We’ll talk to author John Englander about his timely book, “High Tide on Main Street–Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis”. He’ll tell us what we can expect over the coming months, years and decade along our coastlines. In our second segment we’ll look at what the tide is washing up on …
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Hopes are high that the President’s Inaugural mention of climate change as one of the key issues in his second administration will be followed by sustained action. We’ll get reaction from Brad Johnson of the Climate Silence and Forecast The Facts campaigns. Next, we’ll get reaction to Nebraska’s Governor ok’ing the Keystone XL route through his …
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Dr. Susan Shaw is a marine expert who says our oceans are becoming a toxic soup. She should know, she dove into the Gulf of Mexico after the BP oil spill almost three years ago. Despite 2012 being the hottest year in the US, climate coverage continued to be cool – …
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The new year begins on a sad note for the environmental community mourning the tragic drowning last week of Rebecca Tarbotton in Mexico. The Executive Director of The Rainforest Action Network is remembered by RAN’s Forest Program Director, Lindsay Allen. Next Peter Kelley joins us to share America’s Wind Energy Association’s response to …
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It looks as though the year of extreme weather we are wrapping up is going to go down as the hottest year on record. We’ll get more on that and discuss the implications with Andrew Freedman, senior science writer at Climate Central. In our next segment we’ll chat with Marty Essen, author …
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On The Green Front today we’ll meet the man behind a move to get President Obama to hold an emergency climate summit during his first 100 days in office—Bob Doppelt is Coordinator of the National Climate Ethics Campaign. That as Senator Barbara Boxer announces she’ll convene a Climate Caucus in 2013. We’ll …
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Author and climate advocate Chris Mooney-The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality-joins Climate Crock’s Peter Sinclair to discuss the political fallout of Super Storm Sandy and prospects for moving the Congressional conversation forward to include the prospect of a carbon tax. Next a scientist who has …
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Two young eco-preneurs who are changing our world for the better on today’s show. They are Natalie Fleming of EcoScraps and Nikhil Arora of Back To The Roots. Be inspired by what each is doing to reduce food waste and take food that would otherwise be thrown away and turn it into fertile compost …
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Originally aired 09/19/12 - An outspoken Republican meteorologist will join us to talk about climate reality and why his party should get with the program. The founder of Broadcast Weather, Paul Douglas, tells it like it is from The Twin Cities where there is also evidence of a changing climate. Next, …
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Paul Barrett, the Bloomberg BusinessWeek writer whose cover story, It’s Global Warming Stupid!, helped get climate change on the minds of more Americans in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, will join us. He discusses impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement of Barack Obama as well as the President’s comments on climate change in today’s …
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Three presidential debates, more than three-hundred minutes of political discussion and not one mention of climate change! Brad Johnson, co-founder of Climate Silence and Forecast The Facts weighs in on what’s wrong with this picture and what we can do about it. Next, David Allgood, political director of the California …
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Debate number three out of four was-once again-devoid of any mention of climate change though there were volleys over energy policy. Why the reluctance to even utter the words describing the biggest crisis facing the planet? Does it all come down to the fossil fuel industry exerting its heavy influence? We’ll hear …
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What if the steps we’re now beginning to take to combat climate change won’t make a difference, or not even close to enough in mitigating climate disruption? A new book says there are some fundamental policy mistakes being made and won’t do the job. Rutgers Professor Howard Latin and author of …
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In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, we talk with Nancy Unger, author of the new book, Beyond Nature’s Housekeepers — American Women in Environmental History. From Silent Spring to Climate Silence…in our second segment we’ll chat with Desi Doyen of Bradblog and The Green News Report about the “climate of …
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