"The time is now," to save the planet says Santa Barbara City Councilwoman Kristen Sneddon, who is also an environmental geology professor at Santa Barbara City City College.

Sneddon talks with Josh Molina about "doomerism" and Eliot Jacobson's views on the planet, which he shared in a recent edition of Santa Barbara Talks. Sneddon does not dispute the data, but has a different attitude about how to respond to the rising ocean temperatures and sea level rise.

"There's no question these things are intensifying and we need to address them," Sneddon says.

In this podcast, Sneddon and Molina talk about electric cars, bikes, cars, fossil fuels, the doomsday glacier and what can be done to halt rising temperatures.

Toward the end of the podcast, the two discuss State Street and the city of Santa Barbara's battle over outdoor dining and what the future holds for the street.

Joshua Molina is a journalist and college instructor who interviews a wide variety of people on the issues of education, housing, politics, culture and business. Molina is a former reporter at the San Jose Mercury News and teaches at Cal State University, Northridge and Santa Barbara City College.

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