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COPENHAGEN DIGEST: Obama’s America Vs. Africa From climateradio – How Obama can act without Congress. The impacts on Africa (as told by Africans). Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Cassie Siegel, Nnimmo Bassey, Sylvia Wutchara, Phil England, Frederika Whitehead. 29 min 30 sec CD Quality 27 MB or Lo-Fi 7 MB
Paul Kingsnorth “We are climate change.” Deep green British author and broadcaster says governments and climate conferences will never stop fossil fuel use. We’re addicted. We make climate change – and won’t stop until a crumbling economy and climate chaos force us. Revisioning the new ecology with The Dark Mountain Project. 28 min CD Quality 26 MB or Lo-Fi 6 MB From 091218 Ecoshock Show.
CONSPIRACY OR SCIENCE? Testimony to House Select Committee on Climate Change 091202 John Holdren, Obama’s science advisor, and Jane Lubchenco Director of NOAA answer denial and “climategate” leaked emails. Ecoshock digest version (recommended) 30 min CD Quality 28 MB or Lo-Fi 7 MB; Final remarks of Chairman Markey 8 min Lo-Fi 2 MB; Complete recording 1 hour 46 min Lo-Fi actuality 25 MB
THE MEDEA HYPOTHESIS Scientist Peter Ward disputes Lovelock’s “Gaia” image of life saving life. Ward says the record shows “Nature” can be biocidal. According to this groundbreaking paleontologist, only geoengineering can stave off final extinction. Lo-Fi 25 min 5 MB from Ecoshock Show 091016
4 DEGREES AND BEYOND – SCHELLNHUBER Digest of speech by Prof John Schellnhuber of the Potsdam Inst. on Sept 28, 09 at Oxford conference. Explains what a wrecked climate means. 23 min 5 MB Lo-Fi
THE LONG THAW – DAVID ARCHER Chicago scientist says our carbon lasts 100,000 years. Your gas, the lasting legacy, that reshapes the long future. From Ecoshock 090918 27 min CD Quality 25 MB or Lo-Fi 6 MB
Dr. Anthony Barnosky on his new book “Heatstroke, Nature in an Age of Global Warming” Impact of climate on rest of natural world. From Radio Ecoshock 090619 18 min CD Quality 17 MB or Lo-Fi 4 MB
BILL MCKIBBEN – ACT NOW! Key talk in New Zealand on new climate goals – and your opportunity. Why knowing is not enough. Why 350.org Via Against The Grain Pacifica radio. Lo-Fi 12 MB, 53 min
CLIMATE CAMPS and COPENHAGEN Phil England of the 300-350 Show (Resonance FM London) gives us the European view. Camps and activism press politicians to act beyond talk. From Ecoshock Show 090911 Lo-Fi 17 min 5 MB
CAN ECONOMIC CRASH SAVE THE CLIMATE? Phil England, host of the 300-350 Show on Resonance FM, London – interviews Tim Helweg-Larsen of the PIRC think tank in Germany. As industry and transport shrinks, we may see more carbon cuts that politicians bargained for. Grim way to stave off climate disaster. Shocking classic, with humor “Global Meltdown Darby“. May 29, 2009 Show. 29 min 7 MB
WHY I SWITCHED TO CLIMATE CAMPAIGNING Forest Ethics Exec Dir Tzeporah Berman realizes climate now the biggest threat to world’s forests. From Be The Change conference Vancouver 090523 16 min Lo-Fi.
GLOBESITY: A PLANET OUT OF CONTROL Interview with co-author Michelle Holdsworth. 1 in 12 on Earth now obese – more than the starving. Adds to greenhouse gases with big cars and more agricultural emissions. Lo-Fi 4 MB 17 min
CLIMATE CODE RED: SCIENCE AND PROSPECTS interviews: from Australia, David Spratt, co-author of Climate Code Red. Latest science is very scary. Joseph Romm, former Clinton admin energy expert and climate super-blogger at climateprogress.org. Alex Smith on “Tools for Tough Times” – simple gear for an emergency, Depression or system breakdown. Ecoshock Show 090102 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB
BANKRUPTCY OF THE ATMOSPHERE Digest of testimony by Al Gore to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jan 28th. Plus interview with Pieter Tans, Chief Scientist at Earth System Lab of NOAA – on carbon tracking. Do we know what’s up there? Is it really ours – and the chances of disaster. Ecoshock Show 090130 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB
CLIMATE BURN The Australian wildfires – a warning to the world? Interview w. Dr. Barry Brook climatologist from Adelaide. Second half: guest host KMO (host of C-Realm Podcast) interviews Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of “The Upside of Down” and now “Carbon Shift.” How Nature handles collapse – is there a message for Wall Street? Ecoshock 090213 1 hour CD Quality (56 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB) Background music “Strategy” by Paul Dickow. Songs “Making Deserts In a Day” by The Henry Gorman Band and “Infant King” by Andre Ethier (Canadian).
TWIN THREATS Thomas Homer-Dixon on climate change and Peak Oil. Speech to UK Parliament Peak Oil and Gas Subgroup May 6, 2009. 40 MB 58 min Q and A 28 MB 41 min Powerpoint. Radio Ecoshock digest 5 MB 23 min.
AL GORE Testimony to House Energy SubCommittee on April 24th, 2009. Key 15 minutes where he updates our climate threat, and the importance of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Lo-Fi 4 MB
2009 Climate Opener Alex Smith on The Radio Ecoshock Show 090109 16 min with various clips Lo-Fi 4 MB
Al Gore to Poznan Bootleg copy of his appeal to climate negotiatiors in Poland, Dec. 13, 2008. Part speech 10 min 3 MB Lo-Fi and full text transcript.
THE CLIMATE HAS ALREADY TIPPED New science from the American Academy is frightening. Carbon emissions way up. Horrible climate news from around the world. Plus: scientist V. Ramanathan says Earth has already warmed 2.4 degrees – but it’s hidden by atmospheric smog. Will an industrial shut-down bring on a sudden heat wave? Radio Ecoshock 090220 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB. Music: “Don’t Let the World Swallow You” by Canadian Andre Ethier.
PROGRESS AND DENIAL Climate change is not about politics or negotiations, but inevitable physics and science. Latest speeches by Bill McKibben and Van Jones. Plus twisted climate deniers John Coleman and Michael Savage. Interview with indy enviro journalist Stephan Leahy. Humour from Craig Mayhem. Radio Ecoshock 090320 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB
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