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California wildfires that as of this post has claimed 31 lives and thousands of acres of land. Saryn and Stefan discuss the imminent canceling, or at least defanging of the clean energy act passed in the USA as part of President Obama's legacy.

Stefan starts off the show with a review on "the price of oil" as it pertains to both economic externalities associated with oil production but also the human welfare cost in real lives of both oil workers and the communities these companies operate in. He follows the story of one particular case of 'sour gas' injuring workers as well as the larger story of the media narrative (or lack there of) that we hear about in the newspaper and on TV.

Fear and money breed silence in Saskatchewan

How the reporters in an historic Canadian journalism collaboration cornered a silent killer

Wall government dodges questions about dangerous industry failures

Our guest this week is Britt Wray, author of 'Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of the De-Extinction'. Britt helps Saryn understand the technology involved in such a feat requires, the surprising array of companies already working on this technology (and how far they've already come) as well as the moral and logistical issues associated with implementing such a high-tech revitalization of the natural order. This topic is sure to evoke strong opinions on both sides, but like it or not these technologies are coming and the time to talk about them is now. The most important distinction to make here is that the purpose is NOT a 'Jurassic Park' style entertainment basis for such work, but rather the revitalization of devastation wrought by human actions over the last several hundred or thousands of years. Relax, dinosaurs are not coming back any time soon.

Publisher Page for Rise of the Necrofauna

Science is inching closer to bringing species back from extinction — but the rise of necrofauna has risks

In the final section, Saryn and Stefan talk about the just announced cancelling of the TransCanada Energy East pipeline. Environmental activists are happy, many others are not but aside from discussing the news (and how it all happened) the hosts also discuss the most important component of why this story is important that the corporate media isn't talking about which is that this IS NOT a case of environment VS economy, and that really everyone should be happy about this (yes, even oil workers).

Energy East pipeline: What you need to know

Last stop for Energy East pipeline

TransCanada terminates Energy East pipeline project

We interview Lawrence Alvarez of the Toronto Tool Library as a part of our Planning to Win series to understand his vision of a sustainable world and how the work of the Toronto Tool Library fits into that.

Excuse the mess! Proper details coming soon :)

The 2017 Great Lakes Water Walk manifests sacred, ceremonial Indigenous tradition of “Walking for the Water”, to honour and respect earth’s most precious resource. Led by Indigenous Grandmothers, Knowledge Holders, and Elders, with collaboration and guidance from Nibi Emosaawdamajig and Ecologos, the Great Lakes Water Walk unites First Peoples and Canadians in a symbolic walk towards reconciliation through a shared reverence for life-sustaining water, and to ensure the health and well-being of the Great Lakes of Ontario for future generations.

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Stefan and Saryn discuss 'extreme' rhetoric in regards to climate change, and ask the question in it finally time to start talking about blood on people's hands when preventing climate action in the wake of two deadly category five hurricanes in 2 weeks?

Energy East pipeline is going into a holding pattern in anticipation of new climate test standards that may kill the project. Ongoing extreme weather across the world and a conversation whether rhetoric can and should be escalated in response to escalating climate impacts.

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Stefan and Saryn continue the discussion on disaster preparedness using the example of the chemical plant explosions in Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey.

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We talk about the mainstream media coverage of the flooding in Houston, Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey, what can be said about its relation to climate change, the knock-off effects that are largely not being talked about and the long term financial impacts among assorted other issues to prepare for.

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Oil companies like Exxon have lied to us for 20 years so they can line their own pockets, and we should get that money back to pay for the cost to clean up their climate mess. #ExxonKnew and made billions of lying to the rest of us, and we think they should pay for their mistake instead of you.

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