On the Green Front

If you need some mid-summer eco-inspiration you'll love today's program as we learn about the multi-state "I Will Act on Climate Change" bus tour. Former Virginia congressman, Tom Perriello, shares why he's involved and what gives him hope on the green front. Next, fresh from a protest outside Google headquarters Emily Southard, campaign director of Forecast the Facts, explains why the otherwise green search giant is the target of climate activists. And fresh from the tide-pools along Northern California's coastline, science author and researcher Mary Ellen Hannibal takes us inside her work to raise awareness of the urgent need to protect biodiversity!

On The Green Front - 07/17/13

Sales of electric cars are finally beginning to accelerate - we'll get the latest trending report from Doug Fox, President of the Michigan Automobile Dealers Association.  Next, a prolific author on climate change joins us for some analysis of Obama's climate plan. Dr. John J. Berger makes his debut appearance on The Green Front with some VERY quotable insights about the urgency of our situation. In our final segment I'm joined by two dedicated filmmakers--Alice and Lincoln Day--to talk about their award-winning documentary, "Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives, The Environmental Footprint of War". This important but overlooked aspect of the consequences of our military action gets a close-up look in their film

On the Green Front - 07/03/13

On June 25, President Barack Obama delivered a historic speech on the climate crisis, detailing the history of our understanding of the science, calling upon all of us to be warriors for the protection of our planet, and noting the severe risks we face if we do not take extensive measures TODAY to reduce carbon pollution. On this special episode of "On the Green Front," we broadcast President Obama's historic speech unedited--it is a speech that could rival his 2004 address to the Democratic National Convention in terms of its long-term impact!

We'll get a sneak preview of next week's Citizen's Climate Lobby Conference in D.C. with CCL member, Rabbi Judy Weiss. Learn why this year's conference is shaping up to be the most effective yet when it comes to presenting a carbon tax proposal to Congressional members on BOTH sides of the aisle. Next, President Obama's point person on climate and energy issues today spoke about what's ahead on climate policy. Among those on the panel was Anne Kelly, with the organization, CERES. Kelly will tell us what was discussed at this important meeting today in Washington!

The group Climate Parents is applauding this week's decision by the Kansas state school board to green light new standards for K-12 that will teach climate change and evolution as key scientific concepts. Climate Parents' Director, Lisa Hoyas, talks about the group's efforts to organize American families around awareness and action on global warming.  Next, central Texas radio personality, Bill Paige, joins me for some local perspective on the people and politics of Bastrop County, scene of one of the worst wildfires in U.S. history.

Newly installed Energy Secretary, Dr. Ernest Moniz, opened last week's White House Leadership Summit on Climate and Energy. His comments to the group of 100 attendees will be played exclusively on The Green Front as D.R Tucker and I discuss the event. Just in time for summer Scott Wolland, Executive Director of Bay Area Wilderness Training (www.bawt.org), joins us to share the positive and long lasting impact of getting at-risk youth outdoors and Rachel Caplan, Founder of the San Francisco Green Film Festival, gives a preview of the 3rd annual line-up of top environmental movies to see!

If the planet's atmosphere hits a milestone of 400 ppm of green house gases and hardly anyone notices, does it still count? Uhhh.....yes says David Turnbull, Campaigns Director for International Oil Change. We'll hear why this parts-per-million threshold better be a pivot point or else.  And a wake-up call in the form of a new documentary is our next focus. We'll speak with the film maker of  "Unacceptable Levels" to learn whats at stake from exposure to everyday chemicals and what can be done about it. Ed Brown says it starts with awareness and the film, and this interview, tells us what we need to know

Iowa State Senator Rob Hogg joins us to talk about his new book "America's Climate Century" addressing what's at stake and what we can do about it. Next, Shanna Devine, lead investigator at The Government Accountability Project (GAP), shares her findings in an in-depth look at the health and environmental impacts of the BP oil disaster three years out. And Jay Shofet, head of the Green Environment Fund, checks in with some fascinating eco-trends unfolding in Israel.

A big victory for tree-huggers as the world's largest paper company comes to an agreement with the Dogpatch Alliance. We'll talk to the head of that forest conservation group. We'll also chat with the producers of a new film called Bidder 70, about Tim De Cristopher's courageous stand which landed him in jail...until this week!

On the Green Front - 04/17/13

On the Green Front - 04/10/13

On the Green Front - 04/03/13

If you don't think our national parks should be littered with empty plastic water bottles, you're not alone. Hear what the folks at "Think Outside the Bottle" are rolling out from Grace Morris, Campaign Organizer with the watchdog group, Corporate Accountability. Next, two staffers at Boston University's newspaper share what's behind the campuses' first ever series on climate change impacts. Leslie Friday and David Keefe have the lowdown from Beantown.