*New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Election; Mark Green, former New York City public advocate and author; Producer: Scott Harris. *Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza War; Abigail Fuller, Co-Chair of Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights; Producer: Scott Harris. *Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington Building Opposition to Israel’s Gaza War; Bob Sanders a retired Jewish journalist from New Hampshire; Producer: Melinda Tuhus....
Sep 11, 2024•29 min
-A surge in giant sinkholes in Turkey. -Alaskan land would be protected from mining interests -Missouri to ban most exports of water from the state. -Drones used to fire "seed missiles" to grow trees -Replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen and electricity not enough -U.S. voters support legal action against plastics/fossil fuels -McDonald’s is set to reduce plastic waste
Sep 10, 2024•5 min
-Weedkiller Dacthal serious health risks to unborn babies, banned. -Record-setting heat wave in the west -221 thousand pounds of dead fish in Greek port -Worst droughts sweeping across southern Africa -Multimillion-dollar estates sliding into Pacific Ocean -Legos, changing its plastics formula to be environmentally friendly. -
Sep 10, 2024•4 min
-The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at a record speed -The inevitability of rising temperatures due to climate change -Farmer-first’ successful agrivoltaics projects -Inflation Reduction Act has sparked a manufacturing boom -New solar utility-scale operations are largest source of electricity -Electric car sales growing fastest -Americans want to prioritize developing alternative energy
Sep 10, 2024•5 min
* Gaza War Continues to Kill as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths; James J. Zogby, co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute; Producer: Scott Harris. * Activists Protesting Federal Reserve Climate Policy Block Road to Wyoming Annual Symposium; Ethan Wright a climate activist working with Climate Defiance and Planet Over Profit; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Coalition Demands US News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy; Nora ...
Sep 04, 2024•29 min
Migrating birds need our help, but they give to us in return. Learn about the world of our feathered friends who summer and winter in separate locations and what you can do in your own backyard to assist them. Join Laura Modlin as she interviews Jim Sirch, who worked as a naturalist and educator at the Yale Peabody Museum for 23 years - and just recently retired in May. Before that, he worked for CT Audubon for 10 years. Aired September 1, 2024.
Sep 03, 2024•30 min
* US Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors; Ahmad Javed Yousaf, MD, an internist and pediatrician practicing in Benton, Arkansas; Producer: Scott Harris. * Trump's Racism is the Primary Driver of his Voter Support; James Risen, a best-selling author and former New York Times reporter; Producer: Scott Harris. * Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities Persist; Joshua Rovner, Director of Youth Justice with The Sentencing Project; Producer: Melinda Tuhus....
Aug 28, 2024•29 min
-Catastrophic flooding hits southwestern CT -North Carolina beachfront home falls into the Atlantic Ocean -Mediterranean Sea reaches highest recorded temperature -Phoenix has been over 100 degrees F for 77 straight days -Current and future human health are at serious risk -Greece is facing a severe water shortage problem -IRS is offering rebates up to a 30% on clean energy products
Aug 22, 2024•5 min
* As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture; Jennifer Loewenstein fmr Asst. Dir. Middle Eastern Studies & Senior Lecturer at the Univ of Wisconsin; Producer: Scott Harris. * Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris' Economic Policy Proposals; Matt Bruenig, president of People’s Policy Project; Producer: Scott Harris. * Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health Dangers; Micaela Martinez,PhD,Director of En...
Aug 21, 2024•29 min
* As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture; Jennifer Loewenstein fmr Asst. Dir. Middle Eastern Studies & Senior Lecturer at the Univ of Wisconsin; Producer: Scott Harris. * Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris' Economic Policy Proposals; Matt Bruenig, president of People’s Policy Project; Producer: Scott Harris. * Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health Dangers; Micaela Martinez,PhD,Director of En...
Aug 21, 2024•29 min
-Catastrophic flooding hits southwestern CT -North Carolina beachfront falls into the Atlantic Ocean -Mediterranean Sea reaches highest recorded temperature -Phoenix has been over 100 degrees F for 77 straight days -Current and future human health and wellbeing at serious risk -Greece is facing a severe water shortage problem -IRS is offering rebates up to a 30% on clean energy products
Aug 20, 2024•5 min
-Tropical Storm Debby swamped Florida’s sewage systems -Climate warms Artic permafrost releasing ancient Mercury -U.S. DoE awards $147 million for world’s storage facility in Maine -Ebron Solar will invests $942 million in New Mexico’s solar -U.S. Government to fund $1.45 billion to solar manufacturer -Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world -China to accelerate cutting greenhouse gasses by 2035
Aug 20, 2024•5 min
Tune into this episode to hear Sabrina Godeski, Director of Business Development & Tourism for the City of Norwalk and staff to the Norwalk Arts and Cultural Commission, and Brian Kaspr, a Norwalk artist, who will discuss Norwalk’s art scene and how the city is driving their local economy through the arts and culture!
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr
Gloria Frazee joins me as a regular monthly guest on Digging in the Dirt. Gloria is co-chair of the Social Media & Web Committee and co-leader of the ReWild/South Fork chapter and its Summer Program for high school students. She is also the founder of ReWild/East Hampton Compost…. in collaboration with the Town of East Hampton.
