U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to EPA's landmark 'Good Neighbor' pollution rule; Bizarre winter heat wave hits Japan; New study finds near-universal global public support for climate action; PLUS: Biden Administration unveils billions in new funding to clean up the nation's drinking water... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

Green News Report 02-22-2024

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WHERE IS YOUR HAPPY PLACE? Plus, Can You Afford Vacay? Karel Cast 24-69

I'm live from the Hotel Maya in Long Beach, CA and it's one of my happy places. I love the view, the rooms, I love how Ember can walk and play on the beach, being in the harbor near The Queen Mary, I love that it's not in Long Beach proper and that there are NO homeless all around it...I love a lot about it. I love that it's a Doubletree/Hilton property so there's a standard of excellence. 

Where is your happy place? And how often do you get there?

Also, the restaurant, Fuego, adds 20% gratuity to ALL checks, whether you want to tip or not. Is that OK in today's world?

And, can you afford travel and tourism? It's a multi-billion dollar industry, but is it becoming only for the rich?

Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

WHERE IS YOUR HAPPY PLACE? Plus, Can You Afford Vacay? Karel Cast 24-69

In parts of the U.S., air conditioning can't keep up with extreme heat, and a big one is coming over the next week; Record rain triggers flash flooding from Sarasota to Spain to China; New York passes law requiring oil companies to pay for climate change damages; PLUS: Renewable energy in the U.S. has delivered $250 billion in health benefits... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

Green News Report 06-13-2024

This time on Code WACK!


At least seven states are grappling with budget shortfalls in 2024. What goes on behind the scenes when a state needs to cut costs? Who stands to lose the most as programs are trimmed or eliminated? Today we're looking at California’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit – and what's being done to protect the state’s most vulnerable residents.

 To find out, we spoke to Jodi Reid, executive director of California Alliance for Retired Americans, California’s largest grassroots senior advocacy organization. She has more than four decades of organizing experience on issues ranging from health care to housing. Jodi represents her organization on the board of Healthy California Now, a single-payer advocacy coalition.

Code Wack - The devastating 'domino effect' of state budget cuts

HUNTER BIDEN Is In Every Family; USA Back sliding with world Karel Cast 24-68

The verdict in the Hunter Biden trial is not what we should be talking about; no, we should be talking about how there's a Hunter Biden in every family, it may even be us. We should be talking bout addiction, about drug safety, how not to die from bad things in drugs...we should be giving people support not disdain, options not sentences. Drug addicts lie, newsflash. Did Hunter lie 11 days sober? Probably. But each family has someone that takes too many pills, drinks too much, does recreational drugs, either in moderation, or too much. Drugs are literally everywhere legal or not, and that should be the conversation. 

When thinking about life, about beginnings and endings, about happiness...are you happy in the USA, truly? Gun violence, adoration of terrible behavior, run by billionaires and out of touch white conservatives, really run, that is; the dumb are getting dumber and the educated are getting quieter. And the world is taking heed; France is going right wing, Germany...why? Why at this point are humans letting the worst among us have the most? Is it because as a species we have a death wish?

Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

HUNTER BIDEN Is In Every Family; USA Back sliding with world Karel Cast 24-68

Far-right parties win big in European Union parliamentary elections, with climate action in the crosshairs; New York Governor halts first-in-nation congestion pricing in New York City; PLUS: Biden Administration tightens mileage rules to save consumers money and combat climate change... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

Green News Report 02-22-2024

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