The global nuclear threat, New York City sues oil companies, And will Google face a class action lawsuit?

The Roy Green Show Podcast

New York City is announcing a lawsuit that accuses the top five oil companies of contributing to climate change. The lawsuit follows similar litigation filed by San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Cruz in California last year.

 

Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore, The Sensible Environmentalist (ecosense.me), former president of Greenpeace Canada, and author of “The Positive Role of Human Emissions of CO2”

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James Damore was fired from Google after writing an internal memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber”, which criticized the company’s corporate culture and diversity practices, and presented the argument that women are biologically unsuited for engineering work.

 

Damore and fellow former Google employee David Gudeman are seeking class-action status for the suit to include anyone at Google who identifies as a Caucasian, conservative or male.

 

Guest: Catalina Avalos, Director of the Tripp Scott law firm in Fort Lauderdale Boca and Tallahassee Florida, and former judge and juvenile sex crimes prosecutor​

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Roy replays part of the interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted by 900 CHML's Bill Kelly on Wednesday prior to the town hall at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

 

Following that, Roy also replays a few moments from yesterday's interview with CPC leader Andrew Scheer.

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Hawaii residents were left shaken by an emergency alert warning of an imminent ballistic missile strike sent to hundreds of thousands of cellphones yesterday. 40 minutes later, another alert was sent - the first alert had been sent by mistake.

 

State officials apologized, saying the bogus alert was sent when someone hit the wrong button during a shift change.

 

How could this happen for real and how would the U.S. military react?

 

Guest: Colonel Peter Mansoor, former executive officer to General David Petraeus in Iraq and former NATO tank brigade commander

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Dave Foxcroft is a successful businessman, the referee for the 2017 Grey Cup game, a member of officiating crews for NFL pre-season games, and the son of Ron Foxcroft.

 

He’s also a winner following a recent Lotto Max draw, picking up a cheque for nearly $220,000.

 

Guest: Dave Foxcroft

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