KPFA - A Rude Awakening

On today’s show, the Low Carbon Fuel Standards Program. what is it all about? Is it contributing to mitigating the climate crisis? 

I’ll speak to Staff Attorney at the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, Jamie Katz and Colin Murphy, Deputy Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, and Co-Director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies‘ Low-Carbon Fuel Policy Research Initiative. 

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On today’s show, a conversation with founder and executive director of Rich City Rides Najari Smith on his organization’s latest efforts and endeavors in battling the climate crisis  

Plus, Miriam Torres Senior Project Manager at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on their newly created environmental justice segment added to their guidelines for cleaner air

Learn more about Rich City Rides 

Official site www.richcityrides.org

Facebook www.facebook.com/rich.cityrides

Instagram instagram.com/richcityrides

Twitter twitter.com/rich_rides

Learn more about Bay Area Quality Management District 

Official site www.baaqmd.gov

Facebook www.facebook.com/bayareaairdistrict/

Youtube www.youtube.com/channel

Twitter twitter.com/AirDistrict

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We look forward to you joining us then for an in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Remember you can access previous broadcasts anytime via our KPFA archive kpfa.org/program/a-rude-awakening

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We look forward to you joining us then for an in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Remember you can access previous broadcasts anytime via our KPFA archive kpfa.org/program/a-rude-awakening

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We look forward to you joining us then for an in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary.

Remember you can access previous broadcasts anytime via our KPFA archive kpfa.org/program/a-rude-awakening

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On today’s show, I’ll speak to senior editor of the new digital magazine Undark, Sara Talpos on their latest climate stories and future plans. 

Plus an introduction to the rising climate issues in the Congo with the executive director of Friends of the Congo Maurice Carney

Join us at From Congo to Oakland Connecting for Climate Justice with Petna Ndaliko Katondolo

Wednesday, May 10th at 6PM

On Ohlone Land at MetWest High School – Dolores Huerta Campus 314 E 10th Street Oakland, CA 94606

Click here for details

Learn more 

Check out Friends of the Congo 

Raising Consciousness About the Challenge of the Congo

Read more 

Recent articles on Undark 

Will California Get Enough Rain To Fill It’s Pricey New Reservoir

Will California Get Enough Rain to Fill Its Pricey New Reservoir?

Confronting Climate Change and the Taliban in Afghanistan

undark.org/2023/03/06/confronting-climate-change-and-the-taliban-in-afghanistan

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Today on A Rude Awakening, bank acquisitions and clean air initiatives

I’ll speak to California Reinvestment Coalition’s Kevin Stein on Washington Federal acquisition of Luther Burbank Savings and then switch gears and discuss a fossil fuel backed referendum with Kobi Naseck of VISION.

*originally aired 03.17.23

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I’ll be in conversation with Michael Furniss on the ongoing storms in California THE ECONEWS REPORT: Climate Change Supercharging Winter Storms

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2023/jan/14/econews-report-climate-change-supercharging-winter/

Plus Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Executive Director and SF Baykeeper on pollutants released by Bay Area oil refineries 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/new-study-catalogs-water-pollutants-released-by-17746996.php

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Today on A Rude Awakening

A review of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report with Project Drawdown Policy Advisor Daniel Jasper 

Related reads 

“New IPCC report highlights urgent need to advance climate solutions and development simultaneously”

“Climate–Poverty Connections Report”

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