Climate Files Radio

CF / Sea Level Rise and Adaptation

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:34:08 +0000

Climate change is not debatable, it is an issue of science, facts and physics. It is happening, and debates will not change that. The physics of global warming progresses despite our opinion about it. That’s the message from professor Jim White, a geological and environmental scientist and director of the Institute of Arctic and [...]

CF / Deadly Pursuit of Extreme Oil

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:49:35 +0000

The end of easy oil is over. From now on, all the oil we use will be difficult to obtain. So, since renewable fuels are available to us, it follows that we should be working hard to get off fossil fuels. Instead we are cleaning up the mess that more oil has created and planning [...]

Climate Files 68 / Climate Scientists Conquer a Lord

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:19:57 +0000

Real climate scientists smack down a gecko-like climate denier operative named Lord Christopher Monckton. Or to put it nicely, for purposes of educating the public about climate change, real climate scientists update us on climate science and correct climate denier operative named Lord Christopher Monckton at a May 6th global warming hearing. Monckton is a [...]

Climate Files 67/ Corporate Oil Terrorism

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:05:51 +0000

The Gulf Oil spill is nothing short of catastrophic. It will take months to clean up the oil and that’s only possible if the oil stops gushing from the 3 mile-deep oil well leaks! There is a lot of blame to go around — first of all BP and the operators of the oil rig [...]

Climate Files / Hansen Talks Climate in Sydney

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:24:04 +0000

NASA climate scientist James Hansen has been very busy lately, discussing climate change all over the world. In this podcast you will hear a talk of about an hour followed by 1/2 hour of great Q&A. The topic, of course, is our planetary climate crisis, what’s happening now with the science, and what he thinks [...]

The Front Lines of Climate Change

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:16:11 +0000

This is a tragic video from Bangladesh, from Yale e360. Climate change is causing water to rise and people aren’t just losing their ability to support themselves; they are losing their very homes. Yet they are too poor to move, so what can be done? Governments will have to pay to relocate people in the [...]

Climate Files 64 / Al Gore’s Call to Action

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:48:48 +0000

Al Gore fills us in on facts and strategy to help our lawmakers to accomplish something useful on climate change, for a change. We need to either change our legislators minds on global warming, or plan for the worst now. Unfortunately, we probably can’t adapt to the 4 or more degree temperature rise in global [...]

Climate Files 63 / Steven Chu at Stanford

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:06:48 +0000

US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu spoke at Stanford University the 2nd week of March about clean energy , climate change science, innovation and education. It’s a science and solutions oriented talk so it’s valuable for everyone. Secretary Chu met with students before the talk for a student round table discussion on energy. The event [...]

Climate Files 62 / EPA Priorities

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:43:18 +0000

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Discusses 2010 EPA Priorities On March 8, 2010, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson spoke to the National Press Club on progress made by the agency in 2009 and priorities for 2010. She discussed actions on climate change, America’s waters and EPA’s efforts to expand the conversation on environmentalism. She was asked why [...]

Climate Files 61 / Question the EPA

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:57:23 +0000

I attended the EPA Townhall Meeting and asked a good question. Everyone should question the EPA. Mine was about that nasty Canadian tar sands oil and the pipeline that is spilling oil into the beautiful northern part of one of the Great Lakes states. The EPA must not care very much about that, [...]

Climate Files 60 Special / The Gates Equation

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:35:47 +0000

This is a special edition of Climate Files of a highly anticipated talk by Bill Gates, who has come up with an equation you see in this graphic. He presented this at the latest TED conference during a short talk on February 12th. This was followed by a short Q&A at TED and on livestream.com. [...]

Climate Files 59 / Wild Weather Wild Climate

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:04:30 +0000

The weather seems crazy everywhere, but what does that mean? 49 states in the U.S. got snow in the last week! It means climate change is happening right now and things are going to get much wilder. Find out how we know this and hear Todd Stern, U.S. climate envoy, talk about where the U.S. [...]

