How Terrorists Can Turn Nuclear Power Into Weapons
Are our nuclear power plants sitting ducks for terrorists? What kind of damage could a terrorist do to America's nuclear facilities? Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, talks to Thom Hartmann about this frightening prospect. Kevin Kamps…
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Five Billion At Risk From Falling Nuclear Space Launch
Lunar based nuclear power is on the way, plus nuclear-powered satellites. Could Mars go the same way? And of course, the military will dominate control of nuclear use, so does that mean that NASA will…
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Longtime Head of EPA's Environmental Justice Program: Biden's Climate Picks Show Power of Movements
As President-elect Joe Biden unveils key members of his team who will tackle what he called the "existential" threat of the climate crisis. DN speaks to former Environmental Protection Agency official Mustafa Ali, who led…
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Biden Taps Climate Team Focused on Environmental Racism & Science to Replace Industry Lobbyists
Under pressure from progressives and communities of color, President-elect Joe Biden vowed Saturday to make environmental justice and science top concerns as he selects his climate team, which he formally introduced Saturday. If confirmed, many…
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The Pandemic Pipeline: Land & Water Defenders Continue Resistance to Enbridge Line 3 in Minnesota
Indigenous and environmental activists have been holding daily protests against the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to a terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, cutting through…
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2020: A Year Unlike Any Other In Recent Memory
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Arun Gupta about the year 2020. Ah 2020, what a year it has been. Who could have predicted at the start of the year when the U.S. Senate was acquitting…
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Fixation: How To Have Stuff Without Breaking The Planet
Sonali Kpolhatkar speaks with Sandra Goldmark about how to fix the planet. A recent scientific article published in Nature marked a little-noticed yet grim planetary milestone. Its authors pointed out that, “Earth is exactly…
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Greta Thunberg: 5 Years After Paris Agreement, World Is “Speeding in the Wrong Direction” on Climate
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who launched the global Fridays for Future youth climate movement, issued a stark warning on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement that the world is not doing enough to…
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The Future Of The Paris Accord, Five Years Later
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Thanu Yakupitiyage about the Paris Accord five years later. It has been five years since world leaders gathered in Paris, France for the COP 21 UN Climate meeting and reached…
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Indigenous Communities Resist “Line 3” Pipeline
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Taysha Martineau about indigenous communities' resistance to "Line 3" Pipeline. The pipeline corporation Enbridge is facing serious Indigenous opposition to its “Line 3” project bringing tarsands from Alberta, Canada, to Wisconsin,…
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The Truth About Vaccines & Pesticides w/ Frank Von Hippel
Frank Von Hippell II, Professor at Northern Arizona University and author of "The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth", joins David Pakman to discuss…
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What Does Climate Justice Really Mean?
Vien Truong, director for the Climate Justice efforts of the Tom Steyer PAC, joins Thom Hartmann to talk about the reality of climate change. She discusses what climate justice really means and the way that climate…
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Indigenous Groups Vow to Keep Resisting as Construction Is Approved for Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
A massive fight is brewing in Minnesota against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a permit for the project this week. After years of resistance, pipeline construction is…
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Biden Be Bold: AOC & Cori Bush Join Climate Protest Outside DNC Urging Activists to "Bring the Heat"
Indigenous, racial justice and climate activists staged an occupation outside the Democratic National Convention in Washington Thursday, calling on President-elect Joe Biden to take immediate climate action and to approve the Green New Deal. Advocates…
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Will Biden Really Be A Climate Champion?
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Matt Renner about President-elect Joe Biden on how he can be a climate change champion. When Joe Biden was running for president he promised he would “Build Back Better” after…
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Trump Trying To Destroy National Forest While He Can
Before Donald Trump leaves office he is going to try to do as much damage as possible, one effort, is to destroy America's national forest by allowing big oil to drill in these endangered wonderlands.…
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Indigenous Communities on the Frontline as Two Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes Slam Central America
Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua Monday as a Category 4 storm, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated communities across Central America and caused widespread destruction. Iota is the strongest November hurricane to ever…
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Food Production is a Major Accelerator of Climate Change
Is cutting greenhouse gas from food production urgent? We usually think of fossil fuels when it comes to greenhouse gas, but food production is a major producer. How can food production be improved to reverse…
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Can Joe Biden Back Fracking And Still Champion Climate Justice?
Sonali Kolhatkar speaks with Jamie Henn about Joe Biden and climate justice. During last week’s second and final Presidential debate Democratic Nominee Joe Biden touted his climate action plan in response to a question…
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