] discusses the rally, the legislative lobbying initiative; f racking industry subsidies, and the role of ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, in forcing fracking laws on localities; HARRIET SHUGAMAN of ClimateMama [ climatemama.com ] and the Climate Reality Project [ climaterealityproject.org ] discusses the evolution of a national anti-fracking network, locality jurisdiction over fracking standards, and the process' long-term effect on environment and climate; David Holmes - "The Fracking Song"; and TERRESTRIAL NUKE INVADING MARS KARL GROSSMAN, a SUNY/Old Westbury professor of journalism [ karlgrossman.blogspot.com ], discusses NASA's abandonment of solar-powered Martian landers for a plutonium-fueled nuclear reactor on the "Curiosity" probe due to land on Mars this week. His article "Nukes on Mars" appears in the current edition of Counterpunch [ counterpunch.org ] Robert KnightWed, 01 Aug 2012 10:59:17 +0000