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Catching school board meetings or local talk shows on cable access TV will be more difficult. Twenty states are allowing cable companies to end their support for public-access TV studios, and are giving control to state agencies rather than local communities.Photo: AccessSF/Luxomedia
By Virgil Ward Porter, KDSP-AM Sand Point (Alaska)
News You Might Have Missed, Mar. 18, 2009 (MP3)
This week’s stories:
– Argentina: New law targets violence against women
– A bridge over troubled (and scarce) water
– Diplomas for green-collar jobs
– Wind energy: Becalmed by recession
– Geo-Engineering: High hopes, climate questions
For years, New Orleans has been sitting on nearly $34 million in federal housing aid. Yet officials in the Big Easy have yet to actually spend any, even in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The funding will have to be returned unless it gets used. Photo: Lower Ninth Ward/Mike Sax
Elite bicycle designer Craig Calfee has developed a fully functional two-wheeler made from bamboo. Now, his Bamboosero Bikes aim bring the eco-friendly rides, made by villagers using local bamboo, to rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Photo: Idiolector
President Obama’s use of social media to get out the vote was a sign of things to come. Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera and El Salvador’s Mauricio Funes are tapping into Flickr, Twitter, YouTube — and, yep, both have Facebook profiles (right). Photo montage by Jennifer Pickens
Cimate scientists say carbon dioxide pollution is creating acidic oceans at a rapid pace, thinning the carapaces of some shellfish, and potentially reprising underwater mass extinctions last seen 65 million years ago. Photo: Vanessa Pike-Russell
By Virgil Ward Porter, KDSP-AM Sand Point (Alaska)
News You Might Have Missed, Mar. 4, 2009 (MP3)
This week’s stories:
– A soft ‘n’ gentle forest killer? – El Salvador amnesty under scrutiny
– HIV evolution challenges vaccine push
– Bulgaria juggles nuclear waste
– In Kyrgyzstan, stigma trumps Hippocrates
The eco-impacts of “luxury” toilet paper, including deforestation and chemical pollution, may exceed those of driving an SUV or eating fast food. Unlike recycled paper, tissue made from virgin wood is easier to “fluff up,” and accounts for 98 percent of the U.S. market. Photo: Iva_01
Botswana’s diamond industry has been not only profitable, but beneficial to its people, bringing in funding for public health and more. But the global economic crash is cutting into diamond sales, raising questions for Botswana’s future. Photo: Botswana diamond mine/Esthr
By Virgil Ward Porter, KDSP-AM Sand Point (Alaska)
News You Might Have Missed, Feb. 25, 2009 (7:41 MP3)
This week’s stories:
– Diamond dilemma in Botswana
– Wolves: Their own worst enemy? – Bolivia: Property rights vs. land reform
– Fiji elections still in doubt
– Designer babys no longer sci-fi?