Energy East pipeline is going into a holding pattern in anticipation of new climate test standards that may kill the project. Ongoing extreme weather across the world and a conversation whether rhetoric can and should be escalated in response to escalating climate impacts.
Read MoreThe hosts agree that it would be a nice summer break to stick with some more fun stuff this week and lay off the heavy (well mostly). To this end we talk about some news, some social pondering, and everything from dating to non-traditional family structure in a climate changing world.
Read MoreThis week we focus on largely on climate effects, as they are already causing havoc. Additionally as these effects become more clear, some hard to predict further complications can become apparent complicating mitigation efforts and causing additional difficulties and danger the world over.
Read MoreStefan starts the show with a discussion around public-private partnerships with some examples. They could solve multiple problems at once and has positive outcomes for citizens, governments and the companies involved.
Read MoreKrystyna Henke interviews award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh who holds a doctorate from Oxford University and has taught at Columbia and Harvard University, among others. His latest book was published in October, 2016, by The University of Chicago Press. It is a work of nonfiction and its title is The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.
Read MoreWith no room in our hearts for politics this week, Stefan and Daryn with the help of some special guests talk about dealing with grief and how to pick yourself back up after the US election results. To this end, our first guest is Barbara Erochina a wellness councillor who will help us talk through some of the difficult feelings we are experiencing right now.
Read MoreOur interview this week is with the award winning director Mike Downie - on the program this week to talk about his new CBC The Nature of Things documentary 'Running On Empty' which covers the ongoing fallout from the 5 year drought that devastating California.
Read MoreStefan leads us in a game of 'Pope or Marxist.com' with new statements by the Pope on the social ills of greed and the moral obligation to care for the environment. Stefan also provides a brief update on the Dakota Pipeline story and the indigenous people from all over the country coming to join the resistance to the 'Keystone XL 2.0'.
Read MoreWe begin the show with an update on the Nestle water controversy, which could see Ontario sell it's water to the private corp for a pathetic $3.71 per MILLION litres. Daryn hosts a review of the criticism surrounding BC's new 'Carbon Plan'.
Read MoreA Canadian perspective on science and environmental policy nationally and abroad, with a hint of satire.
