Green Majority Radio

We start with a new Paris Agreement study that seeks to measure the impacts of different countries’ approaches to climate change. We then look at a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry, the madness of arctic drilling, insect sperm and deadly seaweed. We end with a discussion of Iran and the jailing and murdering of activists worldwide.

Environmental justice will be the defining issue of the century if climate change is not halted in its tracks. All of our stories this week have a justice aspect, as we explore raging wildfires, the Green New Deal, climate change, Chemical Valley, air pollution, mass migration and deforestation. It is also the fundraising drive for our local community radio station, CIUT.

The Ontario government is seeking input on its climate change plan and water extraction regulations. The UN is reporting that biodiversity loss may be more disastrous than climate change. We also cover fracking, ecosystems protection and new problems with Alberta’s oilsands. Our second segment is an interview with award-winning documentarian Ann Shin regarding her new film, The Superfood Chain.

Bricks are being made out of urine in Cape Town, plastic pieces are becoming prevalent in human stool, a Hawaiian island has disappeared, and an old-school fascist is president of Brazil. We also discuss the largest mine ever proposed for the oilsands, Torontonian hypocrisy and Mr. Donald J. Trump.

The environmental movement’s wealth and generational gaps have been well-documented. We take twenty minutes to dissect the legitimacy of environmental justice and climate change rage. We then discuss the Kigali Amendment, veganism, oil spills, fracking, and Donald Trump.

We start with a discussion of a landmark court ruling out of The Hague ordering the Dutch government to be much more aggressive on its emissions targets, and its implications for Juliana v. United States. Guest host Krystyna Henke gives a 30-minute interview with Rob Burton, “The Greenest Mayor in Canada,” after which Stefan angrily refutes his perspective.

We take a long look at the new UN IPCC report that is sweeping the headlines and its implications for the future of human organization. We then turn to the review process for the largest ever oil sands mine proposed for Alberta, and end with a talk about Hurricane Michael.

Artist and Composer Frank Horvat takes over the show today to host the first of many eco-artist roundtables as a guest host. Today Frank hosts Rebecca Jane Houston, Julie Gladstone and Beverley McKiver. Learn more at www.greenmajority.ca

Heated exchanges and intensity abound as we take a comprehensive look Doug Ford’s cancellation of Ontario’s cap-and-trade program and the anti-business dismantling of our burgeoning green energy sector. We also explore Andrew Scheer’s ideas for completing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the troubling behind-the-scenes escalation of the struggle between frontline activists and fossil fuel companies.

We look at the ongoing disaster in North Carolina from angles of equality, food security and environmental justice. We then turn to the efforts of Texas-based oil companies looking for public funds to protect themselves from climate change, as well as the debate over cap-and-trade surrounding the Global Climate Action Summit. We end with a discussion of industrial animal farming and clean tech innovation.

We begin with water shortages and the reopening of apartheid-era tensions in Cape Town, followed by a new lawsuit launched against Ontario’s premier Doug Ford for his cancellation of the cap-and-trade system, and reserve the second two thirds of the show for an in-depth discussion of Nathaniel Rich’s New York Times Magazine reporting on the history of climate change politics, Naomi Klein’s response, and the relationship between capitalism and the environment.

We take a look at the ongoing Kinder Morgan pipeline debacle and what it may mean for Canada's economy and the rights of First Nations, talk with Andrew Holland from the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and end with a discussion of the massive opportunities and challenges facing our societies in the next few years.

The Canadian Federal Court of Appeals has halted the government's bid to build the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline in a major victory for First Nations and folks who care about the planet. We discuss the transformative nature of this issue for Canada as a country, the political insanity it has caused, and whether it could actually be a positive step towards true reconciliation. We also discuss the growing intensity of ongoing wildfires in California and British Columbia.

We start with a typical look at weather and energy policy, but move into a lengthy discussion of the green economy and investment returns from clean tech innovation versus fossil fuel subsidies. We are joined by Tim Nash the Sustainable Economist who talks about economic literacy among activists and the power of money.

We sit down with University of Toronto Professor Stephen Scharper to discuss the growing environmental movement within the Christian tradition and its implications for those who would shroud their bigoted, colonialist and anti-Earth notions in a veneer of faith. Learn more at www.greenmajority.ca

We explore the new “Hothouse Earth” study and its political and social implications. Lauren Latour joins us again to discuss the dismantling of the green energy industry in Ontario. We also consider the strange anti-media tactics of the new provincial government, along with a flurry of news items including the slave-like treatment of Californian inmate firefighters, UK food security and Caribbean nations’ ire with Donald Trump’s 'environmental policy'.

The second half of our show is a very special interview with activist Pranom Somwong ("Bee") who works on the ground in Thailand for NGO Protection International. We also talk about Canada's softening of its carbon tax plan in favour of "international competitiveness."

Anger, frustration and strange rhetoric abound as our democracies undermine themselves, wildfires and heatwaves wreck havoc, and rising temperatures help destabilize our mental health

We begin with worldwide climate problems and feedback loops triggered by pollution, then discuss the neo-colonial nature of global conservation efforts, and end with a conversation about Ireland’s fossil fuel divestment plan and exciting new renewable energy initiatives that harness the tidal power of the moon.

We take a look at Scott Pruitt, Andrew Wheeler and the EPA under Trump. We then discuss California's climate success, Greyhound's abandonment of rural Canada, and the pervading scent of mold blooming in the nostrils of Floridians.