A Flood of Change
Today on Earthbeat host Mike Tidwell takes on Exxon for its sponsorship of the nation's only green ballpark - the Washington, DC Nationals. Joining CCAN in Strike Out Exxon is John Passacantando, the executive director of Greenpeace USA and Steve Kretzmann, the director of Oil Change International.
A new federal report sums up the links between climate change and the extreme weather we're seeing all across America - from the massive flooding in the Northeast, to drought and wildfires in the West to killer storms and tornadoes in the East. John Passacantando joins Mike Tidwell to discuss NOAA's report.
And we discuss the NOAA report as well as how the American media fails to connect the dots between national disasters and climate change with Brad Johnson, a research associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Brad is a contributor to their website the Wonk Room.
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Music for this edition of Earthbeat include versions of "Take me Out to the Ballgame" by Hot Buttered Elvis as well as Doc & Merle Watson.
Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.