1.) Thomas Lalley reports on a controversy involving many environmentalists' beliefs that they are getting routed on bills in Congress by lobbyists and Political Action Committees. 2.) Host Peter Berle discusses a budget impasse regarding fisheries and talks with Douglas Hall of the National Marine Services about the need for a better understanding of fish stocks. 3.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Tom Malone of the University of Maryland about the blooming of diatoms on the Chesapeake Bay.
Associated with United University Professions (UUP) and Lobbying/Legislation are, clockwise from left foreground: David Kreh; Harvey Inventasch; Norman Bauer; Valentin Rabe; Frank Ray; Fred Valentine; Assemblyman John O'Neill; and John Crary, on the UUP Executive Board from 1981 to 1986; and Vice President for Academics from 1986 to 1988.
Associated with United University Professions (UUP) and Lobbying/Legislation are, left to right: Fred Miller, on the UUP Executive Board from 1973 to 1975, and 1981 to 1982, and Vice President for Academics from 1982 to 1986; Assemblyman John O'Neil; and John Allen.
Associated with United University Professions (UUP) and Lobbying/Legislation are, left to right: Sam Wakshull, president of UUP from 1975 to 1981; Assemblyman John O'Neil; and an unidentified man.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, meets with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver during Lobby Day 2005. Hundreds of CSEA members traveled to Albany to meet with state lawmakers on health care and other issues during the annual CSEA/AFSCME Lobby Day.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Deborah Johnson, standing at right, joined fellow Wayne County Nursing Home employees in Albany for Nursing Home Lobby Day. The group met with State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, R-Seneca Falls, outside Senate Chambers. Clockwise, from left, Dawn Wuilliez, Suzanne Wild, Debra Welt, Nozzolio, Johnson, Brenda Brown and John Allen. Dozens of activists met with their elected officials on March 14, nursing home lobby day, to urge state Senate and Assembly members to make the right choices in funding public health care, and in particular nursing homes.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state pack the Empire State Convention Center for AFSCME Lobby Day. After the rally, members met with elected officials from their districts, urging them to vote against Gov. George Pataki's wrong budget choices to protect working families.
New York State Assemblyman Francisco Diaz meets with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 413 President Sam Karoma and Patient Advocates during CSEA Local 413 and 406 lobbying day.
Attending an event associated with lobbying, the Committee of 100, and United University Professions (UUP) are, left to right: Edward C. Sullivan; an unidentifeid woman; and John "Tim" Reilly, UUP president from 1987 to 1993.
