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"Making Contact" is produced by International Media Project, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1994, committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is National Radio Project, the team that creates Making Contact.
We’ve been told that were at a crossroads in the fight against climate change, and that we need to act fast to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. But even before the dire warning issued by scientists, organizers across the world have been fighting climate change and thinking of new ways forward.
Today on Making Contact, we look at the ways people have already been organizing and what sort of new energy solutions exist for the future. We hear about two fights against the fossil fuel industry: one in Tacoma, Washington, where residents are fighting a natural gas facility called LNG, and the other in Rodeo, California, where people are fighting the expansion of a Phillips 66 refinery which is vying to accept tar sands oil. We also take you to the shut downs and protests at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, to understand why carbon markets aren’t a good solution to our global climate crisis. And, we take a look at two projects called CCAs and microgrids in order to understand why hyper-local, community-controlled energy is perhaps a better option.
Featuring:
Nadia Khastagir, It Takes Roots delegation
Thanu Yakupitiyage, 350.org
Dipti Bhatnagar, Friends of the Earth International
Tamra Gilbertsen, Carbon Pricing Team, Indigenous Environmental Network
Shina Robinson, Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Jessica Tovar, Local Clean Energy Alliance
Isabella Zizi, Stand. Earth and Idle No More SF
Cedar George Parker & Ann Punch, Sunflower Alliance
Andres Soto, Communities for a Better Environment
Nanette Reet, Redefine Tacoma
Steve Storms, Redefine Tacoma, retired chemical engineer
Lou Paulsen, Director, Strategic Operations Projects and Risk Management, Port of Tacoma
Clare Petrich, Port of Tacoma, Port Commissioner
Claudia Riedener, co-founder Redefine Tacoma
Tarika Powell, Sightline Institute, researcher
Sandra Steingraber, biologist, author and anti-fracking activist
Todd Hay, data team lead for the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, member of the Sustainable Tacoma Commission
Credits:
Host: Salima Hamirani
Making Contact Producers: Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez, Salima Hamirani
Guest Producer: Barbara Bernstein
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor and Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
