Episode Details

Joseph D. DeMare talks about how billionaires are distorting our environmental policies and energy strategies. Specifically there is an upcoming supreme court decision that might reverse "Chevron deference," effectively eliminating almost all environmental regulations. Billionaires have been wining and dining Clarence Thomas for decades to "persuade" him to lead the conservative court to reverse Chevron.  Then we take a look at the ecological and enviromental role of predators in the ecosystem. Rebecca Wood tells us about the latest development in the Amazon rainforest, where Brazil is actually expelling miners and squatters from indigenous territories. Ecological News includes Ireland providing more than 100% of its electricity with wind power alone, and England reversing itself on reducing fossil fuel use.