A fellow green radio host, Alex Smith, joins Betsy to discuss the current state of environmental media in the age of climate change, freaky weather, peak oil and ocean issues, to name a few challenges. Alex' program, EcoShock, also airs on PRN so we interviewed each other about what's needed now!
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Alex Smith, EcoShock: state of the environmental media
- Thursday, 01 December 2011 09:26
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Peter Joseph: What the frack?
- Thursday, 01 December 2011 09:13
- Written by Betsy Rosenberg
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Peter Joseph, Climate Project Presenter, comments on Newt Gingrichs’ turnaround position on climate change realities. In an interview with Bill O’Reilly, Gingrich called the ad he made with Nancy Pelosi calling for bipartisan action to combat global warming four years ago, “a mistake’.
Peter also shocks us (a bit) with the latest stats on weather records (hint: 2010 the hottest yet) and asks “What the frack?” are we doing with natural gas exploration?
Ariel Kotler about Israel’s environmental challenges
- Saturday, 26 November 2011 07:40
- Written by Betsy Rosenberg
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From fighting devastating wildfires to desalinating water in the desert, Israel has always faced serious environmental challenges and limited natural resources. Ariel is with the Jewish National Fund. He explains how the planting of millions of trees, funded in large part by American Jews, has gone a long way toward not only providing much needed greenery, but also a source for carbon absorption."
D.R. Tucker, Carol Oldham and Joe Elcock: the Clean Air Act under attack
- Wednesday, 23 November 2011 19:16
- Written by Betsy Rosenberg
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Climate convert and Green Front friend, D.R. Tucker, joins Betsy to chat with Carol Oldham and Joe Elcock with the National Wildlife Federation in Massachusetts. They discuss attacks on The Clean Air Act, and share predictions about the death of climate denialism.
Zach Alton, Climate and Energy Campaign Organizer for Oceana: Stop the Drill
- Wednesday, 23 November 2011 09:11
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Zach Alton, Climate and Energy Campaign Organizer for Oceana, joins the conversation to discuss renewed efforts to allow drilling off the Atlantic coast as well as Oceana's new photo petition campaign to push for wind turbines rather than oil rigs off America's coastlines.