Monkey Wrenching
Thursday, March 03 2011
MONKEY WRENCHING
Tim DeChristopher is on trial this week for “monkey wrenching” a federal oil and gas auction. When he heard about an auction of drilling leases for 150,000 acres of public land in Southern Utah, he attended the auction, got a paddle, and began to bid. Soon he had secured leases worth over 1.5 million dollars, and he didn’t have the money. Does Tim deserve to go to jail as a felon? He joins Dick to talk about his case.
NEXT CHAPTER: GASLAND
The argument against the drilling for natural gas was also heard earlier this week at the Oscars. Some actors wore pins shaped like a drop of water as part of a growing protest against “fracking,” the use of high pressure water and chemicals to force natural gas up from below. We check in with a former guest, Josh Fox, who was at the event because his film, Gasland, was up for Best Documentary.
The power of MURALS
And two stories about murals. As part of an effort to bring high art to the countryside, Bill Dunlap has started painting playful and provocative murals on the sides of barns. Like many artists, Bill had grown used to creating his art in the privacy of his studio. He tells Dick Gordon how his venture into the world of public painting has forced him to expose his art. And we check in with two artists we interviewed three years ago about a fight to preserve murals in Northern Ireland.
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