(2012/07/13) High temperatures, tides and tempers (Climate)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 13 July 2012
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Edition #623
High temperatures, tides and tempers
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Frack It, We're Gonna Be Rich - CounterSpin - Air Date: 5-18-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Solid ground - Dougie Maclean
Ch. 4: Act 2: Oil Company Failures Enabled Kalamazoo River Tar Sands Spill - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 7-10-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Drink the water - Jack Johnson
Ch. 6: Act 3: KalamazooSolidarity.org - Tar Sands Spill - BotL Activism Update - Air Date: 7-12-12
Ch. 7: Song 3: Santa Fe - Ottmar Liebert
Ch. 8: Act 4: Vaginas, Sea Level, And The Banning Of Reality - Lee Camp - Air Date: 6-18-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: Angry Sea - Chris James
Ch. 10: Act 5: Legislators Ban Phrase "Sea Level Rise" - Young Turks - Air Date: 6-30-12
Ch. 11: Song 5: Wash away - Joe Purdy
Ch. 12: Act 6: Breaking Records And Exposing Heartland - Green News Report - Air Date 05-22-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Port of call - Beirut
Ch. 14: Act 7: Scientists Terrified About Global Warming - The Progressive - Air Date: 6-8-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Having a good time - Theo Bard
Ch. 16: Act 8: Coal Industry Astroturfing Again - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 7-5-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Secret Heart - Feist
Ch. 18: Act 9: Bill McKibben of 350.org on Past and Future of Environmental Direct Action - Majority Report - Air Date: 6-20-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Oxygen - Willy Mason
Ch. 20: Act 10: The hottest 12-months on record - Green News Report - Air Date: 7-10-12
Ch. 21: Song 10: Magic - Pilot
Ch. 22: Act 11: Heat Waves, Wildfires, & Global Warming - Young Turks - Air Date-07-03-12
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Ch. 23: Analysis of social psychology of moral politics - Jesse from Australia
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Ch. 24: Final comments on how Wade from Texas made my day today
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.6 | For details, visit the membership tab at bestivalvef.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of Rock Podcasts with Cups Today from Counter-Spin, |
| 0:12.9 | the Rachel Maddo Show, a Best of Left activism update, comedian Lee Camp, the Young Turks, |
| 0:17.7 | the Green News Report, the Progressive and the Majority Report. |
| 0:20.5 | And I know for our more sensitive listeners, this episode contains unedited utterances |
| 0:25.4 | of the term sea level rise. |
| 0:30.0 | It's likely that you see more TV commercials from energy companies touting their good works |
| 0:35.0 | than TV news reports taking a hard look at the oil and gas industries. |
| 0:39.4 | But then you see a report like the one that aired on ABC World News on May 10th, and you |
| 0:43.7 | wonder if there's much of a difference. |
| 0:46.1 | The show took a look at the energy boom in the Midwest, which is apparently turning farmers |
| 0:50.9 | into millionaires. |
| 0:52.4 | Here's part of Anchor Dianne Sawyer's setup. |
| 0:55.1 | New drilling techniques are finding oil in your backyard. |
| 0:58.8 | ABC Sharon Afonzi went to a small town, which has just discovered that the pot of gold |
| 1:04.0 | is under all that weight. |
| 1:05.9 | Correspondent Sharon Afonzi went to talk to farmers who believe they'll soon be making |
| 1:10.2 | $500,000 a month, thanks to quote, a new drilling technique that finds oil on lands |
| 1:17.2 | once thought to be sucked dry, close quote. |
| 1:20.9 | What does that mean? |
| 1:21.9 | ABC doesn't say, but the web version of that story spells it out. |
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