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The Climate Minute examines current news on global warming, climate change, renewable energy and the prospects for progress on international negotiations, carbon taxes and clean energy policy.
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Friday Apr 28, 2017
Friday Apr 28, 2017
The People’s Climate Mobilization is almost here. We can’t wait. Check out the events in both Boston (on the Common) and in Washington DC (on the Mall.) Just remember- we are mobilizing for the long term. Working toward Environmental Justice and rejecting destructive legislation are the kinds of topics we support. And of course, we must vote in November 2018. Listen in!
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Executive disorder: The Climate Minute Podcast
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Friday Mar 31, 2017
The mal-Administration our country, lead by our Russophile 45th President, has issued an Executive Order attempting to eliminate efforts to address climate change. The historical ramificaitons of these destructive moves are yet to be written, but they are real and damning. We discuss the content and consequences of the what we know now. Listen in!
Friday Mar 10, 2017
Friday Mar 10, 2017
In a statement that can only be considered an insult to the very concept of truth and scientific integrity, Scott Pruitt, the new leader of the EPA, said the following about carbon dioxide “I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there’s tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so no, I would not agree that it’s a primary contributor to the global warming that we see,” This denial of the scientific output of the EPA, based on his personal opinion and narrow ideology is an outrage. His extreme views may influence decisions on California’s right to pursue green initiatives.
Scott Pruitt will only be brought to heel by political pressure from Congress, who will themselves only respond to direct communication from their constituents. Check the reading list to find your Member of Congress. A short phone call is all it takes.
Monday Mar 06, 2017
Stevie B and T-Rex butt heads over Paris: The Climate Minute Podcast
Monday Mar 06, 2017
Monday Mar 06, 2017
The Paris Agreement, flawed and fragile as it is, represents the world’s best hope of addressing global warming. While the COTUS (Cheeto of the US) railed against it on the campaign trail, there appears to be an ongoing discussion about whether the US should leave the agreement. It seems “Camp of the Saints Steve Bannon” and “Arctic Rex Tillerson” disagree on the wisdom of this. How much fun would that be to watch? Listen in!
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
The world after Trump is what we make it: The Climate Minute Podcast
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
The election of DJT represents a break point in American history, challenging all the principles and virtues that we presume to hold. Given the disruption caused by our new politics, it will be hard to go back to a ‘November 7th’ world- even if we wanted to. The question is : Do we simply want to go back to the way things were, or should be we planning and fighting for a new vision of our country. President Bannon surely is doing so- shouldn’t we? Resistance is a tool to build a new future. What will that future look like?
Friday Feb 17, 2017
The good, the bad and the Pruitt: The Climate Minute Podcast
Friday Feb 17, 2017
Friday Feb 17, 2017
Bad news from DC is balanced by continued good work here in Massachusetts. We discuss what it all means, from Seattle’s divestment of DAPL to new bills in the Massachusetts Legislature calling for clean energy.
Friday Dec 30, 2016
Friday Dec 30, 2016
2016 was quite a year-in many, many ways. Environmental justice concerns melded quite clearly with climate activism in Dakota. The pipeline protests there seem to be a template for a linking of climate and inequality issues that will be needed in the future. Of course, the year was notable from a geo-physics perspective as the Arctic icecap melted-in the winter! What a surprise! Finally, the international climate movement might be strong enough to persist, even withoutUS leadership. Look to China to reap the benefits of our stupid policies. Listen in as we discuss.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Turn Baby Turn! The Climate Minute Podcast
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
The new Administration may have dreams of reversing our progress against climate change but there are a few legal, market driven and international snags that may slow these Climate-Orcs down. Listen in.
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre
Friday Dec 16, 2016
Friday Dec 16, 2016
As the implications of the Trumpian climate desecration plan become ever more clear, the need to resist his agenda is obvious. From a request for names of climate scientists at DOE to legitimate fears that climate data will be deleted from government computers, we need no new signs of a malevolent intent. “Hamilton Electors” are great to support, but read up on a practical guide to resisting the Turmp agenda . Listen in as we discuss.
Monday Dec 12, 2016
Nasty people, nasty policy: The Climate Minute Podcast
Monday Dec 12, 2016
Monday Dec 12, 2016
The Cabinet picks of our part-time PEOTUS are emerging from the smoggy, carbon-choked darkness like zombies. They are a collection of nasty monsters, whose disregard for science and the future of the planet deserves rebuke. The Trumpster’s continuous bait and switch rhetorical strategies may work on the press, but we need to stay focused on what actions he takes. The claim that “personality is policy” is a true, and The Donald’s policy is climate genocide. Our task is to resist.
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre