Joseph Romm from the Center for American Progress
Joseph Romm is a senior fellow at The Center for American Progress and the author of Hell Or High Water. He reminds us of the huge consequences of global warming.
He blogs at climateprogress.org.
Author: Betsy Rosenberg
David McCallister: Environmental Solutions for the beaches
On this, the 100th day since the worst U.S. environmental catastrophe began, we meet a finalist in the government’s search for a service that can best safely remove oil residue from Gulf state beaches. David McCallister is co-principal in a company called Environmental Solutions, that has developed a biodegradable, non-toxic clear substance that can be sprayed onto shores and easily removed, taking oil with it, without harm to marine life or humans. This is a Green Front exclusive as David’s company awaits final word in a bidding process which included some 3,600 applicants!
Bruce Blanning: The Next Frontier, Engaging The Golden Age of Green
Bruce Blanning is Executive Director of Professional Engineers In California Government, the sponsor behind a great new documentary called The Next Frontier: Engineering The Golden Age Of Green that depicts what’s possible with clean energy.
View a short trailer on YouTube
Remembering Stephen Schneider
Benjamin Santer, Research Scientist at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory remembers Stephen Schneider, one of the world's leading climatologist, who passed away unexpectedly on July 19. Benjamin wrote this eulogy. More remembrances here.
Paul Ehrlich remembers Stephen Schneider
Paul Ehrlich remembers Stephen Schneider: “I don’t think anybody has worked harder and longer to
educate the public on climate issues in particular and science issues in
general.”
Rachel Finlay Ginis – Citizens Climate Lobby – Marin County
Rachel Finlay Ginis is a LEED-accredited building contractor, designer and founder of the Citizen's Climate Lobby in Marin County, California. She is just back from Washington DC where she met with dozens of legislators to lobby for a strong energy bill that includes a new carbon policy concept known as “fees and dividends”, a better alternative to “cap and trade”, from a practical and political perspective.
Julia Whitty, Deep Blue Home – An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean
Julia Whitty, just back from the Gulf Coast and just in time to launch her new book Deep Blue Home. Whitty is passionate about our need to wake up to the gifts of our seas and to ‘seize’ the moment of this oil catastrophe to make a sea change!
Eric Pooley, author of The Climate War, True Believers, Power Brokers and The Fight To Save The Earth
Eric Pooley, author of the just-released book The Climate War is also Deputy Editor of Bloomberg Business Week Magazine and former Managing Editor of Fortune Magazine. With a very strong financial and political perspective, as well as ecological, his book is one of Betsy’s Best Bets!
Frances Moore Lappé: Getting A Grip 2
Frances Moore Lappé, the best-selling author of Diet For A Small Planet, Hope’s Edge and most recently Getting A Grip 2 shares what inspires her in dark times to preserve, prevail and prosper!
Steve Barnett and the Paradise Parking Lot
Green Front Radio made a rare visit to NYC and the PRN Studios from which this show was broadcast. I snagged the network’s other green host – Steve Barnett – as Paradise Parking Lot was ending – and we chatted about recent environmental news and views.