Dr MIchelle Thaller, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Astronomer Discusses how stars are born & die ...And mysteries of the Universe including Dark Matter, Dark Energy, & Space Time

* Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel's Carnage in Gaza; Samer Badawi is a Palestinian-American writer and a contributor to +972 Magazine; Producer: Scott Harris.

* COP 28 Showcase for False Solutions Fails to Make Urgently Needed Progress Addressing Climate Crisis; Fletcher Harper, executive director of the multi-faith international climate organization GreenFaith; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

* New Book Examines the Issues of Class, Race, Gender and the Injuries of Capitalism; Michael Zweig, Professor of Economics emeritus at Stony Brook University and author; Producer: Scott Harris.

-Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year directly

harms nature

-Rising sea levels threaten to drown Pacific island nations,

-Greek village Metamorfosi relocating their entire community due

to flood waters

-Canary Islands, El Hierro is the first yo function for 28 days using

only wind and water power.

-More than 1,000 abandoned lobster traps have been removed

from Long Island Sound

-General Mills, Walmart, and Sam’s Club collaborate on adoption

of regenerative agriculture practices

My guest on DITD today is Ralph Baskin. Ralph is a Retired IT cost consultant turned photographer who moved to CT from NY over 40 years ago where he lives in, and has improved, a small 1890's Victorian farmhouse.

Ralph and I have found common ground with our views on the environment and have had many conversations about solar which I have dabbled with and Ralph has had a lot of experience, having adding a solar system to his own home. Besides my intention to always feature local guests and listeners of WPKN, I thought we all could learn more about going solar by hearing about Ralph's experiences.

-200 countries make global pact for “transitioning away from

fossil fuels” 200 researchers, sounds the alarm on climate tipping points—

- rising ocean temperatures are causing hurricanes to gain

strength

-N Y’s South Fork Wind first utility-scale offshore wind farm to

generate power in the US

* Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Antisemitism, Islamophobia; Will Creeley, Legal Director with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE); Producer: Scott Harris.

* Republicans Tie Support for Israel, Ukraine Aid to Imposing New Draconian Immigration Laws; Kica Matos, President of the National Immigration Law Center; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

* Too Little Too Late at the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai; Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and climate activist; Producer: Scott Harris.

The Farm Stand speaks with Frank Pagliaro, an historian and researcher, who describes the first documented meteor to strike North America on Dec. 14, 1807.

Hosted by Richard Hill, Laura Modlin and Steve Munno.

I recorded several speakers from the 54th National Day of Mourning at Plymouth, MA on Thanksgiving Day, 2023, including the co-chair of United American Indians of New England, a Palestinian, and an 82-year-old survivor of Canada's Indian residential schools (prisons)

-COP28 president says "no science" for a phase out of fossil

fuels.

-Gore says oil industry is way more effective at capturing

politicians than emissions.

-4 out of 5 people agree that it’s essential to do “whatever it

takes” to limit climate change

-Solar capacity has grown faster in US electrical generation than

all other energy sources

-Airbus will have fleet of ocean vessels with wind-assisted

propulsion

-coal-producing West Virginia school system is going solar,

* Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel's Deadly Gaza Attack; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Producer: Scott Harris.

* The Struggle for Palestinian Rights & Self Determination Embraced by Indigenous Activists; Salma Abu Ayyash, a Palestinian American engineer, educator, and social justice activist Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

* The Dark, Violent Legacy of Henry Kissinger; Peter Kornbluh, Dir. Cuba & Chile Documentation Projects at the National Security Archive Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Professor of History at Yale University; Producer: Scott Harris.