Now showing
The Socorro Team in Antarctica; Legislature v. Governor; Mount Erebus (1987-03-07)
About this film
New Mexicans In Antarctica -- Bob Martin, a New Mexican journalist recently returned from Antarctica, discusses the variety of scientific research New Mexicans are conducting there, including a team from New Mexico Tech in Socorro studying volcanos. On Assignment also examines the concerns many environmentalists have about the preservation of this remote region (Guests: Dr. Philip Kyle, Geochemist, New Mexico Tech; Bill McIntosh, New Mexico Tech; Kim Meeker, New Mexico Tech; Bob Martin, Journalist; Peter Wilkinson, Greenpeace; David Bresnahan, National Science Foundation). Producer: Sandy Garritano. Governor Carruthers Versus The Legislature -- Echoes from the past, only eight weeks into the Carruther's Administration and already leaders of both parties in the Legislature have questioned its effectiveness. Are such conflicts due to the personalities involved or to conflicts generated by the separation of powers between the Chief Executive and the Legislative Branch of the state government? (Guests: Richard Minzner, New Mexico State Representative (D Bernalillo); Wendell Cosner, New Mexico State Senator (R Bernalillo); Garrey Carruthers, Governor of New Mexico; Jack Morgan, New Mexi…
Directors & creators
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Philip Kyle, Bob Martin, Bill McIntosh, Kim Meeker, Peter Wilkinson, David Bresnahan, Garrey Carruthers, Richard Minzner, Wendell Cosner, Jack Morgan, Max Coll, Frank Bond, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Greenpeace, National Science Foundation, Mount Erebus, Antarctica, Socorro, New Mexico, New Mexico Legislature, separation of powers, volcanology, ozone layer depletion, McMurdo Station
More from this pool