Climate
#319 1st world party, 3rd world clean up (Podcast)
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Edition #319
Act 1: Aziz Ansari on Copenhagen – It’s getting ha in here
Act 2: Gore urges Obama to take lead on climate – NPR
Act 3: Al Gore – Daily Show
Act 4: Gore the wonky bore – Counterspin
Act 5: The Story of Cap and Trade – Annie Leonard
Act 6: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: DOT to add walking lanes to highways – The Onion
Act 8: Naomi Klein on climate debt Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: News of the warm – Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Act Now – Green.tv
Music:
Hold my hand – Hootie and the blowfish
Change your mind – Sister Hazel
If we make it through December – Merle Haggard
Cloud Nine – Ben Howard
Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen
Classical Gas – Mason Williams
Walk beside me – Darrell Scott & Tim O’Brien
Got My Mind Set On You – George Harrison
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#312 Ancient sunlight vs fresh sunlight (Podcast)
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Edition #312
Act 1: The true cost of fossil fuels – Thom Hartmann
Act 2: Inhofe headed to Copenhagen – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Colin Beavan is No Impact Man – Colbert Report
Act 4: Rob Dunbar on ocean temps – Found Object Films
Act 5: Giant greenhouse blamed for climate change – The Onion
Act 6: Climate deniers – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Oil industry employees rally – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 9: Shia Agassi on fresh sun power – Found Obect Films
Act 10: Steven Levitt on economics of geo-engineering – Daily Show
Act 11: The arguement for switching to natural gas – Ring of Fire
Act 12: News of the warm – Le Show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Dems shooting themselves in the foot on cabon legislation
Music:
Catalog & Classify – Mark Robinson
Knock yourself out – Jon Brion
This is the day – The The
Kyoko’s House – Philip Glass
Solsbury hill – Peter Gabriel
One million miles – J Ralph
M79 – Vampire Weekend
What I’m looking for – Brendan Benson
Close your eyes – Young Love
Hey ya – Obadiah Parker
Keepsake – State Radio
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#305 Corporate energy fighting for and against the climate (Podcast)
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Edition #305
Act 1: James Hansen is arrested during MTR protest – Ring of Fire
Act 2: Cloudy with a chance of heat balls – Daily Show
Act 3: The fake cost of Obama’s energy policy – Counterspin
Act 4: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 5: Exxon named the green company of the year – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Shai Agassi on electric cars – Colbert Report
Act 7: Interview with Joe Romm – Counterspin
Act 8: Wood Nymphs working to reduce dependence on foreign dew drops – The Onion
Act 9: More forged letters for pro-coal lobby – Ring of Fire
Act 10: Is Inhofe stupid or just corrupt – The Young Turks
Music:
Why does the sun shine? – They might be giants
Hey ya! – Outkast
Tell me a lie – Griffin House
Scenic world – Beirut
Carefree – The Refreshments
Why does the sun really shine? – They might be giants
Fluffy little clouds – The Orb
Con Cassidy’s and Neil Gow’s Highlands/Moil and Tiarna/McSweeney’s Reel – Alton
Hey Ya – Obadiah Parker
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#295 Playing games with the climate and cheating (Podcast)
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Act 1: Coal industry mail fraud – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: ‘Astroturf’ campaign fights climate bill – NPR
Act 3: A look at post-Katrina New Orleans – Le Show
Act 4: Surviving the storm: Voices from Katrina – NPR
Act 5: Bill McKibben from 350.org – Colbert Report
Act 6: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 7: Denver’s secret – Slate.com
Act 8: Jellyfish may help keep planet cool – NPR
Act 9: Face-lift: New ‘Faces of coal’ campaign – Rachel Maddow
Music:
Buildings and mountains – The Republic Tigers
Unforgiven – Apocalyptica
Help – Howie Day
I will survive – Cake
Favorite game – The Cardigans
Beds are burning – Midnight Oil
Blowing’ in the wind – Bob Dylan
Into the ocean – Blue October
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#287 Cap’n Trade to the rescue! (If only!) (Podcast)
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Act 1: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 2: Scientists debate geoengieneering – NPR
Act 3: Steven Chu – Daily Show
Act 4: About climate change: Never mind – Slate.com
Act 5: The Word: Ban de Soleil – Colbert Report
Act 6: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 7: Meat shelf breaks free of Iowa – The Onion
Act 8: Tidwell interview about cap & trade bill Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 9: Captain Trade! – Daily Show
Music:
July July – The Decemberists
Sky – Sonique
Stuck in the middle with you – Stealers Wheel
Better off alone – Alice Deejay
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Dreaming of you – The Coral
Just a ride – Jem
Auto-tune the news #6 – YouTube user schmoyoho
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#273 Some steps on the road to progress (kind of) (Podcast)
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Act 1: Lou Dobbs on climate change – Counterspin
Act 2: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 3: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 4: EPA Admin Lisa P Jackson interview – The Daily Show
Act 5: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Climate change legislation moving forward – Counterspin
Act 7: Raising the CAFE standard – The Daily Show
Act 8: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 9: The ways that CO2 isn’t harmful – Countdown
Act 10: The toxicity of coal ash – Ring of Fire
Music:
Ghosts – Fanfarlo
Mother Nature’s fault – Self
Falling down – Oasis
Little black backpack – Stroke 9
The letter – The Box Tops
There is – Box Car Racer
Concrete Box – Nada Surf
Heat of the moment – Asia
Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby – Counting Crows
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#269 Denials debunked and truth spoken to power (Podcast)
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Act 1: PowerShift 09 Day 2 – PowerShift09.org
