An interview with Natalie Mebane of 350.org about President Biden's American Jobs (infrastructure) Plan, followed by a conversation with Mikey Hirschoff of the Garden Club of New Haven about efforts to protect our street trees from depredations by CT utilities.

*Derek Chauvin Trial Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Fix the Crisis in US Policing; Dr. Yohuru Williams, Dist. Univ. Chair Prof., Founding Dir Racial Justice Initiative at Univ. of St. Thomas; Producer: Scott Harris.

*Biden Urged to Implement Global COVID Vaccine Manufacturing Program; Peter Maybarduk, Director of Public Citizens Global Access to Medicines Program; Producer: Scott Harris.

*Biden Moves to Honor Campaign Pledge to End Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies; Collin Rees, Senior Campaigner with Oil Change International; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

My guest this week on "Digging in the Dirt" is Frank Mortimer “The Beeman”. Frank has written a new book entitled “BEE PEOPLE and the bugs they love” on Citadel Press. A very personal book about his life long passion and the people who keep bees. If you ever thought about keeping bees you may want to listen to this Digging in the Dirt

https://frankthebeeman.com/

-Carbon dioxide levels highest in 3.6 million years

-Changing Our Ways: Behavior Change and the Climate Crisis,

-New artificial island near the Maldives

-plans to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida Keys

-Mushrooms to eat mankind's plastic pollution problem?

Bazila Munir shares her story and speaks about her work as an organizer with UConn's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

For more information, and to connect with, UConn's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine:

https://www.facebook.com/UConnSJP/

https://www.instagram.com/uconnsjp/?hl=en

https://uconntact.uconn.edu/organization/sjp

For more information on the No Rugers 2 Israel campaign here in Connecticut:

www.NoRugers2Israel.org

The Farm Stand features:

--Guy Beardsley's Small Farms Report

--An interview with Eliza Caldwell and Adam Matlock about food forests and their food equity projects.

Hosts: Richard Hill and Chris Ferrio

Marriages in trouble, how can the Emotion Roadmap help.

Deborah Tannen is outstanding at explaining the challenges women face in the workplace. She has written numerous books about communications and most recently a loving tribute to her father.

*UN Now Engaged in Negotiations in Afghanistan to End America's Longest War; Nicolas J. S. Davies, independent journalist and author; Producer: Scott Harris.

*Threatening Boycotts Voter Suppression Opponents Enlist Support from Major US Corporations; Marge Baker, executive vice president for policy and program with People For the American Way; Producer: Scott Harris.

*Last Kings Bay Plowshares Anti-Nuclear Weapons Protester Receives 21-Month Prison Sentence; Mark Colville, co-founder Amistad Catholic Worker House of Hospitality, New Haven, CT; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

-"Moving to Higher Ground" Sea level Rise

-Ghost forests of North Carolina

_California braces for fires amid drought

_Food waste helps with reforestation

-renewable energy demands surge

_Exxon Mobil dropped from the Dow Jones