KPFA - A Rude Awakening

A Rude Awakening will return on December 20th.

Today’s special programming for KPFA’s 2024 Holiday Fund Drive is an interview with author and artist Obi Kaufmann discussing his book The State of Fire: Why California Burns.

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On today’s show, the city of Martinez has been suffering through many polluting events by the Martinez Refining Company.  In July of 2024, a lawsuit against the Martinez Refining Company was launched by over 700 residents of the embattled city.  I’ll speak to affected resident Alice Saliba and attorney Wesley Griffith.

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More Prop 4 & Santa Barbara Offshore Drilling

On today’s show, we’ll do a deeper dive into Prop 4 and its contents which CA voters passed this election season with The Climate Center’s Communications Director Ryan Schleeter.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Center for Biological Diversity’s senior campaigner Brady Bradshaw and dig into the actions to stop offshore oil drilling in the Santa Barbara/Chumash homeland area.

Prop 4 Sacramento Bee Op-Ed by The Climate Center’s Executive Director Ellie Cohen:

https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article290579904.html

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COP29 – False Solutions

On today’s show, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Conference Of Parties 29 started this week.  I’ll speak to Souparna Lahiri, Senior Climate and Biodiversity Policy Advisor for Global Forest Coalition about the false solutions being presented.

From the Global Forest Coalition Press Release:

“At UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is urging immediate action to end the financing of false solutions to climate change, such as carbon trading and offsetting, REDD+, monoculture plantations, bioenergy, and geoengineering. These projects, often carried out using bilateral and multilateral climate finance, avoid real emission reductions while displacing communities, damaging ecosystems, and exacerbating inequalities. GFC is calling for redirecting public funding to support genuine community-driven, rights-based, and gender-just, climate solutions.

GFC is also spotlighting the urgent need to transform global food and agriculture systems to foster climate resilience and justice. With industrial food systems contributing a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and heavily relying on fossil fuels, GFC is advocating for a shift from intensive, corporate-driven agriculture to agroecological systems that prioritize the rights of local communities, food sovereignty, and climate resilience.”

Description of REDD+:

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. The ‘+’ stands for additional forest-related activities that protect the climate, namely sustainable management of forests and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.

Link to GFC briefer on COP29:

New Report: The Great REDD+ Climate Illusion

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On today’s show, I’ll speak to filmmaker Jalena Keane-Lee about her documentary “Standing Above the Clouds”.  This is the ongoing story about the fight against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai’i.

“Standing Above the Clouds was created through a collaborative process with our film protagonists. Through making this film, our team aimed to re-imagine the documentary form to be a healing process that returned agency to the community featured in our film through a trauma informed practice of affirmative consent. We worked closely with our onscreen collaborators at every step of the process and have taken great care to mitigate any legal, emotional, or cultural harm that releasing a film might cause. It is our team’s great privilege and honor to have been invited into the Mauna Kea protector community and into the lives and homes of the families you see in our film.”

~ Jalena Keane-Lee (director, cinematographer, producer)

The film is an intimate journey through the women’s lives both on and off the mountain.  It explores the physical and emotional toll of sustaining a grassroots movement. After nine months of living on the mountain, it gifts each woman with hope, strength and the understanding that victory is in standing in unity for sacred places where healing occurs through the sisterhood they have created along the way.

Instagram:  @standingabovetheclouds, @protectingmaunakea

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On today’s show,  we’ll hear about the importance of down ballot voting as well as the importance of voting climate champions into office w/Zoe Jonick of 350 Bay Area/350 Bay Area Action.  And take a deeper dive into the “Polluters Pay Package” that Governor Newsom has signed w/Christina Scaringe, strategist for The Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund. 

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On today’s show, delegates from the Basandja Coalition based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are half-way through an eight-city U.S. tour.  I’ll speak to Marie Claire Faray and Basandja founder Samuel Yagase about the tour and the climate crisis.  This trip was sponsored by Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo.

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On today’s show, two Berkeley ballot measures: I’ll speak to Dr. Ashley McClure and Brianna McGuire on Measure GG.  We’ll switch gears just a bit and speak to Praxis Project executive director Xavier Morales on Measure Z.

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On today’s show, Heinz Award for the Environment recipients Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer, co-founders and co-executive directors of the Women’s Earth Alliance.

Women’s Earth Alliance

WEA empowers women’s leadership in the environmental space because women are often most affected by environmental issues, yet are unrecognized for their expertise, underrepresented in decision-making processes and underfunded. Unlike top-down approaches, WEA collaborates directly with women leaders on the ground, leveraging their deep knowledge and expertise. WEA’s holistic approach provides funding, communication tools, advocacy training, technical skills, business incubators and an in-country network of trainers and peers.

Heinz Award for the Environment

Established by Teresa Heinz in 1993 to honor the memory of her late husband, U.S. Senator John Heinz, the Heinz Awards celebrate the accomplishments and spirit of the Senator by recognizing the extraordinary achievements of individuals in the areas of greatest importance to him.

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KPFA is thrilled to congratulate Sabrina Jacobs on receiving a prestigious award from 350 Bay Area, recognizing her tireless efforts to raise awareness about the climate emergency. Sabrina has empowered our community with vital information and a sense of urgency for change through her timely, thought-provoking program, A Rude Awakening.

KPFA is deeply fortunate and endlessly grateful for the dedication of volunteer programmers like Sabrina. Their passionate work keeps our airwaves alive with fresh, impactful content that inspires action, and fosters connection across the Bay Area and beyond. Thank you, Sabrina, for your incredible contributions—KPFA and our community are stronger because of you.

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