The Wastelands Enviro Show
<https://enviroshow.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/the-wastelands-enviro-show/>Tuesday,
April 26, 6:00 - 7:00pm
Rebroadcast Thursday at 2pm
WXOJ-LP, 103.3fm, Valley Free Radio
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WMCB, 107.9fm, Greenfield
Monday, May 2 & 9, 9pm.
Sundays at 3pm.
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[image: WildChilds]
<https://enviroshow.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/the-wastelands-enviro-show/wildchilds/>Greetings
Earthlings. “When we begin to let go of the anxieties and pressures of
living in a controlled society, we begin to have hope that other ways of
life are possible. What else is possible? How does one find hope in
despair? What are the wastelands and how do they transform into the wild?”
Walken Shweigert, Artistic Director of Children of the Wild asks that and
Gus Ganley, one of those Wild Children, returns to the show to talk about
their Wastelands Project
<http://www.childrenofthewild.org/#%21the-wastelands-project/c1idg>, an
experimental folk opera investigating the seven stages of grief in a time
of violent political and environmental unraveling. It’s not all gloom and
doom, like this show. But wait! we have somewhat humorous moments awaiting
you in our Enviro Show Echo Chamber or when we take you to meet our
Fool-on-the-Hill, right? And how about this: Revenge of the Critters! Deer
for dinner
<http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hunting/2009/10/animal-attack-stories?page=0%2C0>
(No, it’s not what you think).
We have Broken News! In case you were still hibernating in some den
recently you’ve probably already heard that Kinder Morgan’s fracked gas
pipedream targeting WMass has been suspended
<http://www.nofrackedgasinmass.org/2016/04/21/kinder-morgan-suspends-ned-pipeline-proposal/>.
If you read their cleverly worded…..make that corporatespeak press release
<http://www.nofrackedgasinmass.org/notgp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/KMI-NED-media-statement042016.pdf>
[pdf]
you’ll see they left the door open to plague us with their bullshit in the
future, but for now it’s time to pat our collective selves on the back for
all our efforts
<http://www.nofrackedgasinmass.org/2015/10/24/most-significant-barrier-for-pipeline-construction-protests/>
and…..PARTY! This Broken News is a two-fer: We also just learned that “In
an amazing victory for our forests, waterways and communities, New York
State’s Department of Environmental Conservation has formally denied the
water quality certification as required by the Clean Water Act for the
proposed Constitution Pipeline.” However, all these fossil fools have taken
a page from Freddie Krueger and could easily be baaaaack! To which we say:
bring it on fools!
It saddens us to say Our Fools-on-the-Hill this week are also our favorite
Massachusetts senators, Markey & Warren who foolishly voted for the
laughably titled “Energy Policy ‘Modernization Act’ ”
<https://morningconsult.com/opinions/bipartisan-energy-bill-gets-second-chance-senate/>.
This
sorry planet-trashing act (which may contain a few good things) brings us
all that much closer to a….dare we say, green flag? for exports of fracked
LNG, the promotion of biomass clearcutting and reportedly “limits state and
local controls that can impede pipeline development, and applies eminent
domain for ‘economic development’ ” as well as ““It is the sense of
Congress that all Federal authorizations required for a project or facility
should be issued by not later than the date that is 90 days after the date
on which an application is considered to be complete by the
Commission.” (among
other things not so modern). We ask Enviro Show listeners to go HERE
<http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=19610> and
have a word with our senators gone astray. Soooo, as over 150 nations
sign-off on the Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day
<http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/whats-next-following-historic-signing-of-paris-agreement-0688#.VxtqrXDyvw4>
the
U.S. Senate agrees to trash the planet the day before. USA! USA?
In The Enviro Show Echo Chamber we can’t seem to get away from
the….umm…blowback? surrounding that Methane blowout at Porter Ranch on the
Other Coast. Now we learn that a looming methane threat exists in the Great
Lakes region
<http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2016/04/17/potential-exists-natural-gas-leak-california-scale/83022644/>
(where the Children are headed!). Michigan has a total natural gas storage
capacity of 1,079 billion cubic feet, the most of any state! James Clift,
policy director for the Michigan Environmental Council, said the safety of
underground natural gas storage is just starting to become an issue. “We
have a lot of storage anwith outhe climate change issue than we should be?”
Ya’ think? We have a Blog Action Bonus for you. Time to rein in the U.S.
Market for Endangered Wildlife
<http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17440>
.
