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Ted Koppel's new book, "Lights Out," he asserts that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. Koppel warns that a well-designed attack on just one of the nation's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure, and the federal government, while well prepared f...

The world is alive with animals that we virtually never glimpse with our own eyes. Many of the most fascinating and significant wildlife discoveries in recent years have been made thanks to the explosion of non-invasive, motion-sensitive cameras, known as camera traps. Not only do camera traps provide stunning images of endangered species, they've revolutionized the field of wildlife science, and...

Oceanside, CA is on the Road to Zero Waste with a goal is of reaching a 75-90% diversion/recycling rate by 2020. The Green Oceanside campaign was established to educate residents, businesses and visitors about how to be better stewards of the earth and to implement programs that protect and conserve natural resources. Through collaboration and partnerships between City departments, local businesse...

Ted Koppel's new book, "Lights Out," he asserts that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. Koppel warns that a well-designed attack on just one of the nation's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure, and the federal government, while well prepared f...

Imagine your business making a big impact solving problems like hunger, poverty, war, violence, and catastrophic climate change while making a healthy profit. A new book by Shel Horowitz and Jay Conrad Levinson, Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World, shows dozens of practical examples of successful companies doing well by doing good---from solopreneurs to Fortune 100 global corporations. Learn how...

Can we build a green economy and fight pollution at the same time? Is energy policy also social policy? Through the stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the U.S. and China, Catching the Sun explores the global race to lead the clean energy future. Over the course of a solar jobs training program, Catching the Sun follows the hope and heartbreak of unemployed American workers seeking jobs in the...

Frederic C. Rich – one of the world's leading corporate lawyers who is at the same time a prominent environmental leader - has written a book which diagnoses why the American environmental movement has stalled. He argues that in order to move forward, Republicans must reclaim their forgotten pro-environment heritage and Green must learn to again appeal to conservatives. Tune in as we talk to Mr. R...

On March 3, activists led by Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held simultaneous protests in front of Citigroup's New York City and San Francisco offices on to demand the company stop funding coal mining. According to RAN, Citigroup is looking to finance the purchase of coal mines in New Mexico and Colorado, despite having a policy on its books to sunset these harmful investments. On today's episode...

Ohio's coal workers are hanging up their hard hats and learning new trades as layoffs pile up in Appalachia's coal mines. International Business Times Energy and Environment Reporter, Maria Gallucci, examines the human side of our nation's shift away from coal. She joins us on Go Green Radio today to discuss how coal miners and their families are coping with job loss, and what the future holds for...

On Feb. 11, 2016, 350.org Co-Founder Bill McKibben and grassroots leaders joined Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 16 other members of Congress to introduce the "Keep It In the Ground Bill," in the U.S. House of Representatives. This legislation would prohibit new leases for coal, oil, and gas on all federal lands and waters, halting new leases for offshore drilling in the Pacific and the Gulf...

In his Jan. 2015 State of the City address, Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia announced that he wanted to make Long Beach a model of a climate resilient city. He asked the Aquarium of the Pacific to take a lead in assessing the primary threats that climate change poses to the city, to identify the most vulnerable neighborhoods and segments of the population, and to provide a preliminary assessment of...

Today we're joined by Osprey Orielle Lake, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), who held events and conducted advocacy work in Paris during COP21. She will share her perspective on the climate agreement, and describe the events surrounding this historic event. You can learn more about WECAN at: http://wecaninternational.org/ or follow them on T...

Zika virus, a pathogen transmitted by mosquitoes, has seemingly established itself in South America and the Caribbean and is now threatening the U.S. Cases have been reported in Florida, Illinois, Texas and Hawaii in patients having traveled to Central and South America, where they acquired the virus through mosquito bites. Our guest today, Joseph Conlon, technical advisor for the American Mosquit...

On today's episode of Go Green Radio, we will talk to Marc Yaggi, Executive Director of Waterkeeper Alliance (www.waterkeeper.org), about how- in 21st century America- a town of 100,000 people in Flint, Michigan was exposed to extremely high levels of lead in their drinking water. We will talk about the public policy failures, the actions taken by policymakers, how individual residents will be aff...

In her recent article for Newsweek, "The Big Melt: The Last Antarctic Explorers Are Seeking Answers Inside The Continent's Ice" (http://bit.ly/1RcuVpp), Nina Burleigh writes: "The history of the planet is held in frozen suspension in the Antarctic. Vertical miles of ice encase air bubbles that hold bits of atmosphere… some dating as far back as a million years ago. Fossil records show the place wa...

Transitioning our nation's transportation infrastructure to support electric vehicles won't happen overnight, but it may happen quite rapidly thanks to a new not-for-profit trade association, the Electric Vehicle Charging Association. Leaders from the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, technology and services industry have joined forces to advocate for policies to advance clean transpo...

El Niño produces extreme consequences for weather around the globe. The National Weather Service (NWS) has forecast a strong El Niño for the winter of 2015-16. As a result, the NOAA Winter Outlook shows probabilities for above normal precipitation over much of CA, AZ, and southern NV, bringing substantial risk for levee failures, landslides, and flooding. The FEMA Region 9 office, in Oakland, CA h...

Executive Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have partnered with National Geographic Channel and GE to present BREAKTHROUGH, a revolutionary new series about scientific explorers from leading universities and institutions and how their cutting-edge innovations and advancements will change our lives in the immediate future and beyond. On today's episode we will discuss Angela Bassett's contribut...

Transitioning our nation's transportation infrastructure to support electric vehicles won't happen overnight, but it may happen quite rapidly thanks to a new not-for-profit trade association, the Electric Vehicle Charging Association. Leaders from the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, technology and services industry have joined forces to advocate for policies to advance clean transpo...

The American Cleaning Institute's ® (ACI) 2015 Sustainability Report showcases the cleaning products industry's progress toward sustainable development and unveils ACI's first-ever industry "materiality assessment," which maps the critical risks and opportunities facing its value chain. br The ACI is the Home of the U.S. Cleaning Products Industry™, representing producers of household, industrial,...

Andrew Nikiforuk's new book, Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Most Powerful Industry, is the shocking story of an oil and gas industry insider's determined stand to hold government and industry legally accountable for the tremendous damage caused by fracking. When Jessica Ernst's well water turned into a flammable broth that even her dogs refused to drink, the biol...

What better way to appreciate the environment than to walk 2,160 miles through some of the most beautiful vistas in North America? That is precisely what Jeff Alt did in 1998, and has gone on to hike the 218-mile John Muir Trail with his wife, and carry his 21-month old daughter along the coast of Ireland on a family hike. Jeff is the award-winning author of A Walk for Sunshine, Four Boots One Jou...

Our guest today is to Chloe Demrovsky, Executive Director of DRI International. She's widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on disaster recovery and preparedness, and has been featured in USA Today, and Bloomberg. According to Chloe, the extreme climate changes we have seen over the years are only getting worse, to the point that they are now the new "normal." Chloe believes that busi...

Crumbling flood control infrastructure, rising sea levels and lack of natural barriers leave the Bay Area open to devastating flood events. Many critical elements of the Bay Area's infrastructure, including airports, hospitals, water treatment plants, and the headquarters of major employers are built at or below sea level. That means a severe storm or major flood could knock out huge parts of the...

New farmland-mapping research published this week shows that up to 90 percent of Americans could be fed entirely by food grown or raised within 100 miles of their homes. Professor Elliott Campbell, with the University of California, Merced, School of Engineering, discusses the possibilities in a study entitled "The Large Potential of Local Croplands to Meet Food Demand in the United States." The r...