Today’s Terra Verde features the Environmental Protection Information Center – EPIC, one of the longest standing public interest environmental advocacy organizations in California, based in the forested Northwest corner of the state. The post Defending North Coast Forests – March 15, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Unintended victims of illegal fishing operations in within Mexico’s Gulf of California, vaquitas are on the brink of extinction. Could the US government have done more to save them? Has the US government been failing to take advantage of an existing wildlife crime whistleblower program to fight against wildlife crime? Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal editor Maureen Nandini Mitra explores this subject, as well a new wildlife crime whistleblower bill that’s making its way through Congress...
Insects don’t often get the attention of, say bears, or big cats, or wolves, but they make up a huge percentage of all known living species. So far, more a million different insect species have been documented, but experts estimate that the true number is much higher. The fact of the matter is that we just don’t know exactly how many different types of insects there are. What we do know is that insects play several essential roles in our ecosystems. We also are beginning to realize that insect n...
Putting the defense of California’s coasts in the frame of the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Santa Barbara Channel oil spill, this week’s of Terra Verde features Linda Krop of the Environmental Defense Center and Blake Kopcho from the Center for Biological Diversity. Join Terra Verde host Gary Hughes for a conversation with two of California’s leading ocean protection advocates regarding current offshore oil development threats. The post Protecting the California Coast from Offshore Drilling – Fe...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – January 25, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
Sunrise Movement activists outside Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office in December. Photo courtesy of Sunrise Movement. The Green New Deal seems to be the big idea of the moment. But will the ambitious climate change solution that also seeks a just and inclusive transition to a clean, fossil-fuel free economy live up to its aspirations? What will it take to build the broad coalition of environmental groups, labor groups, industry groups and politicians required to move this deal forward? Terra Verde host...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – January 11, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
In California, we share our landscapes with mountain lions. Or cougars, pumas, and panthers, as they are also known. In fact, cougars have lived alongside humans in the Golden State for tens of thousands of years. And as was the case with other wildlife, they suffered greatly when European settlers expanded into the region. For decades, they were killed for bounty, then for predator management , and for a brief period, for sport. Despite all this, the animals have persisted in California, as the...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – December 28, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – December 21, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
Will equity have a place in the UN Climate Talks in Poland? Photo copyright Extinction Rebellion. The Fourth National Climate Assessment, which was made public on Nov. 23, paints a grim picture of an United States that is already bearing the social and economic brunt of a warming world. Coming as it did, just weeks after a new UN report warning of that catastrophic effects of climate change are likely to hit much sooner than thought unless governments take extraordinary collective action, and ju...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – November 23, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – November 16, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
For years, there was one part of the climate puzzle that didn’t get quite as much attention as, say, transportation or renewable energy — and that’s food and agriculture. Recently, however, the climate-food intersection has been drawing more headlines, and that’s good news: Scientists estimate that up to a third of greenhouse gas emissions can be linked to the food we eat in some way or another. That means that changes to our foo system can make a big difference in the fight to stem global warmi...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – November 2, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – October 26, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
Left to right: Tina Oh, Stephen O’Hanlon, Rose Whipple, Jade Sweeney, Mishka Banuri, and Valarie Catangay. Photo courtesy of Kevin Connelly Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Editor Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with three young environmental activists Jade Sweeney, 18, Stephen O’Hanlon, 22, and Tina Oh, 21, about their work and their visions for the future. The three were in the Bay Area this week to receive the 18thAnnual Brower Youth Awards, which honors six youth, ages 13 to 23, every y...
When you hear about the environment and the environmental movement, any number of things may come to mind. You might think of wildlife conservation, or public lands, or climate change. Or you might think of pollution and environmental justice and renewable energy. And lately, more people are also beginning to think about women, and the way women’s rights intersect with environmental rights. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-Farren talks with Osprey Orielle Lake...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – September 14, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – September 7, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – August 31, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – August 24, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – August 17, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – August 10, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – July 20, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
Not so long ago, thousands of grizzlies roamed much of the California, including the San Francisco Bay Area. In fact, in the years before the Gold Rush, it’s believed that there were some 10,000 grizzlies thriving in the Golden State. So what happened to all these bears? In the mid-1800s, as settlers rushed in to make their fortunes on gold, grizzly numbers began to plummet, and by the 1920s, the last California grizzly had been killed. But some wildlife advocates have been hatching a plan to br...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – July 6, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – June 29, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
With a climate–denying administration in the White house, and the clock ticking on our ability to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, scientists, activists, planners, and people from a wide range of disciplines have been working double-time to build public understanding of how climate change is affecting, and will continue to affect, communities around the world, including right here in the Bay Area. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-Farren talks with Kr...
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – June 15, 2018 appeared first on KPFA.
