Terra Verde – February 24, 2023
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Terra Verde
10:30 AM Pacific Time: Fridays
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.
30×30 is an international movement to conserve 30% of natural areas, lands, and waters by 2030, in an effort to protect and restore biodiversity and mitigate and build resilience to climate change. On this week’s episode, Terra Verde host Fiona McLeod is joined by Jennifer Norris, Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat at the … Continued
In the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains and just a few miles outside of Gilroy, California, sits land that is sacred to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. Known as Juristac, the Amah Mutsun lived on this land for millennia until they were forcibly removed. Today, a private investor group wants to develop a massive … Continued
Terra Verde – February 3, 2023
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
The Seductive Lure of Direct Air Capture Technology Delays the Clean Energy Transition
This episode of Terra Verde features an interview with a researcher from the organization Food and Water Watch describing their recent report on Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology titled The Dire Climate Consequences of Capturing Carbon from the Atmosphere. The episode exposes the highly celebrated but unproven climate geoengineering approach as being absurdly expensive, energy … Continued
The residents of Bayview Hunters Point, a low-income, working class community of color in southeast San Francisco, have been embroiled in a decades-long struggle to get a full clean up of the many sources of pollution in their neighborhood, including radioactive and toxic contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site and dozens of … Continued
Every winter, hunters gather across the United States to partake in a uniquely American activity: predator killing contests. These events are pretty much what they sound like — contests to see who can kill the most or biggest coyotes, bobcats, foxes and other native carnivores, often in the name of wildlife management. Those who prevail … Continued
Terra Verde is joined by guests Lucas May and Laura Haight of the civil society organization Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI). They report on biomass energy developments at a national and international level, and describe how industry is targeting California forests as feedstock to manufacture and export wood pellets to global energy markets.
Terra Verde – December 30, 2022
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Terra Verde – December 23, 2022
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.