Scientists have long predicted that the Climate Crisis would bring more intense storms, coastal flooding and pandemics. All those predictions are coming to pass, most notably in 2020, the COVID 19 pandemic. It is also well known that the impacts of the Climate Crisis disproportionately affect people of color and other vulnerable communities. So how […]
The Dangers of Fossil Fascism
“What does the rise of the far right mean for the battle against climate change?” That is the question posed by a new book co-authored by Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective called White Skin, Black Fuel. For today’s show, we feature Friday host Esty Dinur’s interview with Andreas Malm about the rise of fossil […]
Latest IPCC Report – Climate Change is “Unequivocal”...
Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine continues the analysis of the current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report. Our guest is Jonathan Patz, who studies the environmental health effects from climate change on the population in the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences at UW-Madison. He is also […]
Police Brutality Against Water Protectors
For today’s show, Friday host Esty Dinur is joined by Jill Ferguson, a Milwaukee-based water protector who was recently arrested with violent tactics at Camp Firelight for her participation in an action protesting Enbridge’s Line 3. Jill describes the brutal way she was treated by deputy Alexander Yocum and talks with Esty about police violence […]
Colorado River Megadrought and the Future of Our Oceans
“Climate change is water change, and the sooner we recognize that, the better off we’ll be.” For today’s show, we look at the impacts of climate change on water from two different angles. First up, Eric Kuhn, former General Manager of the Colorado River District, talks about this year’s unprecedented megadrought in the western U.S. […]
The Climate Emergency is Now
Earlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their latest report emphasizing the seriousness of climate change and the urgency to act now. To help us break down what the report says—and what it means for activists and policymakers—today we spend the hour with Jonathan A. Patz, director of the Global Health […]
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