Climate

Charlie Cray, Senior Strategist at Greenpeace USA, joins the show to discuss the $300 million lawsuit against Greenpeace by Energy Transfer, the oil giant behind the infamous Dakota Access Pipeline. Cray breaks down how this legal battle not only jeopardizes Greenpeace’s future but also risks setting a chilling precedent, emboldening...

We got kicked out of the Resnick’s Beverly Hills mansion. BT’s Kei Pritsker went to the home of California’s billionaire pistachio magnates to try to clear up the accusation that they are hoarding water. They didn’t seem to want to talk.

Maryjo Tucker, a resident of Asheville, North Carolina, and an organizer with the Helene Survivors Committee says FEMA has been evicting thousands of Hurricane Helene survivors from its hotel voucher program even sooner than its stated deadline. Trump announced on his tour of Helene-stricken parts of North Carolina that he...

The LA fires are exposing the predatory nature of for-profit insurance. 2.8 million California homeowners had their fire insurance canceled because the companies knew what was likely to come.

Hurricane Helene has caused catastrophic devastation across the southeastern US, killing at least 130 people and over 1,000 reported missing. Evan Branan, an Asheville, North Carolina resident organizing disaster relief efforts with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, describes the dire situation as over a million people remain without power,...

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now likely to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, a major climate change threshold. Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Professor and Chair of Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, SUNY at New Paltz discusses the possibility...

It’s widely accepted that humans are driving climate change and environmentalism has become mainstream. But what if “humanity” in the abstract isn’t to blame? Is it true that humans are inherently bad for nature? What if the real culprit is the systems we’re forced to operate under — capitalism, imperialism,...

After years of catastrophic droughts, deadly storms have put 90% of Californians under flood watch. The torrential rainstorms in the state have created deadly flooding and mudslides that have killed 17 and left hundreds of thousands without power. The flooding in California, along with the deadly winter storm that ravaged...

South African workers are outraged at the $8.5 billion climate change deal signed by their government at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). The deal, which was supported by Germany, France, the UK, the US, and the EU (or the Just Energy Transition Partnership, or JETP) at COP26,...

It’s been nearly a month since Hurricane Fiona hit, yet many are still without power, clean water, nutritious food, or adequate shelter. The local government and the U.S. federal government are providing little help—the majority of cleanup, repair, and care work is being organized by Puerto Ricans themselves despite limited...