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-EXIM approved nearly $1 billion in fossil fuel lending -New York just became the first state to restrict seeds coated with bee-killing pesticides. -a declaration signed to boost health-related climate finance -San Mateo sea-level rise planners propose building an off-shore tidal lagoon -Chile believed to have a tree that survived for more than 5,000 years

Dr. Irene Mulvey, president of the American Association of University Professors, discusses the onslaught against freedom of speech and inquiry in Florida and academia, in general. Luke Savage, staff reporter with Jacobin Magazine, offers his perspective on how the corporate media is—and should be—covering the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Ric...

-The electric vehicle market is in good health, with record sales -Colorado River’s water supply drops substantially due to low snow -The Northeast and N. California, risk of extreme flash rainstorms - 60% of insects struggling to keep up with the plants they rely on -half” of the whales and dolphins over the past five years contained PCBs, -Stanford Natural Capital Project, answering questions Ct...

* If Re-elected Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime, But Are Americans Listening?; Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon and author; Producer: Scott Harris. * A Bipartisan ‘Fiscal Commission,’ The GOP's Latest Threat to Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works; Producer: Scott Harris. * After 30 Years of Organizing Yale Grad Stu...

Recorded at the 2023 Northeast Astro Forum, the first woman to command & pilot a U.S. Space Shuttle, Eileen Collins & Author Jonathan Ward discuss their book “Through The Glass Ceiling To The Stars” with many of Eileen’s experiences as a Test & Space Shuttle Pilot… and the future of space exploration.

Dr MIchelle Thaller, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Astronomer Discusses how stars are born & die ...And mysteries of the Universe including Dark Matter, Dark Energy, & Space Time

* Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel's Carnage in Gaza; Samer Badawi is a Palestinian-American writer and a contributor to +972 Magazine; Producer: Scott Harris. * COP 28 Showcase for False Solutions Fails to Make Urgently Needed Progress Addressing Climate Crisis; Fletcher Harper, executive director of the multi-faith international climate organization GreenFaith; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * New B...

-Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year directly harms nature -Rising sea levels threaten to drown Pacific island nations, -Greek village Metamorfosi relocating their entire community due to flood waters -Canary Islands, El Hierro is the first yo function for 28 days using only wind and water power. -More than 1,000 abandoned lobster traps have been removed from Long Island Sou...

My guest on DITD today is Ralph Baskin. Ralph is a Retired IT cost consultant turned photographer who moved to CT from NY over 40 years ago where he lives in, and has improved, a small 1890's Victorian farmhouse. Ralph and I have found common ground with our views on the environment and have had many conversations about solar which I have dabbled with and Ralph has had a lot of experience, having...

-200 countries make global pact for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” 200 researchers, sounds the alarm on climate tipping points— - rising ocean temperatures are causing hurricanes to gain strength -N Y’s South Fork Wind first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US

* Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Antisemitism, Islamophobia; Will Creeley, Legal Director with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE); Producer: Scott Harris. * Republicans Tie Support for Israel, Ukraine Aid to Imposing New Draconian Immigration Laws; Kica Matos, President of the National Immigration Law Center; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Too Littl...

The Farm Stand speaks with Frank Pagliaro, an historian and researcher, who describes the first documented meteor to strike North America on Dec. 14, 1807. Hosted by Richard Hill, Laura Modlin and Steve Munno.

I recorded several speakers from the 54th National Day of Mourning at Plymouth, MA on Thanksgiving Day, 2023, including the co-chair of United American Indians of New England, a Palestinian, and an 82-year-old survivor of Canada's Indian residential schools (prisons)

-COP28 president says "no science" for a phase out of fossil fuels. -Gore says oil industry is way more effective at capturing politicians than emissions. -4 out of 5 people agree that it’s essential to do “whatever it takes” to limit climate change -Solar capacity has grown faster in US electrical generation than all other energy sources -Airbus will have fleet of ocean vessels with wind-assisted...

* Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel's Deadly Gaza Attack; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Producer: Scott Harris. * The Struggle for Palestinian Rights & Self Determination Embraced by Indigenous Activists; Salma Abu Ayyash, a Palestinian American engineer, educator, and social justice activist Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * The Dark, Violen...

Economist and labor historian Michael Zweig discusses the nexus between capitalism and fascism and in the process provides a more cogent definition of the F word than is now in common use in the corporate media. Interview by Richard Hill, Nov. 27, 2023

* After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire; Hassan El-Tayyab, leg. dir. Middle East Policy, Advocacy Organizer w Friends Committee on National Legislation; Producer: Scott Harris. * Federal Appeals Court Ruling Further Erodes 1965 Voting Rights Act and US Democracy; Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Kirkland & Ellis professor of Law at Harvard Universi...

Valerie Richardson is joined in the studio by photographer Kim Weston and Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, director of the Housatonic Museum of Art. Kim's exhibition Sweetgrass: Dancing with My Ancestors opens at the Museum on November 29, 2023

WPKN Studios - Interview with Eric DiBerardino

JD Seem interview at WPKN Radio

Host: Rob Fried, Band Central Radio 🎶Plans for lunch today? Tune in at NOON to WPKN Community Radio 89.5 for a special Band Central Radio show featuring host Rob Fried and special guests JD Seem (guitarist) and Eric DiBerardino (bassist). Don’t miss this hour of community-oriented fun and music! Tune in Monday! 🎶

-COP28 Meets to discuss mitigating climate change -70% of Americans support making Big Oil pay for climate damages -World's largest iceberg is on the move -Dominican Republic after heavy rain faces destruction -Snowfall is declining globally as temperatures warm -The National Park Service wants to replant sequoia groves

Returning for the third time to “Digging in the Dirt” is my guest Dr. Carl Safina the endowed chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University and a MacArthur “genius fellowship" award winning ecologist and founder of the Safina Center and now author of a wonderful new book called "Alfie and me" - What owls know, what humans believe.

* Ralph Nader on Israel's War in Gaza and the Shocking loss of 13,000+ Palestinian Lives; Ralph Nader America’s leading public interest lawyer & four-time independent presidential candidate; Producer: Scott Harris. * Israel's US Spy Network Aims to 'Smash' Student Activists who Support Palestinian Rights; James Bamford, bestselling author, journalist and documentary producer; Producer: Scott Harri...

-The planet briefly exceeded key warming threshold for the first time -The planet has shattered heat records in recent months, -Brazil has recorded its hottest ever temperature -Fossil fuel-producing nations expanding coal, oil and gas production -European Union will finalize rules to reduce methane pollution -Forests in Indonesia could be converted back to tree canopy. -14 animal species have bee...