UpFront

Lessons from postcolonial Barbados on sovereign debt and the climate crisis

0:08 – We spend the hour with Abrahm Lustgarten (@abrahml), an environmental reporter at ProPublica who investigates the intersection of business, climate and energy. We discuss an article he wrote about climate debt, co-published by ProPublica / New York Times Magaine, Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming.


Oakland’s largest unhoused community faces Caltrans eviction

    A San Francisco federal judge will evaluate the temporary restraining order that stopped Caltrans from clearing the Wood Street encampment in West Oakland – deciding the fate of the city’s largest largest unhoused community. KPFA’s Ellie Prickett-Morgan has this story. Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing, residents have drafted an open letter from the Wood Street … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

California adopts world’s most stringent rule banning gasoline powered cars; Federal judge prepares for hearing on Oakland’s largest Wood Street encampment; Monkeypox cases still on the rise in California, but at a slower rate

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. California adopts groundbreaking rule banning sales of new gasoline powered cars after 2035. A federal magistrate orders Justice Department to make public tomorrow the redacted affidavit it used to obtain search warrant for Mar-a-Lago. Monkeypox cases down … Continued