The Enviro Show

A Coming Home Enviro ShowGreetings Earthlings. We follow-up our Earth Days activities with an Earth-based story that warms the heart and stirs the soul. Rob Edward, president of the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund joins us to talk about the reintroduction of wolves to Colorado. Some humans wiped them out, other humans brought them back. How's that going? Stay tuned. But now it's time for........Revenge of the Critters! More on the Elephants' Revenge.Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week is in keeping with our interview:We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view. - Aldo Leopold The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/.

Greetings Earthlings. Happy Earth Week! Back in the day, both Girl & Boy Scouts had the motto "Be Prepared" but today the Girl Scouts have apparently replaced that motto with The Girl Scout Law which includes "use resources wisely" & "make the world a better place". Our guests on the show this week have done that and way more, they saved a forest with mature & old-growth trees! Sounds like they were more than prepared, yes? Us elders would love to do that here in Massachusetts but our time is running short (can you hear us @MassDCR @MassGovernor & @MassEEA ? ) No? Better think twice, the scouts are watching! How about all those #ClimateGoals ?? More on that later. As always we will bring you along to meet this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and to see Those Whose Brains Were Small, as well as our constant reminder that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" but first it's time for......Revenge of the Critters!The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/.

Greetings Earthlings. With April Fools in mind we, once again, bring news of the National Forest Service's (NFS) duplicity with regard to our public lands, especially their ill-conceived plans to log tens of thousands of acres in the Green Mountain National Forest just over the Massachusetts border in Vermont. Zack Porter, Executive Director of Standing Trees returns to the show for an update. As always, we will also introduce you to this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and Those Whose Brains are Small, as well as some Abidin' with Biden and yet another reminder that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!".The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/.

Greetings Earthlings & Happy Spring Equinox which takes place between March 19-22 in the Northern Hemisphere. Ostara will not be pleased that the U.S. Forest Service's ‘timber target’ decisions (their words not ours) is putting the climate at risk, undermining Biden's critical climate goals, and violating federal law. Surprise! That according to the Southern Environmental Law Center (and why would we doubt it given USFS' sorry history). Patrick Hunter, Managing Attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center joins us to talk about SELC's new, first-of-its-kind lawsuit. If you'd like to comment on the proposed logging in the Green Mountain National Forest just over the MA border go HERE. As always, we will also bring you this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and "Those Whose Brains Were Small.." as well as The Enviro Show Echo Chamber and more, but first it's time for.......Revenge of the Critters!The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. rebroadcast Thursdays at 2pm. in MA. Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/. > "The best antidote to despair is action!".

Greetings Earthlings. Once again we are coming up to that time of year when tyrants everywhere need to watch their backs because of their sins. We can think of more than a few such sins to attribute to His Malignancy The Mad King but what about those who trash the planet for fun & profit? Meg Sheehan & Katherine Harrelson of Community Land & Water  returns to the show for the latest from the Sand Wars, the rape of The Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens and the threats to the environment by the “Cranberry Cosa Nostra.”  As always, we will also bring you along to meet this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and Those Whose Brains Were Small, and more but first it's time for......Revenge of the Critters!The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/

Greetings Earthlings. Presidents Day starts the week off and we're hoping you'll stick with the one we have and not go with the one who will destroy near everything in the USA. Yes, His Malignancy The Mad King is creeping around in the wings again (when he's not in court for 91 counts in four criminal cases), hoping to slither into the White House home base before being dragged off to prison. We're hoping for the latter and thus, Abidin' with Biden regardless of just about anything. Our guest this week is MA Sierra Club organizer Celeste Venolia who will discuss MA Sierra Club's Forest Protection Team's efforts in their Watershed Forest Subcommittee.The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/.

Greetings Earthlings. As you may know, The Enviro Show was founded by two Earth First! malcontents long ago and now and then you may have heard us go on about the importance of direct action in the struggle to literally save the planet. Sometimes we may even grumble about the need for such actions now at this critical time in the Earth's history. Enter Climate Defiance, a kickass group of younger activists whose motto is "We are young. We are livid. We are no longer willing to be disposable." Martin Gioannetti of Climate Defiance joins us to bring it all home. As always, we will also bring you along to meet this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and Those Whose Brains are Small, as well as some potential Abidin' with Biden and more, but first it's time for.......Revenge of the Critters!The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/

The "Forests as Climate Solutions" Enviro Show, Part IIGreetings Earthlings. It's time for Part II of our coverage of the"Report of the Climate Forestry Committee: Recommendations for Climate-Oriented Forest Management Guidelines."This time with excerpts from three of the scientists on that Committee who participated in a Trees as a Public Good event recently: Richard Birdsey, Senior Scientist, Woodwell Climate Research Center; David Foster, Former Harvard Forest Director; Professor, Harvard University; and William Moomaw, Professor Emeritus, International Environmental Policy, Fletcher School, Tufts University and Distinguished Visiting Scientist Woodwell Climate Research Center. They will be responding to questions from TreesPG members.The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/.

