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Connect the Dots with Rob Verchick interviews legal experts, scholars and researchers, and community members on policy issues that impact you, your family, and your community. Each season untangles th... more
FAQs about Connect the Dots:How many episodes does Connect the Dots have?The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.
September 09, 2019S2 Ep5: Season 2, Episode 5: Pollution Regulation as Social Justice: Floods, Hogs, and Poisoned AirLeslie Fields, Director of Environmental Justice and Community Partnerships at the Sierra Club, and John Hughes, an attorney representing clients harmed by giant hog CAFOs in North Carolina, talk with host Rob Verchick about environmental and social justice, noxious odors, and dangerous pollution. This episode was taped live at the Center for Progressive Reform's Regulation as Social Justice conference in June 2019....more57minPlay
July 08, 2019S2 Ep4: Season 2, Episode 4: Public Lands and Energy PolicyCenter for Progressive Reform Member Scholar and University of Minnesota law professor Alexandra Klass talks with host Rob Verchick to connect the dots among public lands, energy resources, and climate change. They discuss how land use makes powering our societies possible and the role of the federal government in developing renewable energy resources....more53minPlay
June 06, 2019S2 Ep3: Season 2, Episode 3: Working Toward a Just Energy TransitionSharan Burrow of the International Trade Union Confederation discusses the importance of community involvement in policymaking, the need for a just transition away from a reliance on fossil fuels, the role of corporate and federal transparency in encouraging the confidence of workers and unions, and the feasibility of the Green New Deal....more35minPlay
May 06, 2019S2 Ep2: Season 2, Episode 2: Building Resilient CitiesShalini Vajjhala of re:focus partners talks about the meaning of resilience, considers the impacts of environmental disaster on city infrastructure, and explores how communities can take proactive approaches to achieving long-term change....more51minPlay
February 20, 2019S2 Ep1: Season 2, Episode 1: Pipeline WarsRachel Rye Butler of Greenpeace USA discusses North America's "Pipeline Wars." Learn how grassroots protests against proposed oil and gas pipelines relate to indigenous rights, environmental protection, economic growth, and climate change....more41minPlay
September 07, 2018S1 Ep6: Episode 6: Fossil Fuels on Trial: Suing Oil Companies for Climate Change Disasters (Part 2)Kate Sears, a member of Marin County's Board of Supervisors, returns, joined by CPR's Tom McGarity to discuss litigation against greenhouse gas contributors....more46minPlay
September 07, 2018S1 Ep5: Episode 5: Fossil Fuels on Trial: Suing Oil Companies for Climate Change Disasters (Part 1)Kate Sears, a member of the Board of Supervisors for Marin County, California, discusses a lawsuit brought by the county against oil and gas companies for climate change impacts that threaten the region. Also, Rob Verchick talks briefly with experts at a conference in Germany on disaster management and human culture....more28minPlay
September 07, 2018S1 Ep4: Episode 4: Keeping Workers Safe in the Era of Climate ChangeCPR's Sid Shapiro and Katie Tracy discuss the challenges climate change poses for workers, now and in the future....more33minPlay
September 07, 2018S1 Ep3: Episode 3: Preparing for Climate Change and Toxic Floods in the Chesapeake Bay WatershedCPR's David Flores discusses toxic flooding and its relationship to climate change. Also, David Ossman and Judith Walcutt deliver a stylized audio op-ed: The Octopus in the Parking Garage....more30minPlay
September 07, 2018S1 Ep2: Episode 2: The Age of Climate MigrationCPR's Maxine Burkett on climate change and relocation/migration. Also, Rob Verchick talks briefly with experts at a climate migration conference in South Korea. Listen or download for later....more32minPlay
FAQs about Connect the Dots:How many episodes does Connect the Dots have?The podcast currently has 41 episodes available.