Fukushima Global Crisis

Interview with Aileen Mioko Smith, of Green Action Japan, in Kyoto, Japan. She has been fighting...

An episode of the KWMR Post Carbon Radio podcast, hosted by Bing Gong, titled "Fukushima Global Crisis" was published on October 29, 2013 and runs 55 minutes.

October 29, 2013 ·55m · KWMR Post Carbon Radio

Summary

Interview with Aileen Mioko Smith, of Green Action Japan, in Kyoto, Japan. She has been fighting for the closure of all nuclear reactors in Japan for many years, and will be able to tell us what is happening on the ground there. Also on the program will be Harvey Wasserman, journalist and long-time anti-nuclear activist. He is asking people to sign a petition demanding that the United Nations take over the crisis at the Fukushima site, employing the world’s best scientific minds. It will be presented at the UN in the next couple of weeks. With us in the studio will be Bolinas residents Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle, of the Ecological Options Network. They have been documenting the anti-nuclear movement in the US.

Episode Description

Interview with Aileen Mioko Smith, of Green Action Japan, in Kyoto, Japan. She has been fighting for the closure of all nuclear reactors in Japan for many years, and will be able to tell us what is happening on the ground there. Also on the program will be Harvey Wasserman, journalist and long-time anti-nuclear activist. He is asking people to sign a petition demanding that the United Nations take over the crisis at the Fukushima site, employing the world’s best scientific minds. It will be presented at the UN in the next couple of weeks. With us in the studio will be Bolinas residents Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle, of the Ecological Options Network. They have been documenting the anti-nuclear movement in the US.