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-UK set to stop producing any electricity from burning coal

-90% of the planet’s soil is being degraded

-Extinction of hundreds of bird species Threatens other systems

-24 percent of plastic waste comes from just five companies:

-Africa’s ecosystem threatened by climate change

-Home insurance companies pulling out of risky states.

-Connecticut sees first human case of new tick-borne disease

Friday October 4, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Peggy Nelson

Part 1: Hot Spots – events in our area.

Part 2: Director and actor Mike Boland discussing his film “Yo, Andrea”.

Part 3: A conversation with Bridgeport artist Julia Contacessi

Part 4: A tribute to Gavin Creel

* Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War; John Feffer Director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies; Producer: Scott Harris.

* As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza; Gregory Daly a participant in a NYC protest against Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 26th; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

* US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War; Joe Lauria, Editor-in-Chief of Consortium News; Producer: Scott Harris.

-Hurricane Helene Devastation

-Vienna reduced impact of flooding caused by Storm Boris

-Italy and Switzerland have redrawn their shared border

-Germany embraces "balkonkraftwerk", or balcony solar

-Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative was launched-

-How much warmer is the Earth going to get?

On the September 29, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli is in conversation with Barbara Fair, LCSW, a community activist and founding member of Stop Solitary CT.

Stop Solitary CT will be holding a press conference TOMORROW, September 30, 2024, at 9am at the Legislative Office Building - Room 1-B (300 Capitol Avenue in Hartford). This press conference will be addressing ongoing violations of the PROTECT Act, prison reform legislation which Stop Solitary CT led the fight to get passed.

More info on Stop Solitary CT at:

https://stopsolitaryct.org/

https://x.com/stopsolitaryct

https://www.instagram.com/stopsolitaryct/

Dave Chapman, co-director of The Real Organic Project (realorganic project.org) discusses the Sept. 28 conference in Hudson NY, Real Organic; A World Movement which will feature a roster of speakers on the major issues confronting the organic movement today.

Hosted by: Richard Hill, Diane Lauricella and Steve Munno

Friday September 27, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org

Host: Peggy Nelson

Part 1: Hot Spots – events in our area.

Part 2: Deborah Burke, Creative Director of the Town Players of New Canaan, discussing the 2024-2025 Season of Plays.

Part 3: Charles Rosenay discussing The Haunted Trolley presentation of “Final Stop: Murder On the Rails.”

Part 4: Hamish Lutris discussing his book “Earth Ascendant: Awakening” and his upcoming talk at the Stratford Library on Sunday, October 6.

Hosts: Andrew Ross and Bonna Sue Burtt

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 12 Noon WPKN 89.5FM www.wpkn.org

Guest Julia DiCola the Executive Director of Our TransLife

A discussion about the climate of what it is to be a political target during the 2024 campaign especially when candidates are making spurious comments about trans people and how organizations like Our TransLife help the trans and non-binary community locally.

My guests this show are Lindley Dixon of the Real Organic Project. Linley serves as a Farmer representative and Co-Director of the Real Organic Project. Then Louise Washer a founder of the Pollinator Pathway joins me to tell us the latest news on the neonicotinoid pesticides problem Finally Gloria Frazee of Rewild Long Island makes her monthly visit to talk about….Rewilds fall programs and how long Islanders can get involved in community composting and planting pollinator friendly native plants.

Gloria Frazee Rewild Long Island #3 by WPKN Community Radio