Climate Files 58 / Climate Change Science

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:40:05 +0000

This episode is a presentation of climate science and how we know global warming is happening. The 3 speakers are all scientists and climate experts. This was titled the Science of Climate change, and was presented last week by the Center for American Progress. You can see the entire video at the CFAP website here. [...]

Climate Files 57 / Hacking the Climate

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:15:48 +0000

If climate change gets out of control and we need to resort to geoengineering the climate, who gets to decide what and how much? This and related questions were discussed at length at side events during COP15 in December. An interesting portion of one of these is played in this episode. In his State of [...]

Climate Files 56 / Answering Skeptics

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:40:42 +0000

We know that CO2 causes climate change, but how? Believe it or not, credit card debt can help explain how CO2 causes global warming, even if the graphics show CO2 kind of non-synchronized with temperatures, at times. Hear Richard Alley talk about CO2 causing global warming at the AGU Annual Meeting. (Full video with graphics [...]

Climate Files 55 / Drop the Nuke Bias

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:23:34 +0000

Being antinuclear is like a religion to many environmentalists. But solving climate change will be a compromise of what is possible and needed. We are not going to get a green utopian world to emerge and solve climate change with windmills. Even environmentalists want to be able to charge their cell phones and laptops. Should [...]

Climate Files 54 / Sound the Alarm

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:02:16 +0000

MOVING on with news and politics about global warming in the new year. Let’s forget COP15 even happened. Look ahead, what else can we do? Today Climate Files includes a recent short interview with climate scientist James Hansen largely about his book Storms of my Grandchildren. Remember: sounding the alarm is not alarmism — it’s [...]

Climate Files 53 / COP15 Not a Failure

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:43:09 +0000

How did Copenhagen go? To hear some tell it we are now doomed, but don’t believe it. A COP15 accord was agreed upon by about 190 countries, and was impressive for many reasons, with COP15 bringing together leaders from all over the world in an unprecedented marathon work session. It was not a failure, but [...]

Climate Files 52 / Eco Rock Stars

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:47:33 +0000

Some news from Copenhagen, some of it kind of surprising and disturbing. Bill McKibben of 350.org and President Nasheed of the Maldives, both Eco Rock Stars, are featured in this episode. Their main message: 350 ppm is a necessary target, and it needs to be reinserted into the text of the international agreement that is [...]

Climate Files 51 / The Geek Files

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:37:53 +0000

This episode contains talks by the delegates from Stanford University and a talk by Steven Chu, a pretty geeky guy, from last weekend. Monday was Oceans Day at Copenhagens COP15, and the guys from Stanford discussed the health of the oceans and why that 350 number is so much better than that 450 number that [...]

Climate Files 50 / Climate Files

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:22 +0000

Here is your Copenhagen climate summit summary from Week 1. Recorded clips include Naomi Klein, Nnimmo Bassey from Klimaforum09, and James Hansen from an interview with The Guardian on December 2nd. Hansen discussed nuclear power and how this climate summit isn’t going to be adequate. Naomi Klein discusses mainly the same things, but from her [...]

Climate Files 49 / The Climate Olympics Begin

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:37:53 +0000

The Copenhagen climate summit COP15 has begun, and it seems like most of the world is there. That’s the biggest news. Coinciding with that, the EPA has passed an endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act. Could we ask for anything more? Yes, a binding legal treaty to reduce emissions, in Copenhagen. That’s what we [...]

Climate Files 48 / Climate Summit Anticipation

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:06:43 +0000

This is your Copenhagen Climate Summit introduction. In this episode you will find out some basic answers to: why is the summit important? What can we expect? President Obama will be attending the Copenhagen climate summit on December 18th. The climate science continues to be very serious. In the new Report: Antarctic Climate Change and [...]

Climate Files 47 / Are We Lemmings?

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:03:35 +0000

It was announced this morning that President Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen, and he also announced his emissions targets: in the range of 17% by 2020. This is great news! It’s also bad news. Is this the best America can do? This response to climate change is not adequate for the U.S. [...]

Climate Files 46 / Cap and Raid

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:40:40 +0000

The cap and trade legislation has been “put off” until well after the Copenhagen summit in December. It’s pushed into spring, 2010, if then. If you want to read some better bills than cap and trade, which should be called Cap and RAID, you can check out all the other bills that intend to mitigate [...]

Climate Files 45 / Peak Oil and IEA Report

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:19:41 +0000

The new 2009 World Energy Report shows a decline in oil, but did the U.S. interfere in the final report to avoid a panic in the markets? The IEA denies the pressure. Many experts think Saudi Arabia and other countries are inflating the numbers reflecting what oil they have left. This was NaPodPoMo episode 11 [...]

Climate Files 44 / Green News & Gore Fest

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:50:13 +0000

LinkTV has a new weekly climate change video here and will appear on FN’s news website every week also. I went to a talk tonight given by Sami Rasouli . . . He’s an Iraqi-American who has been a peace activist for Iraq and he recently returned from a trip to Iraq. One thing he [...]

Climate Files 43 / Rethink Meat

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:57:16 +0000

Meat consumption might be destroying the planet and killing us. It’s certainly not green, so maybe we should think about it more before using it so much. And Americans consume more meat than anyone on the planet. It’s contributing to climate change, to terrible environmental practices, pollution and our inability to feed everyone on earth [...]

Climate Files 42 / Green Justice

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:45:41 +0000

Climate change will be very much about justice in the years and decades to come. Green money–Green jobs–Green greed–the non- Jolly Green Giant Known as Copenhagen — Is climate change stalling and finger-pointing green insanity? Not everything can be called green. Economic INjustice means those with the most money will survive climate change the [...]

Climate Files 41 / The Brutal Truth

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:41:54 +0000

The Brutal Truth about climate change is this: it’s much worse, and much more threatening to our future, than the public thinks it is. In fact, it has scientists scared. Yet the political response is to “work with business” and “work with Republicans” and conservative Democrats like Joe Lieberman to get a passable bill that [...]

Climate Files 40 / History of Global Warming Science

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:27 +0000

The history of the discovery of global warming/climate change goes back much farther in time than people think. And no, global warming was not invented by Al Gore. NASA scientist James Hansen didn’t discover it either, despite his 1988 testimony before Congress. Global warming theory has been around for a long time, since before industrialization. [...]

Climate Files 39 / Science & Tech News

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:52 +0000

This was NaPodPoMo5, the fifth installment of this podcast’s marathon. Covered in this episode: Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change. Trees in the desert, maybe the Sahara, might solve climate change? Well, it’s a plan. Liquid Granite and the hunt for a carbon-neutral cement, Foldable 3D Solar Cells, robot fish and more, in some science [...]

Climate Files 38 / Climate News Update

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:38:19 +0000

News from Futurism Now, and episode #4 of the NaPodPoMo podcast marathon. What are Senators up to on the climate bill? Senate Republicans Stall Climate Legislation! Story here. Panic at 2:00 am! Where is the ice? Utilities Drop Plans for Big Stone II Coal Plant, clearing the way for wind power. Great news! Al [...]

Climate Files 37 / The Mystery of Climate Skeptics

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:44:01 +0000

This is episode 3 of Climate Files Radio’s National Podcast Post Month contribution. See the rest of the participating podcasts on the NPPM website. The mystery of global warming skeptics continues to perplex me. I don’t understand people who deny facts and science — do you? Someday, we’ll figure it out. Meanwhile, climate change continues [...]

Climate Files 36 / Climate Info U Need 2 Know

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:57:50 +0000

Here are some things you need to know before Copenhagen, just the basics. There will be more basics coming later this week. Start with the UNFCCC website and their facts about climate change. Today’s installment of NaPodPoMo #2, my podcasting marathon, is about some necessary background in order to understand some of the future podcasts [...]

Climate Files 35 / Climate and Justice

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:28:55 +0000

Kicking off NaPodPoMo month, Futurism Now covers environmental and climate justice and EPA news. Join FN this month while we explore whether a daily podcast can be done while retaining a semblance of a life. NaPodPoMo stands for “National Podcast Post Month”. Check out the other ones participating here. Climate justice is about climate debt, [...]

Climate Files 34 / Send Obama to Copenhagen with Climate Plan

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:34:24 +0000

President Obama gave an energy speech at MIT in Massachusetts on October 23rd, which you will hear in this episode. He announced some interesting things that MIT students are working on in terms of new energy. He also said the US is in a peaceful competition to develop clean technologies, and he championed US leadership [...]

Climate Files 33 / The 4C Experiment

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:55:16 +0000

The Four Degrees C experiment has begun. We might reach a four degree rise in temps by 2070, or even earlier. That was unheard of and thought to be impossible, until recently. Anything over 4 degrees will probably lead to tipping points and runaway climate change. The finding was announced at a conference that took [...]

Podcast Alley

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:44:38 +0000

This is my podcast alley announcement for Podcast Alley. (ignore, for my use only, and temporary) My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-8b8bd448b7a2aa970a20e2030fff997a}

Climate Files 32 / Great Big Green Jobs Victory

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:55:15 +0000

This episode contains a recording from the Green for All conference call from October 5th. It was all about green jobs and there are some good solid ideas in this recording. We definitely need jobs in the United States. In September the U.S. lost over 230,000 jobs. Unemployment continues to grow and where ever you [...]

Climate Files 31 / Off to the Climate Races

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:43:41 +0000

The Senate climate bill has arrived! It’s called CEJAPA, an awful name. That stands for Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Let’s call it the Climate Bill or the Kerry-Boxer bill. It leaves a lot to be desired, because it’s still full of coal, and gas, and it’s also not even a cap and [...]

Climate Files 30 / The Age of Climate Cooperation

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:14:00 +0000

The UN Summit on Climate Change brought together 100 world leaders at the UN on September 22 and the Age of Stupid movie event happened on September 21, all in New York City. What did they all accomplish? It’s unclear. The UN Summit was a good start, according to Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General. [...]

Climate Files 29 / Averting Catastrophe

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:16:16 +0000

Will the U.S. avert climate catastrophe in time? Are we really even trying? Last Thursday, September 17th, the American Security Project came up with a report, the Climate Security Index. You can download the report here. It almost sounds like members of the Senate are planning to not act to slow down climate change, so [...]

Climate Files 28 / Climate Engineering & Hazy Air

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:54:33 +0000

The very air we breathe is causing us health problems. Aerosols and other things in our air are still making us sick. The military might be putting something in it, to fight climate change, or for reasons much worse. What’s in the air? Whatever it is, it’s killing people. Chem trails, global dimming, global hazing [...]

Climate Files 27 / National Clean Energy Summit 2.0

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:59:09 +0000

How best to mitigate climate change legislatively, and jobs and energy–specifically renewable energy discussed at the National Clean Energy Summit (website here). (The subtitle of this episode is “Dog and Pony Show”) See the news items I discussed on the FN news site here. The most disappointing bit of news was that Secretary of State [...]

Climate Files 26 / The Ugliest Resource

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:41:42 +0000

The tar sands of Canada are the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet so far and they are invested in by T. Boone Pickens. So — why is he a part of developing our new renewable clean energy plans? Over the last several years Mr. Pickens has acquired a reputation as a green energy promoter, [...]

Climate Files 25 / Everyone Can Fight Climate Change

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:10:06 +0000

We are not powerless when we are armed with the facts! This episode contains the real serious truth about climate change but also some interesting tips on how to talk about it with the facts on your side. Obviously, the American public needs to be made more aware of climate change and global heating and the [...]

Climate Files 24 / The Senate Takes on Climate

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:02:22 +0000

This episode is Part 2 of the highlights of the Senate hearing from the committee Environment and Public works from July 7th, 2009. You can listen to all 3+ hours of it from links on the committee website here. Many other hearings they have held recently are available there too. It’s clear that Barbara Boxer, [...]

Climate Files 23 / Solutions, Malaise or Collapse

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:18:53 +0000

Could climate change lead to the end of civilization, a real collapse, like what happened to the Romans, the Aztecs, the Mayans? It’s not inconceivable. Today I have Part 1 of the Senate hearings on climate legislation from the Environment and Public Works committee. The initial hearing has taken on new meaning, because since this [...]