How about a Quote of the Week? *“I believe alien life is quite common in
the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to
appear on planet Earth.”* — Stephen Hawking
We have a lot of E-Valley-uation to get through this week. Let’s start with
our Valley free Radio Spring Fun Drive, OK? This is where YOU show your
support <http://valleyfreeradio.org/donate/> for the show and the folks who
bring it to you. We’re counting on you to do your part. Then we have a
follow-up from our last show
<https://archive.org/details/WMCBEnviroShow04122016> about the mishandling
of our state lands, especially here in WMass. One of our guests last time,
Michael Kellett, released this item recently: Plans to Cut State Forests
Could Worsen Climate Change and the State Budget
<https://occupytheairwaves.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/plans-to-cut-massachusetts-state-forests-could-worsen-climate-change-and-the-state-budget/>.
We signed on to that one (surprise!) and the Greenfield Recorder
<http://www.recorder.com/News/Local/Environmental-group-decries-proposed-state-forest-cutting-plan-1631126>
reported on it. And this: We received a disturbing email from Sara Moffett
at Clean Water Action the other day with this headline: “Two Out of Three
Food Cans Tested Have Toxic BPA in the Linings, New Report Says – Five of
Six Cans From Hadley Walmart Tested Positive for BPA” The message directed
us to this page <http://www.toxicfoodcans.org/>. Canned food is pretty much
20th century but hey, do we really need BPA? Finally, about that proposed
fracked gas pipeline the Son of Enron’s trying to ram through WMass? The MA
State Senate Committee on Global Warming & Climate Change is holding a hearing
on May 3
<http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/state_senate_climate_change_co.html>
on Beacon Hill, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Massachusetts Statehouse in Room
428 to FINALLY connect the dots from fracked gas to our Global Warming
Solutions Act and the Commonwealth’s energy future. All we can say is….ALL
OUT! <http://www.massplan.org/coming-soon/may-3rd-boston/>
It’s time to Meet the New Boss once again and once again it’s his Interior
Secretary, Sally Jewell who comes into question (isn’t there a place for
this person somewhere in the exterior??). As we come upon the 6th
anniversary of the infamous BP oil platform catastrophe in the Gulf of
Mexico, an f’ing disaster that should never have happened and the results
of which are worse than previously thought
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160420-bp-oil-spill-shoreline-affected-deepwater-horizon-anniversary/>,
it seems the Obama Administration’s oversight is…well….kind of out of sight
<http://grist.org/news/6-years-after-bp-disaster-obama-administration-thinks-it-has-a-way-to-prevent-future-spills/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily-horizon>?
“The
[new] rule says that they have three more years to set up real-time
monitoring [of oil-well safety by onshore personnel],” Liz Birnbaum, former
director of the Minerals Management Service told Grist. “Which is just
insane.” Insane like still pumping oil out of the planet in the midst of
the Climate Crisis? What’s that saying about what to do when you find
yourself in a hole?
After our conversation with Gus we drag you over to the Bus Stop Billboard:
*Apr 22 at 6pm. to Apr 24 at 5pm. *Ringling Protest. Ringling Circus is
heading back to the DCU Center, 50 Foster St., Worcester, MA and we will be
more than ready! Please join our peaceful, educational protests against
circus cruelty. Go to: www.facebook.com/events/449657425229550/ Email:
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.* Rain or shine. *Troubled Waters
Picnic:* *A Shortnose Sturgeon Walk, Talk and Lunch at the Rock Dam.* Join
shortnose sturgeon expert and author Dr. Boyd Kynard and environmental
journalist Karl Meyer for a visit to the Rock Dam in Turners Falls. The
Rock Dam is a geological gem–as well as the only documented natural
spawning site for the endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Connecticut
River ecosystem. Kynard will cover shortnose sturgeon life history and
biology; Meyer covers the natural and human history of this spectacular
site. *No pre-registration required. Wear sturdy shoes; bring lunch if you
wish. **Directions:** Cross the 11th St. Bridge in Turners Falls; at first
stop sign turn left down G Street. Meet at public lot at end of G Street,
just before the entrance sign for the US Conte Fish Lab.*
*April 23rd and April 24th at 2pm.* “Unless” / The Lorax at the Hampshire
College Farm Center. The show is an ensemble-based theatrical exploration
of Seuss’s original story. It’s a traveling show that takes place on the
Hampshire Farm. It’s family-friendly and very politically charged, of
course. Entry fee is free.It’s an opportunity to be immersed in art for a
traveling performance about the emotional impacts of climate change and our
interconnection. Go to: theloraxhampshire.wordpress.com/ People can contact
the ensemble at theloraxspring16@xxxxxxxxx with any
questions/concerns/comments.