Aug 17, 2024•13 min
* Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling; Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School; Producer: Scott Harris. * Can Gov. Tim Walz's Minnesota Progressive Legislative Victories be Replicated Nationally?; Branko Marcetic, staff writer with Jacobin magazine; Producer: Scott Harris. * In NYC Climate Protest Citibank Orders Arrest of Activist Classical Cellist Performing Bach; John Mark Rozendaal an activist wit...
Aug 14, 2024•29 min
-Debby rains bring New Jersey flooding -Law suit win on mass spraying insecticides -Record-breaking heat wave in Antarctica -Glacial lake outburst floods Juneau Alaska -Glaciers supplying water disappearing -Jane Goodall says It’s Not Too Late to Save the World
Aug 14, 2024•4 min
Light pollution is worse than the dark. Laura Modlin interviews Leo Smith, Chair of the CT chapter of Dark Sky International, on what light pollution is, how it harms animals, our ecosystem, human health - and what fixes there are to this issue. Originally aired August 11, 2024
Aug 13, 2024•30 min
I speak with Sarah Taylor, founder and executive director of the Huneebee Project, and Alex, a youth worker in the project, which, according to its website, brings "bee hives to community gardens and vacant green spaces, equitable employment opportunities to local youth, and raw honey & beeswax products to you." I first learned about this inspiring effort on a bike tour, and wanted to learn more, so I interviewed Sarah and Alex at one of the community gardens.
Aug 11, 2024•29 min
Laura Modlin talked to Annie Hornish, CT state director and lobbyist for the Humane Society of the United States, about the effect of fireworks on animal habitats and public safety and how we can advocate for animals. Aired June 2, 2024
Aug 08, 2024•30 min
Laura Modlin interviewed Dr. Ramani Durvasula. author of "It's Not You," a NY Times bestselling book on identifying and healing from narcissistic abuse. They discussed what happens when do-gooder groups are targets for narcissists who want to use the cause to advance themselves. And what can be done about it. Aired July 7, 2024
Aug 08, 2024•30 min
-Tropical storm Debby -Philippines capital flooded from Typhoon -Dragonflies swarm beachgoers in Rhode Island -Oil-well blowout in Kazakhstan spews methane -New rules for methane emissions at landfills -First US solar-covered canal coming -Brazil’s proposal for a 2% wealth tax on billionaires
Aug 08, 2024•5 min
Chuck Collins of climatecriminals.org is my guest on this "Digging in the Dirt". Chuck is here to talk about why he believes It’s time to name the names of the individuals delaying climate action and financing the climate crisis, so they can be held accountable. Chuck Collins is an American author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good. His latest book is a novel, “Altar to an Erupting Sun,” an ec...
Aug 08, 2024•43 min
* Israel’s High-Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East War; Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; Producer: Scott Harris. * Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader's New Book; Ralph Nader America’s leading public interest lawyer & four-time independent presidential candidate; Producer: Scott Harris. * Pres. Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to ...
Aug 07, 2024•29 min
Sephra Alexandra, The Seed Huntress, is an ethnobotanist on a mission to restore the biodiversity of our environment by finding, saving and replanting our legacy seeds (www.seedhunress.com). Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr
-Florida prepares for powerful Hurricane -Philippines capital underwater after deadly Typhoon -Thousands of dragonflies swarm Rhode Island Beach. -Kazakhstan record accidental methane leak -New EPA rules for methane emissions from landfills, -America gets its very first solar-covered canal -Brazil’s proposes for a 2% wealth tax on Billionaires
Aug 03, 2024•5 min
-Earth has warmest two days on record globally since 1940, -US will miss emission reduction goals -Twenty-five states ask Supreme Court to stay coal pollution rules -South Africa enacts Climate Change Bill -Key Largo tree cactus goes extinct in US -Atlantic sturgeon back in Swedish Rivers due to conservation -Federal government to phase out plastics
Aug 01, 2024•4 min
Organic farmer Kaitlyn Kimball is my guest on this show. Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. with her husband Lawrence Passeck. Sunset is a USDA Certified Organic vegetable and flower farm focused on sustainability and community. Kaitlyn is also Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven. CitySeed has a mission to "create a healthy, sustainable, and just food system for all.”
Aug 01, 2024•42 min
Trump's Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Endangers the World; Lawrence S. Wittner, Professor of History Emeritus at the State University of New York at Albany; Producer: Scott Harris. * 'Project 2025' Envisions the Imposition of an Authoritarian Christian Nationalist Theocracy; Andra Watkins, a New York Times bestselling author; Producer: Scott Harris. * Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, Asserting it’s a Luxury our Climate Can’t Afford; Alex Chatfield of the Coalition to Stop...
Jul 31, 2024•29 min
I am pleased to have Kaitlyn Kimball as my guest this show, Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. with her husband Lawrence Passeck. Sunset is a USDA Certified Organic vegetable and flower farm focused on sustainability and community. She is also Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven.
Jul 25, 2024•42 min
* World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International Law Michael Lynk, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario, Canada Producer: Scott Harris * After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris Defacto Democratic Party Nominee Aaron Regunberg a member of the group Pass the Torch steering committee Producer: Scott Harris * New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for Unhoused Joel Nieves, an occupant of a s...
Jul 24, 2024•29 min
