‘Green News Report’ – November 4, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Major agreements on methane, deforestation, climate finance and more at U.N. COP26 climate summit; Critical world conference now moves into difficult negotiating phase; PLUS: 2021 off-year elections in U.S. deliver a mixed bag for the environment… All that and more in […]
Rough Night for Statewide Dems in Off-Year Elections, Better Night for Local Progressives: ‘BradCast’ 11/3/2021
Today on BradCast: No, Tuesday’s off-year elections were not nearly as disastrous for Democrats as the national media seems to want to insist. But there were both red flag warnings and important lessons they should absolutely pay attention to, and quickly. There were also wholly avoidable voting system failures which, unfortunately, open the door for […]
Big Deals, Big Storms and Why Mandates Work: ‘BradCast’ 11/2/2021
Millions are voting around the country on Tuesday. Governors, Mayors, school boards and various initiatives are on the ballot (along with a couple of Special U.S. House elections) in a whole bunch of states in this year’s off-year elections. Full results, such as we might have them, on tomorrow’s BradCast. But for today, as voters […]
‘Green News Report’ – November 2, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: BoJo dramatically kicks off landmark U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland; Big Oil CEOs testify in U.S. House on their decades of climate deception; PLUS: U.S. Supreme Court case seeks to dismantle EPA’s authority to regulate emissions… All that and more […]
‘Watching Democracy Die’: ‘BradCast’ 11/1/2021
The through-line for today’s BradCast comes courtesy of Meathead. Actor and director Rob Reiner was arguing, via Twitter over the weekend, that “until Donald Trump is prosecuted for leading a deadly Insurrection to overthrow the Government and Voting Rights are passed,” we are witnessing the death of Democracy. He was much more correct than he […]
Sunday Frightful Toons
Are Manchin and Sinema Trying to Kill the Bill?: ‘BradCast’ 10/29/2021
Rogue Republicans and rogue Democrats on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] First up, the rogue — and really dumb — Republican in Michigan‘s Adams Township. The Township Clerk there, Stephanie Scott, was elected last November and is certain that the election must have been fraudulent, even though she […]
Sausage and Oil: ‘BradCast’ 10/28/2021
On today’s BradCast: We appear (maybe, probably, hopefully?) one step closer to the end of the endless sausage making process in Congress to get Joe Biden’s still-huge, still-transformative (at least for now) agenda through to final passage. At the same time, Big Oil was called on the carpet by Congressional Democrats in the Oversight Committee […]
‘Green News Report’ – October 28, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Mind the gap! New U.N. report finds massive ‘Emissions Gap’ between where we are and where we need to be in cutting emissions; Plastic could become a bigger polluter than coal by 2030; PLUS: Rental car giant bets big on electric […]
Election Reform on the Ballot in NY, But Election Reformers Are Divided: ‘BradCast’ 10/27/2021
It’s Election Day in America once again next Tuesday, whether you’ve noticed or not. In New York, democracy itself is on the ballot, even as longtime election and democracy champions (real ones, not the phony, post-2020 MAGA Mob fakers) differ on how to vote next week on three different democracy- and elections-related Constitutional amendments. On […]
A ‘Lay Down Case’ of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States: ‘BradCast’ 10/26/2021
As usual, we’re looking both forward and back on today’s BradCast…and not a whole lot of it looks fantastic in either direction. But their could be some accountability on the horizon, which always looks good to us. [Audio link to full show is below this summary.] First up, some climate and “sausage making” news. New […]
‘Green News Report’ – October 26, 2021
Follow @GreenNewsReport… (Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.) IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Historic storm slams drought-stricken Western U.S., as climate-intensified extreme weather threatens 90 million Americans across the nation; U.N. study finds greenhouse gas emissions hit new record highs in 2020; PLUS: New reports warn man-made climate change poses a serious and growing […]
‘They Took on the Wrong Guy’: CA Mayor Who Sued Big Oil Pushes Back After Exxon Attacks: ‘BradCast’ 10/25/2021
ExxonMobil picked the wrong guy to try and intimidate. That much was clear as day during our interview with him on today’s BradCast. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] As the most powerful storm in history, with record breaking rain and winds, slams the West Coast, a nor’easter threatens the East […]
Sunday Spooky Toons
Anita Hill Still Changing the World, 30 Years Later: ‘BradCast’ 10/22/2021
It’s NICOLE SANDLER, back to guest host the BradCast today for Brad & Desi. [Audio link to full show is posted below this summary.] Thirty years and 11 days ago, a woman named ANITA HILL swore an oath to tell the truth. She then testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her experience working for […]