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Demanding Answers: Communities and Industrial Pollution
May 2, 2001
Listen/download helpAcross the United States, waste and pollution from industrial operations contaminate our air, water, and land. Often, low-income communities are hardest hit. On this program we take a look at the environmental consequences of the coal industry, including a revealing account of an investigation into the largest environmental catastrophe in the eastern United States. We also hear from a community that's dealing with toxic waste left behind by the U.S. Navy.
Featuring:
Julia Bonds, Coal River Mountain Watch; Monroe Cassady, former coal miner; Jack Spadaro, Superintendent of the National Mine Health and Safety Academy; Vivian Stockman, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; Eloise Westbrook, Jill Fox and Marie Harrison,San Francisco Bayview Hunters Point residents; Paul Yuroshack, Environmental Compliance and Restoration for Asst. Secretary of the Navy; Curtis Scott, San Francisco Water Quality Control Board; Olin Webb, Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates; Bruce Ellison, Black Hills Alliance; Harvey White Woman, with the Oglala Sioux Tribe; Charmagne White Face, Cowboy-Indian Alliance; Marv Kamerer, rancher.
For more information:
Coal River Mountain Watch
P.O. Box 18
Whitesville, WV 25209
304-854-2182; crmw@citynet.net
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
P.O. Box 6753
Huntington, Wes Virginia 25773-6753
304-522-0246; vivian@ohvec.org
www.ohvec.org
Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates
5021 3rd Street
San Francisco, California 94124
415-671-2862;
fax: 415-671-2863
Black Hills Alliance
Box 2508
Rapid City, South Dakota 57709