Climate Files 22 /A Crime in the Mountains

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:29:53 +0000

This episode contains information on the G8, the Senate delay on the climate bill, T. Boone Pickens, and the coal related crime of mountain top removal. What happened at the G8 summit, why is T. Boone Pickens giving up on the world’s biggest wind farm in Texas, and what happened to the climate bill in [...]

Climate Files 21 / Greening Suzuki

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:36:06 +0000

David Suzuki talks at Greening the Heartland in Detroit. Also, this Futurism Now podcast contains news and info from people trying to kick the Senate in the pants on climate change. There was a Mountain Top Removal protest last week at Marsh Fork Elementary School at Coal Mountain West Virginia, attended by some very well [...]

Climate Files 20 / Enjoy it While You Can

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:42:00 +0000

Enjoy your life while you can, because nothing we are doing right now will likely stop climate change in time. That is the terrifying message from Sir James Lovelock, UK scientist and inventor. Global heating will proceed. All Congress does is pass a cap and trade bill which won’t even cut emissions until about 2040. [...]

Climate Files 19 / Red Hot Report

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:13:05 +0000

Last Thursday, June 18, the U.S. government released a report, the work of 13 government agencies, that gives us a serious picture of climate change. It is called Global Climate Change Impacts in the U.S, and this episode contains the findings. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates and integrates federal research on changes [...]

Climate Files 18 / TERAWATTS OF POWER

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:43:42 +0000

In this episode: News and a speaker from CIT on Powering the Planet and what it will take. The stone age didn’t end because we ran out of stones . . . . people got smarter. We need to get smarter and move on to renewable energy. Where are we going to get terawatts [...]

Climate Files 17 / Climate Change University

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:53:11 +0000

With this episode you are beginning Climatology ‘classes’ here at Futurism Now University. Along with politics, upcoming episodes will also deal with the cold, hard scientific facts of climate change. It’s important that people know why strong climate legislation is important. We have about two weeks to strengthen the Waxman-Markey bill (aka the American clean [...]

Climate Files 16 / Peak Consequences

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:15:42 +0000

Water shortages, mountaintop removal, continued use of coal, and a watered down climate/energy bill. This is the current reality. My state, like some others, is in a drought in what is supposed to be the wettest month of the summer. Is this a possible result of climate change? Peak oil and water shortages are only [...]

Climate Files 15 / Time for Pressure

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:21:09 +0000

Forums, conferences, and the EPA — what’s going on? This episode lets you in on what is happening in Bonn, the World Humanitarian forum, and what came out of Paris. The World Environment Day is only a couple of days away, it’s on Friday, June 5th. Read up about some of the events that will [...]

Climate Files 14 / Nuclear Power Potential

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:47:35 +0000

This episode presents four scientists and environmentalists making the case for the use of nuclear power. It’s believed by some people that environmentalists should be against nuclear power — I completely disagree. We are trying to find ways to solve and stop climate change, not fight the possibilities and the ideas for doing that. Nuclear [...]

Climate Files 13 / Busta Myth

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:53:56 +0000

Busting the myths of the cost of changing energy and capping emissions. But is the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 cap and trade bill right for right now or is it a waste of time? I gaze into my cloudy crystal ball and find — the answer is not so clear. It’s [...]

FN12 / Take Action / A Republican Mis-Leader

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:53:44 +0000

We need climate legislation before it’s too late. According to a new May 5th CNN poll a majority of Americans DO want something done about climate change. Congress, are you listening? They need to hear from us. May 6th and every day is CALL IN day to Congress. But there are several key Democrats that [...]

FN11 / Major Economies Forum

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:50:43 +0000

The road to Copenhagen continues with the U.S. State Department’s Major Economies forum, the world meeting on climate change, the last week in April. It was convened by President Obama. This episode plays the overview speech of Secretary Clinton at the beginning of the forum, and the televised interview with UN Secretary Yvo de Boer [...]

