Terra Verde – November 12, 2021
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 12, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Nov 12, 2021•30 min
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Terra Verde delivers news and views about the most critical environmental issues across California and globally. From agriculture and wildlife to energy and climate change, industrial pollution to design solutions, Terra Verde brings you stories of struggle and triumph that will determine the future of our planet.
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San Francisco Bay Area Biofuels Refinery Permitting Requires Scrutiny
This episode of Terra Verde features interviews with Ann Alexander, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Greg Karras, energy systems scientist and founder of Community Energy Re-Source, describing the environmental review of the proposed conversion of the Phillips 66 Rodeo and Marathon Martinez SF Bay Area refineries to fossil gas intensive and high deforestation risk soy feedstock based biofuels. The post San Francisco Bay Area Biofuels Refinery Permitting Requires Scruti...
Nov 05, 2021•30 min
Debunking Myths About Farming in the US – October 29, 2021
Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with journalist, author, and new farmer, Beth Hoffman, about her new book, Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America, which details the many challenges, especially financial, that most farmers in the USA struggle with. The post Debunking Myths About Farming in the US – October 29, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 29, 2021•30 min
The Toxic Oil Chemicals Used to “Clean Up” Oil Spills
Many communities that are impacted by oil spills also end up facing long term health impacts from exposure to toxic chemicals that are used in the oil spill ‘cleanup’ process, particularly dispersants –– chemical solvents that break floating oil slicks apart into tiny droplets that are more easily absorbed into the water column. Dispersants make an oil spill less visible to the naked eye, but they don’t actually reduce the amount of oil that’s actually in the water. Terra Verde host Fiona McLeod...
Oct 22, 2021•30 min
Big Oil’s Big Lies
The fossil fuel industry has known about climate change for half a century. It has also known that the burning of fossil fuels drives climate change, and that public understanding of this fact would be bad for business. So rather than acknowledging the reality of the climate crisis, Big Oil took a different tact – it actively spread misinformation. Thankfully, activists are doing all they can to hold the industry accountable. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-F...
Oct 15, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – October 8, 2021
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 8, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Oct 08, 2021•30 min
Lithium Mining in Argentina Threatens Indigenous Rights and Territories
Lithium mining carries with it devastating environmental and social impacts, and a new documentary film from Argentina called En el Nombre del Litio is a ground breaking communications project capturing these cultural and environmental threats. To explore the dilemma embedded in the push for technological solutions to the climate crisis, Terra Verde is joined by Pía Marchegiani of the Argentine organization FARN, which had a key role in making the documentary. photo: Ricardo Gomez Angel via Unsp...
Oct 01, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – September 24, 2021
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 24, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 24, 2021•30 min
Good Food and Democracy – September 17, 2021
Photo by Michael Piazza Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with veteran food activist and author Frances Moore Lappé about the 50th anniversary edition of her seminal book, Diet for a Small Planet, and the relationship between food, environment and democracy. The post Good Food and Democracy – September 17, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 17, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – September 10, 2021
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 10, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Sep 10, 2021•30 min
The Politics of Climate Desperation and Tainted Narratives
As corporations and governments drive hard for ‘net zero’ and ‘carbon capture’ as a supposed climate solution KPFA Terra Verde is joined by writer and climate justice advocate Anthony Rogers-Wright to discuss his recently published essay Colonizing Calamity: Why Anglocentrism Exacerbates the Climate Crisis, in which he articulates the imperative of the climate community rejecting the white savior mentality. The post The Politics of Climate Desperation and Tainted Narratives appeared first on KPF...
Sep 03, 2021•30 min
Sustainable Spirits: Looking into the Environmental Footprint of the Alcohol Industry – August 20, 2021
Photo by Adrian Scottow / Flickr Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with author and oral historian Shanna Farrell about her new book, A Good Drink: In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits, that looks into the environmental footprint of the spirits industry and highlights the work of a passionate group of farmers, distillers, and bartenders across the US and beyond are seeking to reduce the environmental footprint of alcoholic beverages. Read an excerpt from th...
Aug 20, 2021•30 min
Extreme Weather Takes a Toll on California Family Farms
From record-breaking wildfire to repeat droughts, extreme weather is taking an extreme toll on many Californians, not least of all the state’s small-scale farmers. Wildfire threatens homes and farmland. Smoke poses risks to health as well as crops. Lack of water forces tough decisions about what to grow and how to allocate resources. Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-Farren discusses the many new and ongoing challenges these farmers face, as well as how to supp...
Aug 13, 2021•30 min
Civics and Environmental Justice in the Imperial Valley
This episode of Terra Verde features a detailed conversation about California climate and environmental justice politics with Luís Olmedo of Comité Cívico del Valle, a grassroots organization based in Brawley, California, with a broad mission to address community needs and elevate community engagement in decision making processes. The post Civics and Environmental Justice in the Imperial Valley appeared first on KPFA.
