On today’s show, the Center for Biological Diversity has sued the Trump Department of Agriculture for more information about the origins of an executive order in favor of the deadly pesticide glyphosate.  I’ll speak to Ivan Ditmars associate attorney at CBD’s Government Affairs Program.  US Right to Know’s co-founder and managing editor Stacy Malkan will weigh in as well.  We’ll switch gears and hear from Dr. Elizabeth Koebele of University of Nevada Reno on the mitigation of droughts courtesy of SciLine.

Supreme Court Decision In Favor of Monsanto-Bayer 2026:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1068_n7ip.pdf

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On today’s show, San Francisco Bayview Hunters Point Shipyard is still a superfund site and still poisoning the residents.  We’ll start the hour with Arieann Harrison and Malik Washington of the Marie Harrison Community Foundation and Bradley Angel of Green Action for Health and Environmental Justice.  Then the exhaustive, bombshell reporting by investigative journalist Greg Schwartz.  His latest piece in Counterpunch is entitled, “The Gaslighting of San Francisco at the Hunters Point Shipyard”.

Click Here:  June 24, 2026 Call to Action for Bayview Hunters Point

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On today’s show, Asian Pacific Environmental Network’s new report uncovers how CA taxpayers might be footing the bill for the clean up and remediation cost of Phillips 66’s Carson refinery in Southern CA.  I’ll speak to APEN organizing director Seng So.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Wayne Pacelle, founder and executive director of Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy on their latest rescue from Ridglan Farms laboratory-animal supplier, beagles. 

Timber Scheme Against the Owls of the Pacific Northwest:

https://animalwellnessaction.org/court-clash-with-fws-over-unworkable-inhumane-scheme-to-kill-american-forest-owls/

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On today’s show, an update on the feral cows roaming the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico, I speak to Todd Schulke of Center for Biological Diversity, we’ll switch gears and speak to Liberty University’s Dr. Leslie Joseph about the affects of war on the environment; and close it out with friend of the show Media Matters for America Evlondo Cooper on the latest numbers behind the lack of environmental justice coverage in corporate media.

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On today’s show,  Hollin Kretzmann of Center for Biological Diversity gives an update on Assembly Bill 2461 – the Oil Well Cleanup Accountability bill, Jaime Court of Consumer Watchdog gives a rundown of all the candidates running for insurance commissioner of CA; and May Khosla of Sonoma County Climate Activist Network introduces the coalition to the show.

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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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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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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, part two of my conversation with Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner of Loam Publishing about their latest publication entitled, “Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities”.

Additional Links

Weaving Earth Center for Relational Education:  https://weavingearth.org/

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On today’s show, updates from local organizations.  I speak to Talia Nimmer, staff attorney for the Climate Law Institute with the Center for Biological Diversity will give us an update on the fight against Sable Offshore Corporation’s attempt to restart drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara, we switch gears and speak to Martin Bourque executive director of the Ecology Center will give an update on their latest happenings including saving the Market Match program and we will close out the show with part one of my interview with Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo on their latest efforts to save the DRC in conjunction with the Basandja Coalition.

Link to Sonoma County Climate Activist Network Zero Waste Campaign Checklist:

https://www.sonomacountycan.org/zerowaste.html

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