FN10 / Window of Opportunity

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:34:26 +0000

We have four years — but that’s not the number to remember. 350 is the number and now is our window of opportunity to deal with CO2 emissions. Republicans put out disinformation and Futurism Now tries to counteract it. Hear about Eco activism with Bill McKibben. He says the head IPCC scientist tells us we [...]

FN09 / The EPA Rules

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:32:24 +0000

The EPA rules! Last Friday, April 17th, the EPA released a preliminary ruling on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions, at last. These greenhouse gases are pollutants, and they are harming human health, now and for future generations. Finally the U.S. has the opportunity to lead on something worthwhile again. We need to attack this [...]

FN08 — Earth the Sequel

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:34:18 +0000

Highlights from the Discovery Channel’s presentation of Earth the Sequel, a “documentary” based on the book by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn. I don’t agree with everything in this show, but it’s a good introduction to some real alternative energy sources that are being worked on and implemented today. Some of them are very good [...]

FN08 / The Last Gasps of Capitalism

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:05:32 +0000

These may be the dying gasps of capitalism — or not. The governments of the world, as shown at the G20, seem determined to preserve a very reckless brand of capitalism all the while infusing trillions of dollars of “stimulus” into banks and institutions, instead of people. When are the people going to get some [...]

FN07 / Inaction is Not an Option

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:17:37 +0000

Societal transformation might be on the visible horizon. This episode contains highlights from last week’s Climate Congress in Copenhagen, and some speculation about geoengineering — will it be necessary and what will it include? The main finding from the Climate meeting was that governments have to act on climate change or drastic steps in the [...]

FN06 / A Criminal Enterprise

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:00:06 +0000

Highlights from Powershift09 sending a message to end the use of coal — and as speaker Robert Kennedy put it, coal is a criminal enterprise. What they are doing to mountains and our air is nothing short of criminal. It’s time to take action to stop coal. It’s time for a citizens arrest of coal. [...]

FN05 / Burn Unit Part 2

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:29:53 +0000

The latest science on climate change, as presented before the U.S. Senate environmental and public works committee, one of our new “Burn Units”. (my term). The planet is burning up and our government is ready to get to work to save the patient. This is part two, only available on Futurism Now. The latest science [...]

FN05 / Burn Unit pt. 1

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:50:04 +0000

This is a presentation of the latest science on climate change, as presented before the U.S. Senate Environmental and Public Works committee, one of our new “Burn Units”. The planet is burning up and our government is ready to get to work. This is part one, and part two will only be on here on [...]

The Future and Informed Hope

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:02:15 +0000

What’s coming in the future and will capitalism play a part? Soon people will be concerned with bigger problems than economic models, such as environmental migration and shortages, but money will play a part. The survival of civilization depends on our imagination, creativity, on our sense of identity and community and how willing we are [...]

FN04 / The Smart Grid Summit Part II

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:22:25 +0000

This episode is part 2 of the Center for American Progress’s forum entitled “National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy–Wired for Progress” that was held on Monday, February 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the [...]

FN04 / The Smart Grid Part I — Low Carbon Economy

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:55:27 +0000

Tuesday morning (February 24) there was a very interesting event called the National Clean Energy Project Conference–Building the New Economy–Wired for Progress and we have the audio from it. This is part I. This conference was mainly about transmission of the smart grid that is to come, creating thousands of new jobs, and the low [...]

FN03 / Coaled and Carbonated

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:23:43 +0000

Fight the recession or fight global warming? We can do both. This episode covers Carbon news, carbon basics, what we’re facing, cap and trade versus cap and dividend, coal and a portion of an interview with Ted Nace about coal. Join me for fascinating climate info. Solar did pretty well in the stimulus package, as [...]

CLIMATE FILES Promo

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:55:35 +0000

Here is the one and only humble CLIMATE FILES promo. Spread it far and wide. It’s very cool. Go ahead and use it freely. We need to build an environmental movement that will battle climate change and the coal lobbyists and our own government’s inertia on action. Spread the word! Download here: Listen to the [...]

