0:08 – DEBUT: The Tipping Point
56 days til the 2018 midterms, we launch a new series where we sort out the facts from the fireworks, try to ask big questions, and profile key players – all in 3 minutes of election news.
0:11 – Rights Watch: North Carolina is ground zero for Federal Vote Suppression – Ari Berman (@AriBerman)is a senior reporter at Mother Jones, covering voting rights; also the author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. He joins us to discuss his latest article is entitled “Election Officials Are Alarmed as Trump Administration Subpoenas Voter Data From 44 North Carolina Counties”
0:34 – It took 16 years for Shell to tell shareholders that risks related to climate change could have an impact on the business’ operations & earnings, according to revelations made public by investigative journalist Chloe Farand (@ChloeFarand). She joins us to discuss her latest article for DeSmog UK: Exclusive: Shell Took 16 Years To Warn Shareholders of Climate Risks, Despite Knowing in Private All Along.
1:08 – Update from the Global Climate Summit week of action: Mustafa Santiago Ali (@EJinAction ) Senior Vice President of Climate, Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization with the Hip Hop Caucus, joins us to break down climate change as an equity issue. Solutions to climate change must center racial and economic justice. The mobilization to force action on climate change is urging action for environmental justice. That means an end to premature deaths – disproportionately in low-income and frontline communities – and lessen the impact of extreme weather events.
1:34 – What’s wrong with California’s climate policies, and how to fix them. Our guest is Miya Yoshitani (@miya_yosh) is the Executive Director with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network.