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In this BEST IN CLIMATE episode, Rose reads House Resolution 109 (H.R.109 1H) aka The Green New Deal, introduced in the House on February  7, 2019, by Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,  [D-NY-14] 

Rose and Christine discuss the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic and the impact China's shutdown, supply chain slowdown, and lessening transportation are having to emissions and ultimately climate. Cited are recent studies from NASA including satellite images. Bonus: Christine chats about the upcoming free online 5-day Dispelling Climate Anxiety challenge with energy healer Sandra Boatman.

Recurring segments include:

• Good news stories
• One action tip to for you to create change
• A weekly sanity tip to keep you calm(er) in the face of climate overwhelm

In this BEST IN CLIMATE episode, Christine reads the post Coronavirus Response Shows the World May Not Be Ready For Climate-Induced Pandemics, by Jennifer Zhang. This article was published on https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/02/24/coronavirus-climate-induced-pandemics/.

Background: Jennifer Zhang is a student in Columbia College, studying political science. She is a briefings editor for Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development. She has been active in youth and climate policy advocacy, attending the 2018 and 2019 Youth 20 Summits as a teenage delegate, and is currently an active member of the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth.

It's a whole episode of Good News! Rose and Christine discuss positive shifts in the rapidly changing landscape of climate change and the economy: divestments, corporate giants pulling out of fossil fuel projects, and "Doomsday" bank JP Morgan Chase feeling the Stop the Money Pipeline pressure.

Recurring segments include:

• Good news stories
• One action tip to for you to create change
• A weekly sanity tip to keep you calm(er) in the face of climate overwhelm

In this BEST IN CLIMATE episode, Christine reads the bombshell letter sent by Don Lindsay, CEO and President of Teck Resources Limited, to the Canadian federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change. The letter outlines the reasons Teck has withdrawn the Frontier Project, a 113 square mile oil sands mine in northern Alberta, from the regulatory review process. After a lengthy 9 year application process, Teck Resources made this decision just days before an announcement was expected from the government on whether or not the mine could go ahead.

Christine has a conversation with Kaaren Dannenmann, an indigenous trapper, educator, and activist who lives in Treaty 3 territory in Northern Ontario. Their wide ranging conversation touches on the indigenous connection to the land and the animals and plants that we share the earth with, on seven generations thinking, the Medicine Wheel and Ceremony, the importance of the language we use, and reasons for hope in the midst of a planetary climate emergency.

Recurring segments include:

• Good news stories
• One action tip to for you to create change
• A weekly sanity tip to keep you calm(er) in the face of climate overwhelm

In this BEST IN CLIMATE episode, Christine reads the post The Wet'suwet'en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law: An Explainer, by Kate Gunn & Bruce McIvor. This post was first published on firstpeopleslaw.com.

Kate Gunn is a lawyer at First Peoples Law Corporation. Kate completed her Master's of Law at the University of British Columbia. Her most recent academic essay, "Agreeing to Share: Treaty 3, History & the Courts," was published in the UBC Law Review.

Bruce McIvor, lawyer and historian, is principal of First Peoples Law Corporation. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law where he teaches the constitutional law of Aboriginal and Treaty rights. Bruce is a proud Métis from the Red River in Manitoba. He holds a Ph.D. in Aboriginal and environmental history and is a Fulbright Scholar. A member of the bar in British Columbia and Ontario, Bruce is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading practitioner of Aboriginal law in Canada.

Rose and Christine delve deeper into the idea that climate change is happening for humans as much as it is happening to us. How is climate change asking us to change, even while we acknowledge that change is hard on both an individual and collective level?

Recurring segments include:

• Good news stories
• One action tip to for you to create change
• A weekly sanity tip to keep you calm(er) in the face of climate overwhelm

In this BEST IN CLIMATE episode, Christine reads the post 'Something Big Is Shifting': As Georgetown Announces Fossil Fuel Divestment, Students Across US Demand Their Schools Follow Suit by Julia Conley, staff writer at CommonDreams.org.

The mission of Common Dreams is to inform, to inspire, and to ignite change for the common good.

The original post is located here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/08/something-big-shifting-georgetown-announces-fossil-fuel-divestment-students-across

Rose and Christine discuss the top renewal energy sources, based on the book DRAWDOWN: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed To Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken. Topics include the three different solar energy options and wind energy options in the top drawdown solutions.

Recurring segments include:

• Good News Stories
• An Action Tip to for you to create change
• Climate Sanity Tip to help keep calm in the face of climate overwhelm