This segment was from the National portion of program 87.

National   (Richard Donin) The FAA recently imposed a moratorium on all new wind projects in the Mid-Columbia region of Oregon.   The reason?   The wind turbines interfere with a military radar site in Fossil.   Wind farms developed by large corporations and private land owners in Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Morrow, and Klickitat counties have time-sensitive binding power purchase agreements and a wide variety of contracts in place that could cost the Mid-Columbia region to lose $2-3 billion dollars in new investments, jobs, property taxes, land leases, and other economic activities if the ban is not lifted.  Did the FAA blindside these projects by shutting them down in such a critical stage, and do the landowners have any recourse? What’s the real story here?

This segment was from the National portion of program 86.

National   (Richard Donin) On April 16, the Securities and Exchange commission filed a complaint against Goldman, Sachs & Company and one of its employees Fabrice Tourre.   The suit alleges that Goldman, Sachs created a synthetic housing-market bond that was sure to fail, sold the bond to customers, and then conspired with a short seller to bet against it.   Could this one bond and the people involved have triggered the collapse of the financial markets, and one of the worst recessions in recent history, all while Goldman Sachs posted record profits?

This segment was from the International portion of program 85.

International   (Richard Donin) U.N. Climate Chief Yvo de Boer recently resigned after four years of leading international climate change negotiations.   Some say it was due to the chaos of the Copenhagen summit last year, and the fact that the summit quickly became known as Climate-gate after 1,000 suspicious emails between climate scientists were leaked to the public.   Will these scientists ever be able to regain the trust of the global community, and will the world’s largest polluters be motivated to change now?

This segment was from the International portion of program 84.

International   (Richard Donin) On January 12th, the worst earthquake in 200 years struck less than 10 miles from the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, turning an already impoverished nation into a pile of rubble.    Many have compared the disaster in Haiti to the devastation of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, but you can’t really compare a regional disaster to an entire country in pieces, or can you?   When the cameras stop rolling and the celebrities stop raising money for Haiti, will they be able to recover and how long will it take?

This segment was from the International portion of program 83.

International    (Richard Donin)   The country of Yemen is being torn apart by a tribal rebellion, a secessionist movement, and the worst poverty and unemployment in the Arab world.   And Al Qaeda has been quick to take advantage of the chaos, and create a presence in Yemen.  How can the U.S. be most effective in fighting this terrorist organization?