FN02 / Stimulus and Energy

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:51:57 +0000

The economy and the environment, the stimulus package and energy. What do Congress and the new President have planned concerning all of these things, and how serious are they about climate change? There are a lot of indicators in the stimulus package. This episode goes over a lot of what is in the stimulus bill [...]

FN01 / Support Action on Climate Change

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:52:56 +0000

This is the introductory episode. Futurism Now is about climate change, energy, politics and legislation to get us moving on climate change, and more. Is there a consensus on climate change among climate scientists? Yes, there is. We are past debate. It’s time for action! Support Action on Climate Change — Call your Congressmen and [...]

Senate Foreign Relations Committee with Al Gore Part 2

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:52:33 +0000

This is part 2 of Al Gore’s appearance at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee testifying on Climate Change, on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Part 2 is also a must-listen episode. But it would help a lot to listen to part 1 first, and see the post on Part 1 for that. Here is Part 2

Senate Foreign Relations Committee with Al Gore Part 1

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:47:21 +0000

As I promised in the last podcast, I am posting the entire Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Climate Change/Global Warming with Al Gore, John Kerry, Russ Feingold, and many others. The star was Al Gore and his expertise on climate change and how to deal with it. This is a must-listen committee hearing for [...]

News and Commentary #03

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:50:01 +0000

Before this was a climate podcast . . . it was a news broadcast. This episode covers climate change, news about Karl Rove, news about diplomatic efforts, and the 819 billion dollar stimulus package that Obama wants passed. No Republicans voted to pass it in the House on Wednesday night and it passed anyway. That’s [...]

News and Commentary / PLNC02

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:23:17 +0000

Before this was a climate podcast, it was a news podcast. That’s what this episode was. Wondering what President Obama is busy doing to promote peace in the Middle East? He starts with trying to return the US to the “moral high ground” by ending torture and signing an executive order to close the prison [...]

Inauguration Special / PLNC01

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:35:21 +0000

Before this podcast was about climate, it was about news in general. This episode is mostly about the inauguration and what the new Secretary of State (Hillary) may work on in the next few weeks. Israel’s war with Palestine is finally over. Also, hear Obama take the oath of office a SECOND time. This was [...]

President Obama Inauguration Address

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:36:02 +0000

This is the full inauguration address of President Barack Obama, January 20, 2009. Imagine this: We not only have “hope” back but we have a president who respects science and the law again. What a relief! (and yes, I wrote that without cynicism or sarcasm). See CivilianismNews.com for more. Transcript of the inaugural speech here. [...]

Broken Government

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:30:35 +0000

In one day we get a new president, after 8 long years of a presidency that started out bad and got worse until it descended into the depths of “net loss” for the U.S. We would have done better with no president at all for the last eight years. How bad was the Bush administration [...]

CHANGE

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:09:30 +0000

Major change to Podcast Liberally is coming. It will be a Climate Change/politics/energy podcast very soon . . . . called Futurism Now. The reviews are being retired, but why waste a good RSS feed and a good podcast name? I want to keep it and use it. And why waste my position on iTunes [...]

Wars, Bailouts and Elections

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:15:29 +0000

Noam Chomsky on Wars, Bailouts and Elections. This is from an alternative radio program, from November 2008, and is meant to basically be a placeholder here until I start recording episodes. Enjoy some Noam in a pre-climate Futurism Now. Download this episode here.

Sick People or Sick Societies

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:04:24 +0000

This is a show from the CBC, an interesting look at what makes a society “healthy, ” in more ways than one. It is also a filler show until I start recording them. Enjoy this recording from the CBC. Download this episode here.

War and Civil Disobedience

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:10:06 +0000

Howard Zinn gives us some advice on dealing with our government. When your government commits crimes, you have to respond in a way that makes them change their behavior. This is where civil disobedience comes in. Civil disobedience has a long respected history in many countries, including the U.S. Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin [...]

Miscellaneous Podcast Alley Stuff

admin@climatefiles.com (Shelly T) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:41:32 +0000

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