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On today’s show, there’s an update on the Cargill blockade in Santarem, Brazil from Amazon Watch Program Director Christian Poirier, after that,  Make America Healthy Again wants us to add more animal adipose to our diets.  I’ll speak to Chloe Waterman, Senior Program Manager in Food and Agriculture Policy at Friends of the Earth about the new federal dietary guidelines.  We switch gears and close out the show with Center for Biological Diversity Staff Scientist Emily Diaz-Loar delivering new data on idle oil wells in California that can harm your health.

Link to 350 Bay Area Action Sign Up:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NMnzJ4oaRXOqKjHiTXxrGA#/registration

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On today’s show, Big Ag strikes again!  This time in the Amazon of Brazil. Christian Poirier of Amazon Watch gives us the details of the ongoing, major facility blockade of Cargill by the Indigenous.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Haki Nawiri Afrika founder Leonida Odongo on the latest appeal by the Kenyan government to recriminalize Indigenous seeds.

CEMTF Event Link @ 9am:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-immigration-tickets-157305114833

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Today on A Rude Awakening, I spend the hour speaking climate reporter Emily Atkin, founder of Heated, the most popular climate newsletter on Substack, about her latest piece entitled, “I Don’t Know How To Do This”.

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On today’s show, I’ll be pausing to smell the roses with prolific author and retired scientist, Stan Cox.  We’ll be discussing his latest Seven Stories publication entitled, “Anthropause:  The Beauty of Degrowth” out now.

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On today’s show, American Property Casualty Insurance Association’s Robert Passmore and Central Marin Fire Department’s Todd Lando impart a list of advisories about how to live with the growing threat of wildfires.  Also, I have a rebuttal conversation on wildfires and who should ultimately be footing the bill for all the calamities with Charles Slidders of The Center for International Environmental Law.

More Links:

readyforwildfire.org

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On today’s show, I’ll be presenting conservative and progressive perspectives around public lands and its perilous future under the Trump administration’s “drill baby drill” policy.  We’ll hear from David Jenkins of Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship and Hollin Kretzmann of Center for Biological Diversity.   We’ll switch gears and speak to friends of the show Stacy Malkan of US Right to Know with a recap of her 2025 and plans for 2026.

Music on today’s show:  Auld Ang Syne by Duke Ellington

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On today’s show, we’ll get an update on the attempt to restart offshore drilling on the coast of Santa Barbara from Talia Nimmer staff attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity.  We’ll switch gears hear about a new ordinance passed by the Napa County Board of Supervisors to deter illegal cockfighting.  I’ll speak to Wayne Pacelle, the president of Animal Wellness Action and The Center for a Humane Economy.

Animal Rights Activist Zoe Rosenberg Case: https:  //people.com/animal-rights-activist-prison-chicken-rescue-case-11864429

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On today’s show, naturalist and author Priyanka Kumar is back to talk about her 2023 award winning book entitled, “Conversations with Birds”.  We discuss finding her (one of many) true calling(s) to become a naturalist, the intrepid bird-watching trips and hanging out with Ravi Shankar.  Conversations with Birds is a lovely collection of essays.

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