I want you to welcome back  Gloria Frazee of ReWild Long Island.  At ReWild,   Gloria is co-chair of the Social Media & Web Committee and co-leader of the ReWild/South Fork chapter and now is a regular contributor to this program. Gloria will be joining me every 2nd Thursday of the month during the 12 noon hour.

Gloria Frazee of Rewild Long Island #2

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 eco-fiction exploration of the causes of climate disruption.

Chuck Collins of ClimateCriminals.org

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.

Rewild LI w/ Gloria Frazee #4

-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

GaiaGram #223 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

-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.
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GaiaGram # 224 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

Gloria Frazee Rewild Long Island #3

Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven which we talked about on a previous segment which you can hear in our podcasts section if you missed it. Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. she is back to talk to me now about some of the issues farmers are facing due to some of this extraordinary weather many of us are experiencing.

Digging in the Dirt - Kaitlyn Kimball Cityseed -  Storms Effects On Small Farmers

The Resistance Roundtable show interviews Branko Marcetic who discusses his recent Jacobin Magazine articles on Biden's horrific Gaza policy; and the apparent decision by the Harris campaign to keep Tim Walz off the campaign trail.
Interview by Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner, Oct. 12, 2024

Jacobin Mag's Branko Marcetic: Will Biden's Gaza Policy Tank Kamala's Election Chances?

-UN ...To end the climate crisis means it is “crunch time for real”
-California files first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ExxonMobil over plastic
-Once thought extinct the Atlantic Gray whale makes comeback
-Positive news for endangered North Atlantic right whale
-Clean energy jobs grew more  twice the rate of the overall economy

GaiaGram #232 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

Laura Modlin interviews Andrew Kupinse about preserving zoning in Easton, CT to protect the water supply in the town’s four reservoirs. They serve 100s of thousands of customers in Fairfield County, Connecticut. 

Originally aired December 1, 2024.

A town with four reservoirs

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