Greetings Earthlings. It's a new year and the Healey Administration has come out with its "Report of the Climate Forestry Committee: Recommendations for Climate-Oriented Forest Management Guidelines" as expected. It's part of the so-called "Forests as Climate Solutions Initiative" we were talking about all last year. The Committee, loaded with business-as-usual operatives from the forestry industry, wasn't expected to come out with much in the way of real forest protection and preservation in this, the Climate Crisis. Michael Kellett co-founder and Executive Director of Restore the North Woods returns again to the show as we begin to bore down into the details.The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. Or anytime at: https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/rebroadcast . Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/.

The 2024 New Year Enviro ShowGreetings Earthings. Are you ready for a new year that promises to be historic and, quite possibly horrific? Other than the potential of His Malignancy The Mad King's return to power and the end of democracy in 2024 there are any number of other consequential events and situations prepared to confront us. Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project returns to the show as we talk about trees as well as genetically engineered trees, and forests in the New Year. As always, we will also bring you along to meet this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and Those Whose Brains Are Small, not to mention our Quote of the Week and more but first it's time for Revenge of the Critters!The Enviro Show on WXOJ-LP (103.3 fm) and streaming at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org from Florence, MA every other Tuesday, 6:00 to 7:00pm. rebroadcast Thursdays at 2pm. in MA. Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9pm & Monday at 6pm, and at WMNB-LP 107.1fm Wednesdays at 6pm. Also Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/. > "The best antidote to despair is action!".

Winter Solstice Greetings Earthlings! As we approach December 21 it's a good time to focus on Mother Earth and the turning of the seasons. If we don't honor her and act with respect toward Nature we and all life on the planet will suffer greatly. Laura Wildman-Hanlon returns to the show to help us along the path. Also, we talk with scuba diver Annette Spaulding about her experiences in the CT River, in particular her run-ins with FirstLight's pumped storage monster. As always, we also invite you to meet this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and Those Whose Brains are Small, as well as our ongoing reminder that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" and more but first it's time for.........Revenge of the Critters! Another listener suggestion: They're called Wildlife for a reason, folks.Enviro Show listeners know "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" and we've a feeling they may be screaming at their screens as reports are coming in from COP281......um, sorry it's COP28. We must be losing track? We reported months ago on Oil operative Sultan Al Jaber of the UAE becoming the President of this particular COP meeting. There was a failed effort to have him removed but we guess Big Oil and a bunch of assorted corporados had the final word. With that in mind let's rub their faces in Al Jabar's little hissy fit last week when he "claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C. Al Jaber also said a phase-out of fossil fuels would not allow sustainable development “unless you want to take the world back into caves”. Sound familiar?Here's our Enviro Show Winter Solstice Quote of the Week:“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go and becomes the future"- Margaret AtwoodOK listeners, that's all for now just remember to listen to your Mother.

Greetings Earthlings. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP28, will be the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, held from 30 November until 12 December 2023, at the, are you ready?.... Expo City, in Dubai. Irony aside, we don't expect much (surprise!) Guy McPherson returns to the show to shed some much needed light on that ongoing debacle and more. As always, we also will introduce you to this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and Those Whose Brains Were Small as well as the usual reminder for your MAGA loving uncle that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" and more but first it's time for...........Revenge of the Critters! ORCA tricksters celebrate Halloween with that sinking feeling.

Greetings Earthlings. Are you sick & tired of "open-ended executive privilege"? Zak Porter, Executive Director of Standing Trees returns to the show to discuss the mishandling of our Public Lands by government and industry. We will discuss some clear cut examples during the interview segment. As usual we will also bring you along to meet this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and Those Whose Brains are Small, as well as a reminder that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" and more but first it's time for........Revenge of the Critters! "Researcher Says Giant Crabs Keep Stealing and Destroying Her Cameras"