Environmental Echo Editor Don Corrigan presented his paper, “Black Faces, Natural Spaces,” last week at the 2016 American Cultural Association / Popular Culture Association (ACA/PCA) in Seattle, Washington.
See below to view Don’s presentation and more.
It’s Missouri Statewide Severe Weather Week 2016!
Picture courtesy National Weather Service.
Pictured: Jim Kramper, Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in St. Louis.
Jim Kramper, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in St. Louis, talks with Don Corrigan about what a day in the life of a weather warning coordinator is like, weather safety, weather pattern myths, and what can be learned from Missouri’s past severe weather events.
To hear this edition of “Behind the Editor’s Curtain” click on the link below.
March 16, 2016 in Environment, Home, Podcasts
Tagged Jim Kramper, Missouri, NWS, SevereWeather
Pictured: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal.
By Don Corrigan (See this article and other local news in the West End Word Newspaper.)
Missouri state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, is already running hard for Congress against U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay Jr., D-St. Louis. She said she will defeat him on “the number one issue in the 1st District: radioactive contamination.”
Pictured: Rep. Bill Otto (far right)
Missouri Rep. Bill Otto, D – Dist. 70, is the guest on this edition on “Behind the Editor’s Curtain” with Don Corrigan.
Otto shares his thoughts on the importance of the environment in the upcoming elections and the issue of public safety relating to the Westlake Landfill radioactive waste topic.
Pictured: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal.
Missouri Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D – Dist 14, is the guest on in this edition of “Behind the Editor’s Curtain” with Don Corrigan.
The Senator shares insights into her investigations of radioactive waste issues in St. Louis, and gives an update on her legislative bill SB600, a proposed bill that is a home buyout for citizens close to the Westlake Landfill.
Don also asks a few questions about the upcoming elections and Sen. Chappelle-Nadal’s current bid for Rep. Lacy Clay’s U.S. House seat in this informational and passionate interview.
Dr. Helen Caldicott (left) and Kay Drey at the STLCC-Wildwood nuclear waste symposium.
Environmental Echo will continue to cover the Westlake Landfill and Coldwater Creek nuclear waste issues. Look for upcoming podcast interviews with some of the St. Louis region’s legislative leaders who represent the people from the contaminated areas. They have some pretty strong opinions on the inaction by state and federal authorities on radioactive problems that have been festering for decades.
Dr. Helen Caldicott, an Australian physician and anti-nuclear waste activist, was the keynote speaker at the St. Louis Community College at Wildwood’s symposium, “The Atoms Next Door” on February 20, 2016.
Caldicott answered a few informational questions about the nuclear waste issues in St. Louis in an email response to Environmental Echo. The questions and answers are included below.
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Crowd attending at the STLCC-Wildwood symposium “The Atoms Next Door” held February 20.
By Holly Shanks
“I toured the situation yesterday and my hair nearly fell out,” Dr. Helen Caldicott said. “I’ve never seen anything so goddamn dangerous.”
The internationally renowned authority on the medical dangers of nuclear waste did not sugarcoat her thoughts after visiting several contamination points, like Westlake Landfill and Coldwater Creek in North St. Louis County.
Pictured: Jason Knouft. Photo provided by Jason Knouft.
Associate Professor of Biology at Saint Louis University, Jason Knouft, talks with Don Corrigan about possible issues from raw sewage being pumped into the Meramec River because of the damaged Fenton Sewage Treatment Plant.
The turf at Field 5 at The World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton was a complete loss. photo by Diana Linsley, Webster-Kirkwood Times. To read the story about clean-up efforts at Fenton’s Soccer Park CLICK HERE.
I’m not an engineer, but I knew I-44 at Missouri Highway 141 was going swimming as soon as the rain gage on my deck in Pacific hit 7 inches. And it kept raining.
Cold Water Creek FUSRAP Oversight Committee public meeting held in Florissant, February 17, 2016.
By Holly Shanks
About 300 Northwest St. Louis County residents voiced concerns, often filled with emotion and anger, to government officials tasked with radioactive waste cleanup efforts around Cold Water Creek. The FUSRAP Oversight Committee hosted the update meeting on Feb. 17 in Florissant.
