Lawyer Steven Donziger has been on a house arrest for more than eight hundred days and is now facing six months of incarceration on charges of “criminal contempt.” The crime? Donziger won a landmark $9.5-billion pollution case against Chevron in Ecuador in 2011, and they have been taking him to court ever since. So much […]
America’s War for the Greater Middle East
Today on the show, Thursday host Allen Ruff continues his series on Afghanistan with guest Andrew Bacevich from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. They talk about recent developments in Afghanistan, American empire and the “War for the Greater Middle East,” and the entanglements of oil and U.S. military history. Andrew Bacevich is president of […]
on the status of oil drilling in alaska
Do you know the difference between the Willow Western Arctic and the Arctic Wildlife Refuge when it comes to oil drilling leases, environmental impact studies, and preliminary injunctions relating to drilling permits? Jan Miyasaki talks with Layla Hughes, attorney for Earth Justice, about all this, Trump’s deals penned on Biden’s inauguration day, and the status […]
No More Landfill! Complex Plastic Recycling in Post-Industrial Waste
Tonight the Perpetual Notion Machine talks with Professor George Huber and Professor Reid van Lehn of the University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Department of Energy’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. They are the co-authors of the paper ‘Recycling of multilayer plastic packaging materials by solvent-targeted recovery and […]
A Conversation with Independent Filmmaker and Novelist John Sayles
For this episode, Allen interviews independent film director and writer John Sayles about his lifelong work telling stories of the working class and his latest novel, Yellow Earth, set in small-town North Dakota during the shale oil fracking boom and bust of the 2000s to 2010s. John Sayles is an independent film director, screenwriter, novelist, […]
Indigenous Environmental Activism in Latin America
Today on the show, we look at Indigenous resistance movements and environmental activism in Latin America. First, reporter Reynard Loki discusses the Waorani resistance to oil activity in Ecuador. Then, journalist Karla Mendes gives on-the-ground information about the fight for land rights in Brazil under the Bolsonaro administration. Reynard Loki is editor and chief correspondent […]
