A Rude Awakening – May 27, 2022
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs.
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On Today’s show, an interview with investigative award winning climate reporter, Amy Westervelt on her latest piece in the The Guardian entitled, “Exxon Doubles Down On ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims That Yields Few Results” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/11/exxon-advanced-recycling-plastic-pollution-investigation? Plus Kevin Hunsanger is back on the scene with a few exciting fund drive updates KPFA is here to provide … Continued
On Today’s Fund Drive special, I’ll speak to Dr. Matthew T. Huber on his latest publication, “Climate Crisis as Class War” And, as always, I’ll have our special fund drive guest, Kevin H! Give Share Support https://support.kpfa.org/ or call us at 1-800-439-5732
An in-depth look at community affairs on a local, national and international level, with interviews and commentary. Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs. Today on A Rude Awakening, The Natural Carbon Sequestration and Resilience Act of 2022 , CA Assembly Bill 2649 has passed the assembly and is moving on to committee. In light of that, I’m playing a media … Continued
On today’s show, CA Assembly Bill 2649 has passed the assembly and is moving on to committee In light of that, I’m playing a media briefing put on by sponsors of the bill The Climate Center theclimatecenter.org “Natural carbon removal solutions and California policy” Speakers include Dr. Chelsea Carey, Working Lands Research Director and Principal … Continued
On Today’s show, The Oakland Institute has done it again. This time with a report entitled “DRYING OUT AFRICAN LANDS : Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access To Water In Africa” https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/large-scale-agriculture-threatens-african-water-access Policy Director Frederic Mousseau will be back with us along with his colleague in Senegal Mr. Elhadji Samba Sow.
HAPPY 73rd BIRTHDAY KPFA! On Today’s show, Tribal Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians Michael Hunter with an update on the Jackson Demonstration State Forest Places to support and follow Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter Pomo Land Back www.pomolandback.com fb: Michael Hunter https://www.facebook.com/tribalchairman.michaelhunter ig: tribal_chairman https://instagram.com/tribal_chairman?utm_medium=copy_link Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians https://www.coyotevalleytribe.org … Continued
On today’s show, the IPCC has come out with yet another report, this one containing solutions to the climate crisis. I’ll speak to Project Drawdown‘s Jaime Alexander and their Executive Director Jonathan Foley on how those IPCC solutions compare Solutions to the climate crisis will come from the multitudes By Jamie Beck Alexander https://www.greenbiz.com/article/solutions-climate-crisis-will-come-multitudes
On today’s show, on the heels of a closed congressional hearing questioning USAID’s funding of the Gates Foundation’s AGRA, I’ll speak to U.S. Right to Know co-founder and managing editor Stacy Malkan on her latest publication and a reaction from BIBA’s Anne Maina and SAFCEI’s Francesca de Gasparis. Gates Foundation agriculture project in Africa … Continued
On today’s show, I’ll speak to Friends of the Congo Executive Director Maurice Carney on the environmental impacts of mining and now logging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We’ll switch gears and continue a conversation w/ CA Youth vs Big Oil organizers Alex Masci, Supriya Patel and Molly McCoy on the Newsom letter … Continued