Our first guest today is Wesley Warren, Director of Advocacy for NRDC who will comment about the 2005 federal budget with drastic cuts in the funding for the EPA and many environment programs.
The second segment is devoted to Al Gore's comment about the Kyoto protocol and the fact the US is not part of this treaty.
Lisa Hymas senior editor with Grist Magazine explains the importance of the new technologies and how the rest of the world will go ahead. She mentions Ross Gelbspan's initiative, Kyoto and beyond, the people's ratification. Sign the petition today!
Sarah from Oil Addicts Anonymous talks about their protest tour in the heartland of America to help break the country's oil addiction. Listen
Join the Union of Concerned Scientists protests against the Japanese car makers lawsuit in California.
Another on line campaign against global warming is the cut the emissions petition initiated by the Environmental Defense Fund.
Oy Kyoto
I watched the network news tonight, oh my. Iraq, Iran, threat of terrorism up (read Bush's ratings are down). Peter Jennings, reporting from Seattle, had a feature on Bill Gates and (surprisingly Flex-car share program) but NOTHING about the historic international enactment of the global warming treaty today, nor mention of the travesty that the US stayed home, busy emitting 25% of the world's resources.Does U.S. stand for Utter Stupidity? What an embarassment. Al Gore made a good point in his comments this week (you can hear them on EcoTalk this Sunday)how Bush, in his State of Delusion Speech, trumped up a crisis where there is none - Social Security - while ignoring the crisis of climate change unfolding before our eyes - or at least the eyes of those who dare to see(k) the truth. For that, W gets the EcoTalk Ostrich Of The Week Award!
Posted by: Betsy Rosenberg | February 16, 2005 at 11:00 PM