Act 2: Obama from the climate change summit – This American Life
Act 3: News of the warm Part 1 – Le Show
Act 4: George Will denies climate change Part 1 – Counterspin
Act 5: Van Jones speaking to congress
Act 6: News of the warm Part 2 – Le Show
Act 7: Richard Branson purchases north pole – The Onion
Act 8: George Will denies climate change Part 2 – Counterspin
Act 9: Joe Romm interview – On the Media
Act 10: News of the warm Part 3 – Le Show
Act 11: The grid may be smart but will it be green? – NPR
Act 12: George will denies global warming Part 3 – Counterspin
Music:
Sunrise – Norah Jones
Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi – Yann Tiersen
Cold as Ice – Foreigner
Honesty – Billy Joel
Goodbye blue sky – Pink Floyd
Untitled – Zoe Keating
Recycled Air – The Postal Service
Major Tom – A-Ha
Information Travels Faster – Death Cab for Cutie
Tell me a lie – Griffin House
Radio – One Ring Zero
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#255 Green Jobs and the Youth Movement (Podcast)
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Act 1: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 1 – Meet the Bloggers
Act 2: Eco-friendly Hummers – The Onion
Act 3: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 2 – Meet the Bloggers
Act 4: Remaking an edge city – NPR
Act 5: Green jobs with Van Jones Part 3 – Meet the Bloggers
Act 6: Global warming irreversable for 1000 years – Ring of Fire
Act 7: Measuring the national carbon footprint – Slate
Music:
Knock on wood – Amy Stewart
When you were young – The Killers
Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby – Smashmouth
Don’t dream it’s over – Sixpence None The Richer
Where is my mind – The Pixies
July, July! – The Decemberists
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Building out of a hole (Podcast)
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Act 1: The green collar economy – Democaracy NOW!
Act 2: The Blue Green Alliance Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 3: Alternative fuel SUV – The Onion
Act 4: The Blue Green Alliance Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 5: News of the warm – LeShow
Act 6: Can cities save the planet? – Slate.com
Music:
Directions – Josh Rouse
Working class hero – Exit Clov
Still Life – Men at work
She moves – Stigmata
100 years – Five for fighting
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Where we are now and where we should go (Podcast)
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Act 1: Friedman on “Drill baby, drill” – NPR
Act 2: We Can Solve It ad not shown on ABC – CounterSpin
Act 3: Friedman on taxing what we don’t want – NPR
Act 4: Life jackets issued to all Americans – The Onion
Act 5: News of the warm – LeShow
Act 6: The religious right on global warming – Point of Inquiry
Act 7: Tom Freidman Interview – The Colbert Report
Music:
I saved the world today – The Eurythmics
The end of medicine – The New Pornographers
This is the day – The The
Nap hangs up the phone – Napoleon Dynamite
Knock yourself out – Jon Brion
Hey there Delilah – Plain White T’s
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Bush’s Last Ditch Efforts
According to the Washington Post’s R. Jeffrey Smith, the White House is attempting to enact several new regulations that would work to weaken government protections for consumers and the environment.
“The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some would ease or lift constraints on private industry, including power plants, mines and farm”
Al Gore to Obama: 5 steps for change
In his op-ed article for the New York Times, Al Gore has presented Barack Obama with a clear-cut plan for change to American environmental practices and laws.
Gore suggested that if we put our efforts together and set a goal, then we could kill three birds with one stone: eliminate the threat of global warming, help the ailing economy, and cease our dependence on foreign oil. Read further about Gore’s five-step solution!
McCain won’t regulate greenhouse gas emissions
The truth spills out!
John McCain and Sarah Palin seem to be supporting technology that would help decrease the rising greenhouse gas levels, or so says their official website. What McCain’s “climate change” position doesn’t tell you is that John doesn’t plan to do a thing about global warming. Sure, he’ll tell corporations to “set limits on greenhouse gas emissions,” but these limits are voluntary, not mandatory.
It’s like asking metro passengers to move towards the center of the train car in order to allow for more people to cram into the train. Some passengers will do it automatically, but others will stand near the doors blocking everyone else’s way in and out of the train car.
A voluntary cap-and-trade system, optional wind and solar technology, and a recycle-if-you-feel-like-it mentality will not save the planet. If reduction of GHG emissions will not be a law, it won’t mean much.
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Al Gore webcast TONIGHT!
Just a quick note to let you know that the Al Gore live webcast we previously mentioned is happening tonight. You can watch it live in just a few hours right… HERE!
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Watch Al Gore in live webcast
So, there’s two organization that are really worth knowing about. The first is Al Gore’s most recent publicity machine that’s being used as the public face of his efforts to fight global warming and that WeCanSolveIt.org, there’s a pretty decent chance you’ve seen some of their commercials.
The other is the Energy Action Coalition. This is a youth-run organization dedicated to engaging students in the political process to demand a clean and just energy future. Find out more about them at EnergyActionCoalition.org, they’re good people.
So this leads to the fact that these two great groups are coming together when Al Gore conducts a live webcast for the PowerVote campaign. PowerVote is the EAC Get-Out-The-Vote campaign they’re running with their goal set at getting 1 million youth to pledge to vote for clean energy this November.
Even if you’ve never actually heard of these groups and you’re not a college student you should still be interested for these three reasons: 1.Al Gore 2.global warming and 3.Al Gore & other people coming together to try and do something about global warming.
Sign up to watch the live webcast on Oct. 29th at 8pm EST.
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