You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change; A “Conference of Polluters”: How Fossil Fuel Companies Are Shaping Policy at the U.N. Climate Summit; Fossil-Free Costa Rica: How One Country Is Pursuing Decarbonization Despite Global Inaction; As U.N. Calls for Urgent Action on Climate Change, U.S. Seeks to … Continued
The New York Times has published a lengthy investigation into how Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has cultivated an intimate and highly questionable friendship with Jared Kushner to his advantage. Analyst and author Juan Cole will explain what it means. Then, as police killings continue unabated author Alex Vitale joins us to debunk how … Continued
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Trump’s Energy Adviser Runs Away When Questioned by Democracy Now! at U.N. Climate Talks; Typhoon Haiyan Survivor: Fossil Fuel Companies Killed My Family by Hastening Climate Change; U.S. & Other Big Polluters Obstruct U.N. Climate Talks, Stalling Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions.
On todays show, well go to Katowice, Poland to speak with US youth activist Kristy Drutman about how she and others disrupted Donald Trumps coal promotion event at the UN Climate Conference. Then author Nicole Seymour will discuss her new book, Bad Environmentalism: Irony and Irreverence in the Ecological Age. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
Excerpts of the 4 DVD Set “Untold History of The United States.” With Host Sasha Lilley.
“The Long Shadow,” a documentary film written and directed by Frances Causey, investigates the history and legacies of slavery and anti-Black racism in the U.S.
“Our Leaders Are Behaving Like Children”: Teen Climate Activist Confronts World Leaders at U.N. Summit; School Strike for Climate: Meet 15-Year-Old Activist Greta Thunberg, Who Inspired a Global Movement; Climate Scientist Kevin Anderson: World’s Richest Must Radically Change Lifestyles to Prevent Global Catastrophe.
The Yellow Vests protests in France have rocked the nation and forced President Emmanuel Macron to back down from a fuel tax hike. On today’s show we’ll examine whether the framing of the protests as “People Vs. the Climate,” is accurate or not with author and journalist Steven Hill. Then, as a potential government shutdown … Continued
