Alec Loorz: Kids vs Global Warming and iMatter March.
Alec Loorz of Kids Vs Global Warming and the iMatter March, checks in from the road.
Author: Betsy Rosenberg
Roz Savage: Rowing Towards a Greener Future
"Oar" own Roz Savage – fresh from her Indian Ocean crossing – on what's next for the solo rower for climate change awareness!
Chris Paine: Revenge of the electric car!
Four years after the film "Who Killed The Electric Car?" answered a lot of questions about the premature demise of gas-free vehicles, Director Chris Paine is back with "Revenge of the Electric Car!". Chris tells us about the challenges and excitement in making a sequel signaling return of the "car of the future".
Amy Harwood: Center for Biological Diversity: 7 billion and counting
What does the future on a planet populated with 7 billion people look like? We'll find out from Amy Harwood, Campaign Coordinator at The Center For Biological Diversity.
Drew Grande: Another Coal Ash Spill
The picture is not pretty along the shore of Lake Michigan where toxic coal ash is pouring into the water from a damaged coal fired power plant.
Protecting against this very type of accident is what the most anti-environment congress just voted against!
Drew Grande of The Sierra Club in Massachusetts tells what's wrong with this picture.
Mark Reynolds: Citizens Climate Lobby
Mark Reynolds of Citizens Climate Lobby explains that Congressman Pete Stark, and nine other liberal legislators, have bucked the crimson anti-climate tide and floated a measure to tax carbon producers. Reynolds says it likely won't get out of committee but provides an opportunity to talk about the prospect!
Beth Waitkus: Insight Garden Program
Beth Waitkus is a trailblazer and "avant- gardener". She'll talk about her groundbreaking Insight Garden Program at San Quentin prison which teaches hard core inmates how to grow plants and nurture the possibility of a future beyond bars.
Stephen Lacey debunks a fake solar scandal
Leading climate writer Stephen Lacey, of climateprogress.org talks about the week's top stories including a fake solar scandal from "Faux News" and a call to government leaders to take action on climate change from managers of some 20 trillion dollars in global investment funds. He'll also weigh in on the Republican presidential debates where not one word was uttered about our environmental, energy or climate crisis and how Hermain Cain is proud of his alliance with the Koch Brothers.
I guess some things do go better with Koch…Pizza and Coke!
Gail Zawacki: Climate Witness
Tree lover and expert Gail Zawacki writes about the less than fabulous fall foliage and other signs of environmental degradation. The "Wit's End" blogger has also spent some time at the Occupy Wall Street protests in NYC and she shares her observations.
Peter Knights about the ban of the sale, possession and trade of shark fins in California
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation to ban the sale, possession and trade of shark fins,
hoping to slow the consumption of shark fins soup and slaughter of an estimated 73 million sharks per year. Peter Knights, Executive Director of WildAid, one of the global organizations leading that legislative effort in California, and continuing around the world talks about this victory.