Terra Verde – November 12, 2021
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.
San Francisco Bay Area Biofuels Refinery Permitting Requires Scrutiny
This episode of Terra Verde features interviews with Ann Alexander, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Greg Karras, energy systems scientist and founder of Community Energy Re-Source, describing the environmental review of the proposed conversion of the Phillips 66 Rodeo and Marathon Martinez SF Bay Area refineries to fossil gas intensive and … Continued
Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with journalist, author, and new farmer, Beth Hoffman, about her new book, Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America, which details the many challenges, especially financial, that most farmers in the USA struggle with.
The Toxic Oil Chemicals Used to “Clean Up” Oil Spills
Many communities that are impacted by oil spills also end up facing long term health impacts from exposure to toxic chemicals that are used in the oil spill ‘cleanup’ process, particularly dispersants –– chemical solvents that break floating oil slicks apart into tiny droplets that are more easily absorbed into the water column. Dispersants make … Continued
Big Oil’s Big Lies
The fossil fuel industry has known about climate change for half a century. It has also known that the burning of fossil fuels drives climate change, and that public understanding of this fact would be bad for business. So rather than acknowledging the reality of the climate crisis, Big Oil took a different tact – … Continued
Terra Verde – October 8, 2021
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Lithium mining carries with it devastating environmental and social impacts, and a new documentary film from Argentina called En el Nombre del Litio is a ground breaking communications project capturing these cultural and environmental threats. To explore the dilemma embedded in the push for technological solutions to the climate crisis, Terra Verde is joined by … Continued
Terra Verde – September 24, 2021
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.
Good Food and Democracy – September 17, 2021
Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with veteran food activist and author Frances Moore Lappé about the 50th anniversary edition of her seminal book, Diet for a Small Planet, and the relationship between food, environment and democracy.
Terra Verde – September 10, 2021
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally.