https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/mixdown-18-05-14.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or on demand at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk,
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Earthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – April 30, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/egnews-0429-forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: With communities under water, Ottawa had little choice but to
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – April 16, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/egnews-0415-forair.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: ALBERTA OFFICIALS TOOK 12 HOURS TO NOTIFY FIRST NATION OF
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Interview with Julia Szwarc of Free Transit Ottawa
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/juliaszwarc-freetransitottawa-forair.mp3 What do you think of Ottawa’s bus system OC Transpo? Is it too expensive? Not convenient or reliable enough? Should it be free? Julia Szwarc, a member of Free Transit Ottawa, wrote an article in the Leveller Spring 2019 issue called ‘Rethinking Ottawa’s Transit System: a bold proposal for
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – April 2, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/mixdown-19-04-02.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Canada warming at twice the global rate, leaked report finds
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – March 4, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/mixdown-2019-04-04.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Costa Rica launches unprecedented plan to fully decarbonize by
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – January 22, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/mixdown-19-01-21.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – December 11, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/mixdown-18-12-11.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATOR SHUTS DOWN OFFSHORE DRILLING AFTER REGION’S WORST-EVER
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – November 13, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/mixdown-18-11-13.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Habitat loss and overexploitation are driving a loss of
Continue readingEarthgauge Radio: Earthgauge News – October 29, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/oct30-mixdown.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: Canadian government introduces plans for a national carbon tax
Continue readingEarthgauge News: EG Radio Interview with Chris Turner
“If Canadians really want to see climate action, we need to hand politicians the political will. If we are willing to punish politicians who don’t put a price on carbon and invest in renewable energy, it might make it a lot easier for them. Right now there is no cost
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Earthgauge Radio – Oct. 16, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/mixdown-18-10-16.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every second Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or anytime online at www.ckcufm.com. Download the podcast here. On the show this week: The clock is ticking to stop catastrophic global warming,
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Earthgauge Radio – October 2, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/mixdown-18-10-02.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or download the podcast here. On the show this week: 99% of Seabirds Will Have Plastic in Their Guts
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Interview with author and professor Juliet Schor
On Earthgauge Radio this week, I was pleased to speak with Juliet Schor. She’s a professor of sociology at Boston University and author of the best-selling 1992 book ‘The Overworked American’ and ‘The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need’. Her research focuses on consumption, time use, and environmental
Continue readingEarthgauge News: B.C. forest fires, climate change, and the Kinder Morgan pipeline
There are now more than 500 forest fires currently burning out of control in BC. Apparently almost the entire province is now blanketed in smoke as well as parts of Alberta and Washington State. What is happening there is unprecedented but people are calling it the new normal with climate
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Earthgauge Radio – August 21, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/18-08-20_mixdown_mono.mp3 A Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or join me here for the podcast. On the show this week: Antibiotic genes are airborne
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Earthgauge Radio – August 7, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/18-08-07_mixdown_mono.mp3 A Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or join me here for the podcast. On the show this week: Planet has entered ‘new
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Earthgauge Radio – July 24, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/mixdown-18-07-24.mp3 A Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at www.ckcufm.com. Or join me here for the podcast. On the show this week: A sustainable fashion innovator
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Earthgauge Radio – Interview with Conceivable Future
The climate crisis is also a reproductive justice crisis: How do you protect your health and your children in an increasingly dangerous and toxic environment? How do you decide whether or not to have a baby when a healthy and stable future is increasingly jeopardized? Even with access to fertility
Continue readingEarthgauge News: Earthgauge Radio – June 12, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/mixdown-18-06-11.mp3 A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join me here every week or subscribe to the podcast. On the show this week: a new oceans study could alter climate change predictions (for the worse) new ship fuel regulations could sink oil
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