On today’s show, delegates from the Nuestra America Convoy are back from their humanitarian excursion to Cuba.  I speak to Olivia DiNucci of CODEPINK, Brenda Lopez and Mark Freidman of US Hands Off Cuba Committee.

Helen Yaffee’s documentary, “Cuba’s Life Task: Combatting Climate Change”:

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On today’s show, an update on the Sabel Offshore offensive off the coast of Santa Barbara from the Center for Biological Diversity’s senior oceans campaigner Brady Bradshaw.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Tufts University Research Fellow Timothy A. Wise on the latest attempt by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa to expunge their true character from the internet.

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On today’s show, I have my annual legacy media climate coverage conversation with Evlondo Cooper, Climate and Energy Senior Researcher at Media Matters for America.  We’ll switch gears to Global Forest Coalition’s flagship publication, Forest Cover which has select story from varying countries in the global South.  This morning, you’ll hear my conversation with Bareesh Choudhury, Campaigns and Policy Coordinator at the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association on how his organization is fighting to save the Madhapur Sal Forest.

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On today’s show, we get a final update on the Cargill blockade in Brazil from Christian Poirier, Program Director at Amazon Watch.  We switch gears and take a deep dive into The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest.  I speak to Josie Iselin and Ellen Litwiller about their latest Heyday publication and webstory at bullkelp.info.

Event:

https://www.josieiselin.com/events

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An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.

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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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