Are We Literally Wiping Our A$$ With The Planet’s Future? Ft. Jennifer Skene

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Bryan Russell Smith and Sup’s new content manager Amanda Duberman are joined by Jennifer Skene, environmental law fellow for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to talk about some of the biggest threats to our environment. They start off with an alarming new study about the planet’s biodiversity, and explain how toilet paper is killing our forests. Skene explains the impact of deforestation and the best legal strategies for combating this crisis. They close out the show with tips for how we can all take action to overcome the threat to our planet. Get your tickets to our live LA DragCon show here: betches.co/dragcontix The post-DragCon happy hour is available here: betches.co/suphappyhourla And don't forget to buy your tickets to the live NYC show at Caroline's: betches.co/carolines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Betches Media presents.
0:02.0	I like beer. I don't know if you do you like beer, senator, or not.
0:05.0	My party is going bet shit crazy.
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0:09.0	Alternative facts.
0:10.0	Oh goodness. The Betches-Sup Podcast.
0:13.0	America!
0:15.0	We're here with Jennifer Skeen.
0:17.0	She is an environmental law fellow in the NRDC's international program
0:21.0	working with Indigenous Peoples in Canada to
0:24.5	protect vital forests. Jennifer, thank you so much for coming and speaking to us.
0:28.6	Thank you so much for having me, glad to be here. Yeah, so basically I just want to start out with what is the NRDC and what is your role there?
0:38.0	Yeah, the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC,
0:43.6	is an international nonprofit environmental organization.
0:46.7	It has offices across the United States
0:49.5	and also in Beijing and the team in India.
0:52.5	And our team of lawyers, policy experts,
0:55.3	and scientists, our mission is to protect
0:58.4	the natural environment and the health of communities
1:00.8	around the world.
1:02.4	I work with the Canada Project, which focuses on protecting the natural world north of the
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