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Is the cold snap, deep freeze, polar vortex or whatever you want to call it that gripped much of the nation this week connected to climate change or does it mean “global warming” is not a real threat? We’ll “drill down” for the facts with Daniel Weiss, Senior Climate Fellow at The Center for American Progress. Weiss also gives us a preview of what his former boss, John Podesta, is likely to do in his new role as advisor to President Obama.

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USA Today writer Doyle Rice discusses his paper's commitment to connecting climate and weather news. 

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Newly installed Energy Secretary, Dr. Ernest Moniz, opened last week's White House Leadership Summit on Women, Climate and Energy. His comments to the group of 100 attendees will be played exclusively on The Green Front as D.R Tucker and Betsy discuss the event. 

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Casi Callaway,Executive Director of Mobile Baykeeper in Alabama talks about the situation in the gulf.

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Daniel J. Weiss is Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy with the Center for American Progress. He comments about the President’s speech and the pending climate change legislation.

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 Bill Magavern, California Director for the Sierra Club explains how California’s Proposition 16 went down to defeat, despite P G and E’s $46 million bankrolling of the measure, which would have required communities wanting to enter the electricity business to get two/thirds voter approval. 

Environmentalists fought hard for the defeat, with only pennies on the dollar spent, opening the door for more locales to offer renewable energy.

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Bryan Early, of Californians Against Waste talks about the statewide effort to ban single-use plastic bags as it has passed an important hurdle.

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While America is focused on the devastation unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, a sailing vessel called Ocean Watch is documenting what is happening with the oceans around The Americas by circumnavigating the continent on a mission.David Rockefeller Jr., the founder and chairman of Sailors for the Sea and one of the leaders of this educational expedition, will join us on The Green Front to share their mission to engage all seafarers in becoming better stewards of our imperiled oceans. 

Ocean Watch stopped in the San Francisco Bay on its year long journey, on the same day President Obama was here to highlight the importance of solar and other renewable resources, on his way down to survey the damage in the Gulf.

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 While BP executives face a grilling in Washington, the worst oil disaster to hit the U.S. mainland continues unabated.
We’ll get candid commentary from Dr. Riki Ott, marine biologist, toxicologist and author of  two books on the Exxon Valdez aftermath. This outspoken “fisherm’am”, whose boldness was inspired by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, tells us what ‘ott’ to happen next. 

 In our second half we speak to Alex Posorske, with 1Sky, about the Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill, unveiled in Washington during this week’s edition of The Green Front.

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With the Gulf of Mexico coastline threatened with an oil slick the size of Texas what is at stake in terms of fishing industry, coastal economy still recovering from Katrina, marine life and human health? We’ll get an expert’s view, and some strong opinions, from Doug Inkley, Senior Wildlife Biologist with the National Wildlife Federation. Also, what we’ve learned – and not learned – from the Exxon Valdeez spill.

On a more upbeat note we’ll meet Vinit Allen, author of a great new book – just released – called The Sustainable World Source Book. In fewer than 100 colorful pages, and less than ten dollars, it covers critical issues, viable solutions and resources for action!  LISTEN