Voting Against Climate Change
Host Daphne Wysham talks Presidential politics and climate policy. David Sandretti, the communications director of the League of Conservation Voters discusses the issue with Bill Becker, the executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project.
American University senior Claire Roby was just one of thousands of students taking part in a nationwide Teach-In on climate change; joining Claire in discussing how youth voters are changing the election is Focus the Nation program manager Alex Tinker.
Go here for more about the upcoming Earth Day events in the Washington, DC area.
For every dollar the US spends on combating climate change - we spend $88 dollars on military spending, that's according to research fellow Miriam Pemberton of the Institute for Policy Studies.
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Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.