Caleen Sisk, Chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe and guardian of Mount Shasta and the McCloud River watershed, joins Terra Verde to discuss ongoing water-related issues happening in California, as well as the importance of water for communities’ livelihoods, cultural practices, and the wellbeing of people and the environment. The post Chief Caleen Sisk on California Water Issues and the Raising of Shasta Dam appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 02, 2021•30 min
Shasta Dam, photo courtesy of Johannes Krupinski Caleen Sisk, Chief and spiritual leader of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe and guardian of Mount Shasta and the McCloud River watershed, joins Terra Verde to discuss ongoing water-related issues happening in California, as well as the importance of water for communities’ livelihoods, cultural practices, and the wellbeing of people and the environment. The post Chief Caleen Sisk on California Water Issues and the Raising of Shasta Dam appeared first on KP...
Mar 26, 2021•30 min
A Terra Verde report on the initiation of the environmental review process for the proposed Marathon Martinez refinery conversion to biofuels features an interview with Matt Krogh of the organization Stand.Earth discussing the dynamics of fossil fuel industry shifts to bioenergy. The post Environmental Review Process Begins for Proposed Marathon Martinez Refinery Conversion to Biofuels appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 19, 2021•30 min
Drilling Rigs in Bakersfield, California. Photo by David Seibold. On March 8, Kern County, which houses California’s prime oil patch, approved an ordinance that would fast-track drilling of thousands of new oil and gas wells in the county over the next 15 years. The ordinance creates a blanket environmental impact report to approve as many as 2,700 new wells a year and eliminate future environmental reviews and public participation. Environmental and local community groups are challenging the de...
Mar 12, 2021•30 min
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – March 5, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Mar 05, 2021•12 min
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – February 26, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Feb 26, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde is joined by Cinthya Ammerman, a doctoral student in the Department of Native American Studies at UC Davis who is researching and writing on the contemporary and historical ties between the hemispheric twins of Chile and California. The post Intertwined Histories, Intertwined Futures: Connections between Chile and California appeared first on KPFA.
Feb 05, 2021•30 min
Ohlone activists (from left) Ruth Orta, Vincent Medina Jr., and Corrina Gould at the West Berkeley Shellmound site. Photo by Christopher McLeod Corrina Gould, Spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan/Ohlone and Co-Founder of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust joins Terra Verde to discuss recent efforts to stop a proposed development at the West Berkeley Shellmound and Village Site and to facilitate the return of indigenous land to indigenous people in the Bay Area. The post Saving the West B...
Jan 29, 2021•30 min
Local climate activists from Sunflower Alliance join Terra Verde to discuss the politics and the proposals of converting the Phillips 66 and Marathon refineries in the north San Francisco Bay Area to soy-based diesel and jet fuels. The post North SF Bay Communities Confront Refinery Conversions to Biofuels appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 22, 2021•30 min
Photo by Tim Aubry / Greenpeace While it’s clear that last week’s insurrection was led by right-wing extremists who had been actively encouraged by Trump, fact of the matter is the beliefs he inflamed, and the tactics used precede him. This has been especially clear to environmentalists who have been keeping watch over public lands and ecosystems in the American West. Some would even argue that the January 6 mob took its shape and ideology not in the South so much as the Intermountain West. To e...
Jan 15, 2021•30 min
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 8, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 08, 2021•30 min
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 1, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 01, 2021•30 min
UC Santa Barbara Environmental Studies program faculty member Dr Robert Heilmayr joins Terra Verde to discuss recent research on monoculture tree plantation expansion in Chile and the impacts on native biodiversity and carbon storage. The post Monoculture Plantation Expansion Threatens Native Forests and Climate Goals appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 25, 2020•30 min
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 18, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 18, 2020•30 min
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 11, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr
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 4, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 04, 2020•30 min
Photo by Hannah Benet Five years ago, a massive natural gas leak at Southern California Gas Company’s storage facility in California’s San Fernando Valley led to the evacuation of 8,000 families, approximately 25,000 people. The Aliso Canyon leak, as it is known, lasted 111 days and was finally capped on February 18, 2016. By then it has spewed about hundred thousand tons of methane into the atmosphere, making it the the largest natural gas leak disaster ever recorded in the U.S. and the first t...
Nov 27, 2020•30 min
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 20, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 20, 2020•30 min
As we move on from a tumultuous election season, there seems to be room to celebrate on the climate action front: The climate crisis emerged as a key election issue, President-elect Joe Biden has pledged robust climate action, and organizers are ready to hold him to it. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-Farren discusses the post-election climate change landscape with RL Miller, cofounder and political director of Climate Hawks Vote and member of the Democratic ...
Nov 13, 2020•30 min
Terra Verde is joined by Thomas Joseph, a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and co-director of California Kitchen, an independent grassroots climate justice project, to speak of current campaigning to remove destructive dams from the Klamath River and to provide insight on the indigenous experience in election 2020. The post Terra Verde – Northern California Indigenous Communities Remain Steadfast in Push for Dam Removal and Restoration of the Klamath River appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 06, 2020•30 min
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 30, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 30, 2020•30 min
Independent journalist John Bartlett joins Terra Verde to report on the social movement in Chile and the upcoming historical plebiscite on whether or not to pursue a process to write a new constitution. The post Terra Verde – Chilean Social Uprising on Cusp of Historical Vote on New Constitution appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 23, 2020•30 min
Fast fashion. It’s a term used to describe the relatively new bent of the fashion industry towards cheap, trendy, disposable clothes. These clothes come with a low price tag at checkout, but at a high cost to people and the environment. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-Farren discusses these costs, and what advocates are doing to address them, with Samantha Hartsock, Director of Education with Remake. The post Cleaning Up the Fashion Industry appeared first on...
Oct 16, 2020•30 min
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 9, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 09, 2020•13 min
Rachel Fazio, an attorney with the John Muir Project, joins Terra Verde with news about recent developments in public lands stewardship and wildfire law and policy, with a particular focus on fire ecology and the protection of human communities. The post Terra Verde – Old Truths and Dawning Realizations About Living with Wildfire in California appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr
The communications manager of Wild Earth Guardians joins Terra Verde to decipher and debunk industry driven media narratives about wildfire in California and across the Western United States. PHOTO: Thanks to BÜNYAMİN GÖRÜNMEZ for sharing their work on Unsplash. The post Communicating Facts on Wildfire in A Climate Heated Mediascape appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 18, 2020•30 min
The climate crisis has come into sharp relief in recent years. Ice sheets are melting, sea levels are rising, and extreme temperatures are becoming more common. Here in California, the crisis has become impossible to ignore. This year, more acreage has burned than any year on record, tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes, and residents are suffering horrible air quality as fires roar across the West. We know we must transition away from fossil fuels if we want to mitig...
Sep 11, 2020•30 min
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 4, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 04, 2020•30 min
An interview with Dr Kevin Surprise, an educator, academic and researcher on the political economy of climate change, with a special focus on the rapidly evolving field of solar geoengineering. The post Terra Verde – Militarism, Green Capitalism and the Normalization of Solar Geoengineering appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 28, 2020•30 min
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 21, 2020 appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 21, 2020•2 min
