Terra Verde – September 15, 2023
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
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Terra Verde delivers news and views about the most critical environmental issues across California and globally. From agriculture and wildlife to energy and climate change, industrial pollution to design solutions, Terra Verde brings you stories of struggle and triumph that will determine the future of our planet.
The Case for Constitutional Green Amendments
This summer, the climate movement celebrated a landmark win. Sixteen young people, who sued the state of Montana back in 2020 for promoting fossil fuels, prevailed in their lawsuit against the state, enjoying what has been described as a sweeping win. Their case was the first constitutional climate case and first youth climate case to … Continued
Terra Verde is joined by guests Dr Marjaneh Moini of PSR-SF and Kathy Kerridge of 350 Bay Area Action to discuss the public health risks and environmental concerns arising from an emerging proposal to establish a carbon capture and sequestration injection site at Montezuma Hills in Solano County to ostensibly address carbon pollution from the … Continued
In Richmond, California, fenceline communities near the Chevron oil refinery are impacted daily by the fossil fuel industry’s influence over local politics and the economy, as well as by the environmental and health risks of living in an oil town. But in the face of industry negligence, pollution, food insecurity, and more, community activists in … Continued
Terra Verde – August 18, 2023
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Amid this summer’s blistering heat waves, historic floods, and devastating wildfires, it’s impossible to ignore the signs of climate change all around us. These extreme weather events can be catastrophic, both for human life and for property. And when it comes to the property side of things, the insurance industry is taking note: Over the … Continued
This episode of Terra Verde features an interview with Greg King, the author of the recently published book The Ghost Forest: Racists, Radicals and Real Estate in the California Redwoods. The book explores the economic and ideological webs of control over our industrialized society — and how the raw resource of the ancient redwoods provided … Continued
Terra Verde – July 28, 2023
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Terra Verde – July 21, 2023
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Journalist and author John Vaillant’s new book Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World — which chronicles a massive wildfire in the tar sands oil boomtown of Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016 that forced the entire city of 88,000 people to evacuate— is a gripping disaster tale that comes with an urgent message: Climate change … Continued
Speculative Climate Technologies Perpetuate Racism
E. Tendayi Achiume, currently a professor of law at University of California, Los Angeles, was appointed as the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in 2017, becoming the first woman and the first person from southern Africa to fill the role. Her last interventions before leaving … Continued