Steve Pierce talks with Wayne Foy, the Green Party candidate for Rensselaer County Executive.

WOOC correspondent Mark Dunlea spoke to several of the organizers of a march and rally in New York City on the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, including Pete Sikora, who is an organizer with New Yorkers for Community Change. He talks about why his low-income members have become active on climate change, including calling on the city to divest the pension funds from fossil fuels, on the WOOC 105.3 FM Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Colie Collen came to the WOOC 105.3 FM studio to tell us about Flower Scout, the floral design company she founded herself, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Stacey Sadowski, running as a Republican for Troy City Council in District 4, visiting the WOOC 105.3 FM studio for the Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Bacchus Wood Fired owner Jim Scully talks about his restaurant on the WOOC 105.3 FM Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Troy Area Labor Federation, Arielle O’Keefe, Frederick Magdoff and much more with Meghan and Melissa by WOOC 105.3 FM Troy

Bob Doherty, Elizabeth Kolbert, Troy Zero Waste and much more with Amanda and Mark by WOOC 105.3 FM Troy

Joe Paperone,Andrea Smyth, ARC of Rensselaer County and much more with Michael and Kristin by WOOC 105.3 FM Troy

Leslie Cagan, the organizer for the People’s Climate Movement in NYC and the organizer of most of the largest rallies in NYC over the last 3 decades.

Nancy Romer of the Professional Staff Congress talks about climate change and unions as well as food policy concerns.

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is a 2014 book written by Elizabeth Kolbert for which she received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The book argues that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, man-made, sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during our present time. She also describes specific species extinguished by humans.