(2016/08/05) Why they deny (Climate Denialism)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 5 August 2016
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Edition #1033
Today we take a look at the reasons behind why people cling so fervently to their increasingly desperate denials of climate change
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Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: The Climate Deniers Began in 1940 - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date 04-14-16
Ch. 3: Song 1: Slash and Burn - Blind Corn Liquor Pickers
Ch. 5: Song 2: Looking At the Sun - Gramercy Arms
Ch. 6: Act 3: .@AriRabinHavt on the climate change lie machine - @InDeepRadio w: @AngieCoiro - Air Date 6-11-16
Ch. 7: Song 3: Daylight - Matt & Kim
Ch. 8: Act 4: The GOP declares coal as "clean" absent any evidence - @GreenNewsReport - Air Date 7-14-16
Ch. 9: Song 4: Port of Call - Beirut
Ch. 10: Act 5: Exxon Is Still The Worst Corporation In America - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 07-24-16
Ch. 11: Song 5: Never Again - Enter the Worship Circle
Ch. 12: Act 6: Trump perpetuates old, tired myths about renewable energy - @GreenNewsReport - Air Date 8-4-16
Ch. 13: Song 6: I Stand Corrected - Vampire Weekend
Ch. 15: Song 7: A Beautiful World - Tim Myers
Ch. 16: Act 8: #ReZpectOurWater - Best of the Left Activism
Voicemails
Ch. 17: Vote by mail - Justin from Bend, OR
Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 19: Final comments on some further benefits of voting reform
Bonus Clip: Howard Dean on the benefits of ranked choice voting - @freakonomics - Air Date 7-27-16
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
TAKE ACTION
Sign the Standing Rock Youth "Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline" Change.org petition and share with #ReZpectOurWater
Read the letters and watch the videos from the Standing Rock Youth at ReZpectOurWater.com
Follow the Standing Rock Youth on Twitter @ReZpectOurWater
If you live on or near the Missouri River, get involved with the Bakken Pipeline Resistance
If you're in DC: Lafayette Square Rally for Standing Rock Youth - Saturday August 6th at 1pm
If you're in NYC: Union Square Rally for Standing Rock Youth - Sunday August 7th at 3pm
EDUCATE YOURSELF
UPDATE as of 8/5/16: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe files for temporary blockage of construction of Dakota Access Pipeline (KFYR TV - West Dakota)
Standing Rock Sioux Sues Army Corps Over Dakota Access Pipeline Approval (Indian Country)
Breaking: Dakota Access Pipeline Approved (Indian Country)
Running for Their Lives: 500-Mile You Spiritual Run Against Dakota Access Pipeline (Indian Country)
This Week Tonight with John Oliver: North Dakota (HBO's Last Week Tonight)
What they are up against:
Corps: We're not for or against Bakken pipeline (The Des Moines Register)
Op Ed by Terry O'Sullivan, President of Laborer's International Union of North America, "It's Time To Move Ahead with Dakota Access Pipeline" (The State-Journal Register)
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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| 1:00.3 | Here we have our environment, our climate melting down, our planet turning hostile towards |
| 1:07.3 | us and it's because of the activities by and large of one industry. |
| 1:12.9 | Now it's a multi-faceted industry but it's basically one industry and that's the fossil |
| 1:16.9 | fuel industry. |
| 1:18.6 | Fuel oil gas. |
| 1:24.7 | Back in 1946, just an absolutely brilliant piece over common dreams.org. |
| 1:33.1 | And common dreams. |
| 1:41.4 | It doesn't, it does not say who wrote this. |
| 1:43.0 | I'm sorry but in any case in 1946, a group of industry executives. |
| 1:47.5 | Now keep in mind, 1940's happy. |
| 1:49.3 | This is even before I was born. |
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