#1573 Confronting Climate Chaos with Action and Adaptation
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 22 July 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Air Date 7/22/2023
Today, we take a look at the action needed to curb and adapt to the extreme weather that climate change is already delivering
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SHOW NOTES
The planet last week registered its hottest day ever recorded and then broke it four different times on four consecutive days. Our climate is in crisis, from the U.S. to Canada to Spain to India. Andrew Freedman joins us to discuss.
"We can't stop global warming at this point," says Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org. "All we can do is try to stop it short of the place where it cuts civilizations off at the knees."
Emily Sanders discusses the article “How (Not) to Interview an Oil CEO”. Johanna Bozuwa joined us during 2019’s California wildfires and power outages, to explain the potential role of public utilities in the climate crisis.
Sam and Emma talk to Bill McKibben, contributing writer at The New Yorker and founder of ThirdAct.org, to discuss the recent climate disasters across the country.
Ch. 6: To Be Forewarned The Historical Record on Climate Change - WhoWhatWhy - Air date 7-14-23
Climate change shapes history, says historian Peter Frankopan. Civilizations thrive or fall on environmental stewardship and adaptability.
Ch. 7: Disaster unpreparedness - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-13-23
Vermont just got slammed with flash floods, road closures, and evacuations. Harvard’s Juliette Kayyem says the storm reveals how unprepared the US is for the present moment when natural disasters are more frequent and more intense than ever before.
By taking inspiration from ancient cities, they can prioritize public transportation and foster human connection, resulting in reduced emissions and more accessibility.
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Ch. 10: Rep. AOC Reintroduces the Green New Deal on its 4th Anniversary - RepAOC - Air Date 4-20-23
“First they laugh at you, then they fight you, then we win.”
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments giving a hopeful perspective on climate action
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning best-of-left podcast in which we shall |
| 0:07.0 | take a look at the action needed to curb and adapt to the extreme weather that climate |
| 0:11.7 | change is already delivering. |
| 0:14.1 | Sources today include the Bradcast, Democracy Now, Counter-Spin, the Majority Report, Who |
| 0:19.6 | What Why, Today Explained and Vox, with additional members only clips from Counter-Spin and |
| 0:26.6 | a speech from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. |
| 0:35.8 | So in one sense, I know that you, like us, have been warning about exactly this for a long |
| 0:40.5 | time. |
| 0:41.5 | Is it still difficult to wrap your head around today and nonetheless? |
| 0:45.2 | It is. |
| 0:46.2 | I think that while my expectations might have been for some of these records, everything |
| 0:53.8 | everywhere all at once is kind of how it feels right now. |
| 0:59.5 | It feels that way as a reporter, it feels that way as just a person on earth. |
| 1:05.2 | The global records were not something that I had expected to jump out this early in July. |
| 1:11.3 | The peak is usually later in July towards early August. |
| 1:14.6 | It's pretty much a done deal that July will be the hottest July on record and most likely |
| 1:20.2 | the hottest month that we've seen since records began. |
| 1:25.6 | But the extremes aren't in themselves surprising. |
| 1:29.6 | What is becoming very clear though is the shortened window between them. |
| 1:35.6 | So Vermont, New Hampshire, New York State, got hit really hard with flooding from the |
| 1:44.2 | remains of Hurricane Irene in 2011. |
| 1:47.4 | These are the areas that just got hit and are still getting hit right now at this hour. |
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