Green Majority Radio

The Ontario government is seeking input on its climate change plan and water extraction regulations. The UN is reporting that biodiversity loss may be more disastrous than climate change. We also cover fracking, ecosystems protection and new problems with Alberta’s oilsands. Our second segment is an interview with award-winning documentarian Ann Shin regarding her new film, The Superfood Chain.

Bricks are being made out of urine in Cape Town, plastic pieces are becoming prevalent in human stool, a Hawaiian island has disappeared, and an old-school fascist is president of Brazil. We also discuss the largest mine ever proposed for the oilsands, Torontonian hypocrisy and Mr. Donald J. Trump.

The environmental movement’s wealth and generational gaps have been well-documented. We take twenty minutes to dissect the legitimacy of environmental justice and climate change rage. We then discuss the Kigali Amendment, veganism, oil spills, fracking, and Donald Trump.

We start with a discussion of a landmark court ruling out of The Hague ordering the Dutch government to be much more aggressive on its emissions targets, and its implications for Juliana v. United States. Guest host Krystyna Henke gives a 30-minute interview with Rob Burton, “The Greenest Mayor in Canada,” after which Stefan angrily refutes his perspective.

We take a long look at the new UN IPCC report that is sweeping the headlines and its implications for the future of human organization. We then turn to the review process for the largest ever oil sands mine proposed for Alberta, and end with a talk about Hurricane Michael.

Artist and Composer Frank Horvat takes over the show today to host the first of many eco-artist roundtables as a guest host. Today Frank hosts Rebecca Jane Houston, Julie Gladstone and Beverley McKiver. Learn more at www.greenmajority.ca

Heated exchanges and intensity abound as we take a comprehensive look Doug Ford’s cancellation of Ontario’s cap-and-trade program and the anti-business dismantling of our burgeoning green energy sector. We also explore Andrew Scheer’s ideas for completing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the troubling behind-the-scenes escalation of the struggle between frontline activists and fossil fuel companies.

We look at the ongoing disaster in North Carolina from angles of equality, food security and environmental justice. We then turn to the efforts of Texas-based oil companies looking for public funds to protect themselves from climate change, as well as the debate over cap-and-trade surrounding the Global Climate Action Summit. We end with a discussion of industrial animal farming and clean tech innovation.

We begin with water shortages and the reopening of apartheid-era tensions in Cape Town, followed by a new lawsuit launched against Ontario’s premier Doug Ford for his cancellation of the cap-and-trade system, and reserve the second two thirds of the show for an in-depth discussion of Nathaniel Rich’s New York Times Magazine reporting on the history of climate change politics, Naomi Klein’s response, and the relationship between capitalism and the environment.

We take a look at the ongoing Kinder Morgan pipeline debacle and what it may mean for Canada's economy and the rights of First Nations, talk with Andrew Holland from the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and end with a discussion of the massive opportunities and challenges facing our societies in the next few years.