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On today’s show, the documentary film, Between the Sun and the Sidewalk depicts youth community organizers coming together around the Stockton Soda Tax.  It will be screened at the Albany Film Festival on September 16th.  I’ll speak to the award-winning filmmaker Helen De Michiel and protagonist Christian Garcia.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Consumer Watchdog’s Liza Tucker on her latest piece entitled, “Oil Lobbyists Demand No Setback In Carbon Pipeline Legislation, Threatening Public”.  We’ll close out the show with CACTI – Communities Against Carbon Transport and Injection.  I’ll speak to Isabel Penman and Dr. Bonnie Hamilton.

Sierra Club Report Card Link: https://www.sierraclub.org/california/report-cards

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On today’s show, Earthjustice senior attorney Elizabeth Fisher explains how her organization is leading the fight to protect SB1137.  We’ll switch gears and speak to literary and media legend David Obst about his latest publication entitled, “Saving Ourselves from Big Car” (Columbia University Press, Sept. 16).

EVENTS:

9/9: Take a Stand Against Proposed CO2 Pipeline Project!

Join Bay Area residents and come together to launch Communities Against Carbon Transport & Injection, or CACTI, with a powerful press conference and rally on Tuesday September 9th.  Starts at 11:45 AM

Where:  Solano County Board of Supervisors Building, Fairfield, CA

9/21: Sun Day and Make Billionaires Pay!

Sun Day is a nationwide day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the power of clean energy, and pushing back against the politicians and industries trying to hold it back!

Other Events:

Apologies for the delay folks in correcting the posting, Good People!

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On today’s show, “Somebody Should Do Something” that is the title of a new book coming out in SEPTEMBER 2025 published by MIT PRESS that discusses how social change happens in relation to our personal choices.  I’ll speak to the authors Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly.

Link to Al Gore Ted Talk (June 2025):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztx0Bch3h9s

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On today’s show, the Stop Billionaires Summer continues.  I speak to Scientists Rebellion Turtle Island’s Dr. Michelle Merrill on today’s action in San Francisco and beyond entitled, “Thiel Takedown – Action at Founders Fund”.  We’ll switch gears and speak to the project manager for Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project, Michelle Kanoelehua Marsonette about their vigil for the whales that have perished in the Bay.  We’ll close out the show with Barry Nelson, senior policy advisor for the Golden State Salmon Association about the latest water strategy coming out of Sacramento.

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On today’s show,  Direct Action Everywhere will be holding an action in front of Trader Joe’s in Berkeley tomorrow and lead organizer Cassie King will explain why.  We’ll switch gears and speak to climate activists from Portland, OR (Dr. Bernadette Rodgers –Scientists Rebellion Turtle Island), Corpus Christi, Texas (Armon Alex – Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit) and Lake Charles, Louisiana (James Hiatt – For A Better Bayou) who are all participating in today’s huge action at Wells Fargo headquarters in San Francisco.

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On today’s show, Dr. Bernadette Rodgers of Scientist Rebellion will b here to give you the deets on a training session and the next huge climate action for the Stop Billonaires Summer.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Consumer Watchdog’s Carmen Balber and Will Pletcher about rate hikes to CA homeowners insurance and a recently filed lawsuit against CA insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara.

Link to Wells Fargo Petition:

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-wells-fargo-be-a-better-bank?clear_id=true&referrer=group-stop-the-money-pipeline&source=direct_link

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n today’s show, I’ll speak to Liza Tucker, consumer advocate for Consumer Watchdog about her news article on two bills in the California legislature that would allow for the building of dangerous  and unregulated carbon dioxide pipelines.  We switch gears and speak to Center for Biological Diversity staff attorney David Derrick about their notice to sue the Coast Guard and others to protect the whales in California from ship strikes.

Link to Yellow Dot Studios Video Aired Today Entitled, “What The News Isn’t Telling You”:

https://yellowdotstudios.com/what-the-news-isnt-telling-you-about-this-heatwave/

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On today’s show, I speak to Dr. Michelle Merrill of Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island about their upcoming event Scientist Speak Out Rally and Teach-In.  We’ll switch gears and speak to The Climate Center’s Woody Hastings (Phasing Out Polluting Fuels Program Director) on the latest effort by the environmental justice community and beyond to urge the Newsom administration to prioritize the people of this state over fossil fuel profits.

Leaked Language from Newsom’s Office:

SEC. 7. Section 21080.80 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: 21080.80.

(a) This division shall not apply to the approval by the Geologic Energy Management Division of a notice of intention under Section 3203 to commence drilling a new well, to the extent this division would otherwise apply, if all of the following requirements are met:

(1) Approval of the notice of intention is not part of a project for which there is already a certified, complete, and valid environmental impact report or an adopted, complete, and valid negative declaration or mitigated negative declaration.

(2) The wellhead for the new well to be drilled is located within an established oil and gas field, as identified by the Geologic Energy Management Division.

(3) The wellhead for the new well to be drilled is not located within a health protection zone, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 3280.

(4) Activities approved under the notice of intention for a new well will not require an individual take permit for species protected under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.) or the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code).

(5) Activities approved under the notice of intention for a new well will not require a streambed alteration permit pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Fish and Game Code.

(6) The wellhead location for the new well to be drilled has no cultural or historic resources present, as determined by a qualified archeologist based on a pedestrian ground surface survey demonstrating no cultural or historic resources are present at the site.

(7) (A) Before the new well is drilled, two other wells, as defined in Section 3008, shall be plugged and abandoned.

(i) One of the wells to be plugged and abandoned shall have a wellhead located in the same oil and gas field as the new well, as determined by the Geologic Energy Management Division.

(ii) The other well to be plugged and abandoned shall have a wellhead located in a health protection zone, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 3280.

(iii) A well that has already been identified in any idle well elimination plan described in Section 3206 shall not count for the plugging and abandonment required pursuant to this paragraph. A well plugged and abandoned under the requirements of this paragraph shall not subsequently count for compliance with an idle well elimination plan described in Section 3206.

(B) The notice of intention submitted for the replacement well shall identify the two wells that have been plugged and abandoned in accordance with Section 3208 and that satisfy the conditions in subparagraph (A). Plugging and abandonment of both wells shall be completed after January 1, 2026, and before commencement of work under the notice of intention for the new well.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2036, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2036, deletes or extends that date.

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On today’s show, I speak to 350 Bay Area Action’s Lead Organizer Zoe Jonick and Reclaim Our Power’s Policy Organizer Emi Yoko-Young on California Senate Bill 332 the Investor-Owned Utiities Accountability Act.  We’ll switch gears and speak to Ecology Center’s executive director Martin Bourque on Plastic Free July and California Senate Bill 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.

Ecology Center Webinar:  https://ambr-recyclers.org/2025/07/webinar-unrecyclable-by-design-the-problem-with-flexible-film-plastic-packaging/

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