Aug 06, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – July 30, 2021
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 30, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 30, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – July 23, 2021
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 23, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 23, 2021•30 min
Let’s Get Plastics Out of Schools
Jacqueline Omania’s Zero Waste classroom in Berkeley has managed to generate only a jar of waste during the entire school year. Photo by Jacqueline Omania Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks about plastic waste and classroom solutions with Jacqueline Omania, the inspirational educator behind Berkeley’s Oxford Elementary School’s Zero Waste Classroom Project and winner of the 2019 Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators, and Dianna Cohen,...
Jul 16, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – Toxic Cosmetics
The cosmetics and personal care industry is huge. And it’s easy to see why — the industry includes everything from shampoo, to lotion, to soap, to lipstick, to hair coloring products and so much more. Given the size and scope of the industry, which is built around products that that we apply directly to our bodies, you might think there would be stringent safety measures in place to protect us. But that’s not the case. The Food and Drug Administration has taken a largely hands off approach when ...
Jul 09, 2021•30 min
Red Rock Biofuels: A Case Study in the False Promises of Bioenergy
Terra Verde does a deep dive into the curious bioenergy case study of Red Rock Biofuels, a woody biomass to aviation biofuels project that has received tens of millions of dollars of public money but has not yet produced even one gallon of fuel. The post Red Rock Biofuels: A Case Study in the False Promises of Bioenergy appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 02, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – June 25, 2021
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 25, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 25, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – June 18, 2021
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 18, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 18, 2021•30 min
Floating Wind Off the California Coast
California made headlines when it announced an agreement with the federal government to open up parts of the coast to offshore wind in May. The announcement targets federal waters off the coast of Morro Bay and Humboldt in Northern California, where experts say floating wind turbines could provide some 4.6 gigawatts of energy, enough to power 1.6 million homes. The plan to develop wind energy at these two sites has generated excitement for its potential to help both the state and federal governm...
Jun 11, 2021•30 min
Tugging At Your Heartstrings: How The Aviation Industry Works To Hide Their Climate Damage
Terra Verde is joined by Finlay Asher, of Green Sky Thinking and the Stay Grounded network, for an honest conversation about the aviation industry and their tactics to counter the growing public awareness of the climate impacts from flying. The post Tugging At Your Heartstrings: How The Aviation Industry Works To Hide Their Climate Damage appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 04, 2021•25 min
Remembering and Learning From The Life and Legacy of Judi Bari
Terra Verde is joined by Alicia Bales, a Mendocino County resident and the current program director at KZYX public radio, to discuss and explore the legacy of Judi Bari as a political organizer and philosopher. The post Remembering and Learning From The Life and Legacy of Judi Bari appeared first on KPFA.
May 21, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – May 14, 2021
A weekly public affairs show that delivers news and views about the most important environmental issues in California and globally. The post Terra Verde – May 14, 2021 appeared first on KPFA.
May 14, 2021•30 min
Climate Denial and Aggressive Logging Mark California State Management of Public Forest on Mendocino Redwood Coast
One of the founders of Mendocino Trail Stewards, a local Mendocino County advocacy group, joins Terra Verde to speak of their organizing to protect the little known but ecologically critical recovering redwoods of Jackson Demonstration State Forest. photo: Geran de Klerk via Unsplash The post Climate Denial and Aggressive Logging Mark California State Management of Public Forest on Mendocino Redwood Coast appeared first on KPFA.
May 07, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – The Monsanto Papers
In 2018, a San Francisco jury found that Monsanto’s signature products, glyphosate-based herbicides Roundup and Ranger Pro, were associated with Bay Area groundskeeper Dewayne Lee Johnson’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra talks with investigative journalist Carey Gillam about her new book The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice. Gillam’s book details the extent of corporate corrupti...
Apr 30, 2021•30 min
Terra Verde – California Drought and Water Equity
Camille Pannu, a professor of law and community development at UC Irvine and community water rights in California for nearly a decade, and Nataly Escobedo Garcia, water program policy coordinator for Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, talk with Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host Maureen Nandini Mitra about the impending drought in California and how it impacts low-income, rural communities. The post Terra Verde – California Drought and Water Equity appeared first on...
Apr 23, 2021•5 min
Wild Places and Independent Journalism: Patagon Journal Magazine Approaches 10 Year Anniversary
Terra Verde is joined by Jimmy Langman, the founder and publisher of Patagon Journal, a regional magazine with an international reach. The post Wild Places and Independent Journalism: Patagon Journal Magazine Approaches 10 Year Anniversary appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 16, 2021•30 min
Climate and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Professors Fred Cohan and Bill Johnston join the show to discuss some of the broader environmental and historical lessons to be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the implications this pandemic (and others) may have in the future. The post Climate and the Covid-19 Pandemic appeared first on KPFA.
Apr 09, 2021•30 min
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