California State Proposition 50: Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection. Bonds. Initiative; Northern Ireland; The Latest Science News
California State Proposition 50: Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection. Bonds. Initiative
Larry Mantle discusses the pros and cons of Proposition 50. Joining him are Ted Costa, CEO of People’s Advocate, an organization that deals in powers reserved to the people, and Chairman of the California Taxpayers’ Association. Mr. Costa opposes Prop. 50. In favor of Proposition 50 is guest Marguerite Young, California Director of Clean Water Action, a national environmental group.
Northern Ireland
Host Larry Mantle speaks about the latest crisis in Northern Ireland with Marie Smyth, a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace. She sits on the faculty of the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, and has been Chief Executive of the Ulster-based Institute for Conflict Research.
The Latest Science News
KPCC science expert Michael Shermer discusses the latest science stories in the news. His topics include the Nobel prizes; the Ig-Nobel prizes (humor); how the polygraph has been debunked by the National Academy of Science; the discovery of a new planet called Quaoar; Pluto/Kuiper Belt NASA mission approved; Cobb County, Georgia, passes a law requiring creationism to be taught, the yearly ozone hole gets bizarre and how UN clone talks bog down.