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Piece Description
It’s been 20 years since the Exxon Valdez crashed in the Prince William Sound and spilled more than ten million gallons of oil into Alaska’s waters and shores. It was one of the largest man-made ecological disasters in history, and the effects are still being felt today.
On this edition, we hear from Alaskans who saw their homes forever altered, and have been fighting Exxon in court ever since. And we’ll go to Tennessee, where a 2008 coal sludge flood is being called the new’ Exxon Valdez.
Featuring: Dune Lankard, co-founder of the Resisting Environmental Degradation of Indigenous Lands Network co-founder; Dr. Shea Tuberty, Appalachian State University biology professor; Penny Dodson, Tennessee Nurse; Dennis Ferguson, Tennessee State representative; Mary Maston, attorney and Tennessee Environmental Council board member; Riki Ott, Exxon Valdez survivor and environmentalist.
Broadcast History
Program #12-09 - Begin date: 03/25/09. End date: 09/25/09.
Timing and Cues
Total run time is 29 minutes (no hard breaks)
-Optional cutaway at 1:00
-Optional (floating) cutaway between 12:00 and 20:00
-Music in/out.
Additional Credits
Making Contact Crew:
Executive Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Producer: Andrew Stelzer
Producer/Web Guru: Pauline Bartolone
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Associate Director: Khanh Pham
Interns: Asma Mohseni, Patti Restaino, Rita Daniels, and Megan Martenye
Special Thanks to Sarah Mollner at KWVA radio in Eugene Oregon, and to Watauga Riverkeeper Donna Lisenby.
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