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Peter Sinclair: Climate Denial Crock of the Week

Red_head For the past 4 years, Peter Sinclair has been asking, begging, cajoling, and otherwise trying to persuade the world’s leading climate scientists to explain to him what they do, and what their findings are, in words that average people can understand. In particular, Peter has been trying to get expert responses to the disinformation about climate change that one hears too often on certain cable news channels, the internet, or talk radio. For 2 years  he’s been collecting results of his investigations in a youtube series called “Climate Denial Crock of the Week”. There are now some 75 videos in the series, and scientists, professors, researchers, students, journalists, congressional staffers, and curious laypeople have been tuning in for a better understanding of the most critical environmental and policy issue of this century. They also – in many cases – get a good laugh! His blogsite is climatecrocks.com. We’ll get a sample, and Peter’s story, in this hour-long interview.

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Appalachian Voices: Revoke Massey Energy’s Charter and End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining.

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14 months after the Big Branch coal mine explosion that took 29 lives Appalachian Voices has filed a complaint with the Delaware Attorney General’s office to stop Massey from continuing to do business under a new name. We’ll dig deeper for the dirt on that story with Sandra Diaz, Development Director for Appalachian Voices’ and also get an update on End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Campaign.

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World Oceans Day with the Monterey Bay Aquarium

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From the mountains to the shining sea…today is World Oceans Day and we'll celebrate by learning what we land lubbers can do to help improve the state of our oceans. Ken Peterson, communications director for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, will give us the lowdown on farmed fish, plastic pollution, dead zones, threats from climate change AND what we can do to turn the tide!

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Jeff Greenblatt: California’s Energy Future – The View to 2050

Jeff-greenblatt Just as it seems climate change is rearing its ugly head in the form of ever deadlier weather events, new findings have been released from scientists at the Lawrence Lab in Berkeley, Ca. Jeff Greenblatt, co-author of the report California’s Energy Future – The View to 2050 talks about what’s on the horizon for renewable options, and what’s looking less viable as a reliable energy source.

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Rainforest Action Network: Chevron Guilty, Clean Up Amazon

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Rainforest Action Network advocates talk about their most recent actions about Chevron, including unfurling a 50 foot banner message on Richmond bridge and protest during the annual shareholders meeting. Matt Leonard is is a longtime environmental activist and resident of San Francisco, Ginger Cassady is the Change Chevron campaign director for RAN. 

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