On today’s show, I’ll start the hour off with the latest report by Climate Integrity’s Richard Wiles entitled, “PREMIUMS ON FIRE: How State Farm’s California rate hike forces the rising costs of climate disasters onto policyholders instead of the Big Oil companies fueling the crisis”.  We’ll switch gears and speak to author and Fair Trade founder Paul Rice on his book entitled, “EVERY PURCHASE MATTERS: How Fair Trade Farmers, Companies, and Consumers Are Changing the World” out on April 8.

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On today’s show, the Red Cross gives an award to Wells Fargo?  I’ll speak to Dr. Michelle Merrill, organizer, with Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island.  We’ll switch gears and get an update on the possible restart of offshore drilling in the Santa Barbara corridor from Kristin Monsell, legal director of the Oceans program at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Petition to Demand Retraction of Red Cross Award to Wells Fargo:

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More GMO Corn & GreenAction 

On today’s show, we’ll get an update on Mexico’s continued fight against importing GMO’d corn from the United States from Tuft’s University researcher Timothy A. Wise.  We’ll switch gears just a bit and get some info from the executive director of GreenAction for Health and Environmental Justice Bradley Angel about the upcoming action at US EPA in San Francisco.

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The Utility Grift:

On today’s show, utility companies, their continued grifting and what is being done about it.  I’ll speak to Consumer Watchdog President Jaime Court about SB 222 Sen. Scott Weiner’s bill and communications director for The Utility Reform Network (TURN) Lee Trotman on the price hikes put in place by PG&E in spite of a profit increase.

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On today’s show, I’ll speak to The Climate Center’s Barry Vasser on the Water’s Edge tax loophole for the fossil fuel companies.  We’ll switch gears and  speak Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute Deputy Director and Eaton fire survivor Maya Golden Krasner discusses a study by World Weather Attribution and how the fossil fuel industry made the extreme fire weather conditions 35% more likely.

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