-Tropical storm Debby

-Philippines capital flooded from Typhoon

-Dragonflies swarm beachgoers in Rhode Island

-Oil-well blowout in Kazakhstan spews methane

-New rules for methane emissions at landfills

-First US solar-covered canal coming

-Brazil’s proposal for a 2% wealth tax on billionaires

Chuck Collins of climatecriminals.org is my guest on this "Digging in the Dirt". Chuck is here to talk about why he believes It’s time to name the names of the individuals delaying climate action and financing the climate crisis, so they can be held accountable.

Chuck Collins is an American author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. His latest book is a novel, “Altar to an Erupting Sun,” an eco-fiction exploration of the causes of climate disruption.

* Israel’s High-Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East War; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Producer: Scott Harris.

* Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader's New Book; Ralph Nader America’s leading public interest lawyer & four-time independent presidential candidate; Producer: Scott Harris.

* Pres. Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to Gain Freedom; Justin Mazzola, Deputy Director of Research with Amnesty International USA; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

Sephra Alexandra, The Seed Huntress, is an ethnobotanist on a mission to restore the biodiversity of our environment by finding, saving and replanting our legacy seeds (www.seedhunress.com).

Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

-Florida prepares for powerful Hurricane

-Philippines capital underwater after deadly Typhoon

-Thousands of dragonflies swarm Rhode Island Beach.

-Kazakhstan record accidental methane leak

-New EPA rules for methane emissions from landfills,

-America gets its very first solar-covered canal

-Brazil’s proposes for a 2% wealth tax on Billionaires

-Earth has warmest two days on record globally since 1940,

-US will miss emission reduction goals

-Twenty-five states ask Supreme Court to stay coal pollution rules

-South Africa enacts Climate Change Bill

-Key Largo tree cactus goes extinct in US

-Atlantic sturgeon back in Swedish Rivers due to conservation

-Federal government to phase out plastics

Organic farmer Kaitlyn Kimball is my guest on this show.

Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. with her husband Lawrence Passeck. Sunset is a USDA Certified Organic vegetable and flower farm focused on sustainability and community. Kaitlyn is also Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven. CitySeed has a mission to "create a healthy, sustainable, and just food system for all.”

Trump's Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Endangers the World; Lawrence S. Wittner, Professor of History Emeritus at the State University of New York at Albany; Producer: Scott Harris. * 'Project 2025' Envisions the Imposition of an Authoritarian Christian Nationalist Theocracy; Andra Watkins, a New York Times bestselling author; Producer: Scott Harris. * Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, Asserting it’s a Luxury our Climate Can’t Afford; Alex Chatfield of the Coalition to Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom or Anywhere; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.

I am pleased to have Kaitlyn Kimball as my guest this show,

Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. with her husband Lawrence Passeck. Sunset is a USDA Certified

Organic vegetable and flower farm focused on sustainability and community. She is also Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven.

* World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International Law Michael Lynk, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario, Canada Producer: Scott Harris

* After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris Defacto Democratic Party Nominee Aaron Regunberg a member of the group Pass the Torch steering committee Producer: Scott Harris

* New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for Unhoused Joel Nieves, an occupant of a shelter built for the unhoused at the Amistad Catholic Worker House Producer: Melinda Tuhus