Every time you turn on your tap, think about what you’d have to do if you couldn’t use it – ever. That’s what daily life is still like in Flint, Michigan as a result of lead in the city’s water. The story may not be a top the national news these days, but the crisis… Continue reading Flint Water Safety – Nayyirah Shariff, Community Organizer, Activist
“Our infrastructure was designed for the climate we had and not the climate we now have.” Kathy Jacobs Extreme weather, hurricanes, droughts and floods all affect us personally every single day either in our ability to go to work or school or the prices we pay for food. Is this “a normal cycle” of climate… Continue reading Climate Science Data – Katharine Jacobs, Univ. of Arizona & Nat. Climate Assessment
“People have competing interests…(so) move beyond lazy labeling…a reporter’s job is to provide context…undergirded by data and statistics….Be a little fearless.” The Dakota Access Pipeline fight, hurricanes, droughts, earthquakes… the BP Oil Spill, the potential cuts to the EPA budget and rollback of the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts…Journalists rush to cover these stories as they break in the moment, but what’s missing? Listen to Green Connections Radio host Joan Michelson’s insightful conversation with renowned journalist Soledad O’Brien, formerly of CNN and MSNBC and now Founder and CEO of Starfish Media Group, an award-winning production company, and host of “Matter of Fact” syndicated on network television via Hearst TV.
Energy is the lifeblood of the economy. Where it we get it from matters, though. With several oil and gas folks set to take top posts in the new administration, it’s important to talk with one of the top people who was a liaison between BP and the clean up, from a scientific side: Rita… Continue reading Gulf Oil Spill Lessons & Career Advice – Dr. Rita Colwell
Women around the globe are most affected by climate change, according to Osprey Orielle Lake, the Founder of the Women’s Environmental and Climate Action Network International (WECAN), for a number of reasons. Hear why and about the novel trainings that WECAN is providing to women across the globe from joining the Women’s March in D.C.… Continue reading Climate & Women – Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN International
As we embark on an uncertain energy and climate future with a new U.S. president who denies climate change and embraces fossil fuels, it’s important to keep focused on the risks – and the opportunities – of the energy portfolio and climate change. Whether you support the fossil fuel industry or think it should be… Continue reading Energy Risks & Opportunities – with Amory Lovins, Top Advisor to Govs., CEOs
This will surprise you. As a former Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the former Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Military Advisor at CNA, a top national security think tank, Sherri Goodman knows national security. She pioneered Environmental Security, leading Defense’s analyses of how a changing climate affects national security – and what the Defense establishment… Continue reading Climate, National Security: w Sherri Goodman of DoD, CNA
Dr. Molly Brown gives you a new way of looking at a menu and the super market. She’s written a major book for NASA on food security and climate change, as well as your health. She’ll surprise you…. Listen to Molly Brown explain: What to eat and why – from the planet’s perspective How climate… Continue reading Food & the Planet – w Molly Brown, NASA, UMD
Babies create a lot of waste and need a lot of energy. Just ask Keya Chatterje, Executive Director at USCAN and formerly at the World Wildlife Fund, who decided with her brave husband to try to raise your new baby with a zero carbon footprint, at least for the first year. Wow! How did she… Continue reading Zero-Carbon Baby?! – w USCAN Keya Chatterje
With a new President of the United States and a new Congress taking shape in the election shortly, we assess the energy legislation and tax incentives on the books to nudge the clean energy economy forward with Betsy McCorkle, head of governmental affairs at the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA). North Carolina is playing… Continue reading Navigating Legislation – w NCSEA’s Betsy McCorkle
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