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 […]
District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution...
WORT 89.9FM Madison · District 6 County Board Supervisor, Yogesh Chawla, Proposes Resolution Regarding PFAS PFAS – Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – are a class of over 5,000 synthetic chemicals that have been in use for decades for things like fast food wrappers, non-stick cookware, personal care products, and firefighting foam. Though – known as […]
Environmental Lessons from the Lockdown
Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and contributes to smog, acid rain and has been linked to human asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Since 2005, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been observing nitrogen dioxide levels across the globe. In March, 2020, the NASA satellite noted the lowest NO2 emissions […]
Opposition to F-35 Fighter Jets in Madison
The Truax Field Air National Guard Base on Madison’s North Side is one of five proposed sites around the country for a new fighter jet program that would host a fleet of F-35s. This program would highly impact thousands of residents in the area with increased noise levels and pollution, safety concerns, and local economic […]
The Role of Storytelling in Public Health and Environmental Justice
In this episode, Patty explores the intersection between environmental justice and public health. She is joined in the studio by Monica Vohmann, a practicing family medicine physician and member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Jimmy Para, staff attorney at Midwest Environmental Advocates. They discuss the importance of storytelling in helping people to see and […]
The Great Lakes: Ecology and Public Health
The Great Lakes covers 94,000 square miles of surface area and accounts for twenty percent of the world’s fresh surface water. In many ways, their health is our health. Today in the studio, guest host Rebecca Kemble speaks with Dan Egan about his research on the Great Lakes. They cover invasive species and pollution, the […]