*Saturday, April 23, 7 -10pm.* Pipeline Boogie! Dance-dance-dance a victory
dance to the sax-fueled rock-&-roll of Trailer Park, a Valley favorite
band! Chow down on pizza, salad, and vegan chili from Hillside Organic
Catering. $20 (or more!) requested donation benefits ongoing pipeline
struggles & the Town of Montague’s Intervention at the Mass. DPU,
challenging a Berkshire Gas contract to buy into the Kinder Morgan NED
pipeline. Montague Retreat Center: North Leverett Road & West Chestnut Hill
Road, Montague, MA. Go to: www.facebook.com/events/1714746215475520/
*Monday, April 25, 7 to 9pm.* Climate Action Now Monthly Gathering.
Working together to build an inclusive, unstoppable movement for climate
justice! Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence, Main Street,
Northampton. Go to: climateactionnowma.org/
*Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 – 8pm*. Springfield’s Climate Action & Resiliency
Plan. Arise for Social Justice is proud to host our first live panel with
perspectives from community, city, and state leaders to discuss the
development of Springfield’s Climate Action and Resiliency Plan and the
future of the environmental justice movement! Focus Springfield Community
TV, 1200 Main St, Springfield, Massachusetts. LIVE on local Springfield
Channel 12 and online anywhere @ livestream.com/FocusSpringfield.
*Thursday, April 28 from 7:00-**8:30pm*. Break Free from Fossil Fuels
Training & Info Session. Unitarian Universalist Church, 175 Wendell Ave.,
Pittsifleld; Youth Lounge, second floor. Trainers from the Break Free from
Fossil Fuels northeast organizing team will come to get us up to speed on
the crude-oil-by-rail issue and the centrality of Albany, put this moment
of world-wide civil disobedience in context of our climate trajectory
coming out of the Paris climate talks, and to skill up with some basic
non-violence training and legal briefing to prepare us to take action in
Albany, NY on Saturday, May 14, when there will be options to protest
legally, participate in a blockade, or even join a kayak flotilla!
This event is free and open to the public. We hope that people will attend,
including those who are unsure whether they will participate in the May
actions. For more information about #BreakFree and to sign up, see
www.Albany2016.org.
*Friday,April 29th 5pm, Saturday, April 30th 5pm & Sunday, May 1st 1pm. * *The
Wastelands *takes audiences and performers on a journey guided by visual,
musical, and kinesthetic poetry through places that have been abused and
abandoned by industry. By viscerally engaging with sites of particular
ecological grief, *The Wastelands* hopes to expose the many faces of our
cultural grief: misogyny, white supremacy, queer-phobia, settler-privilege,
etc. The performance runs 75min with a reception and dialogue to follow.
All performances are free and open to the public (though we always pass the
hat after the show), and meet ADA standards of accessibility. We recommend
wearing good walking shoes and other protective gear for rain and sun, as
necessary. Meet at 384 Dwight St., Holyoke, MA. Go to:
www.childrenofthewild.org/
*Saturday, April 30, 2pm. *March & Rally in support of fossil fuel
divestment in Somerville. Rally in Davis Square, followed by march to City
Hall. The City of Somerville is currently invested in the fossil fuel
industry. While Somerville works to lower its own emissions and take other
measures to address climate change as a city, we are funding companies that
spend billions of dollars funding climate change denial and lobbying
against common sense efforts needed to reduce emissions. Go to:
www.fossilfreesomerville.org/
*May 3 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m./Rally at 11:30am!* MA Senate Committee on
Global Warming and Climate Change plans to hold an oversight hearing on the
proposed Northeast Energy Direct
<http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/11/kinder_morgan_files_federal_ap.html>
natural gas pipeline project and the state’s clean energy future.at the
Massachusetts Statehouse in Room 428. One or more buses to Boston are
available on a sliding scale from $5 to $30. For details and to sign up for
a bus email masspowerforward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Please indicate your top
three choices (leaving from/ returning to Pittsfield, Cummington,
Greenfield, Orange, Amherst, or Northampton) and we will do our best to
accommodate. Your flexibility is appreciated.
*Saturday, May 7, 3-7pm.* Earthcare Fair at Mt. Toby Meetinghouse, 194
:Long Plain Road, Leverett, MA. d.o. will be reading from his book *“Bad
Atmosphere*“! Tom Neilson & Lynn Waldron will be performing! Ellen Moyer,
Ph.D., P.E. is doing an important talk there called, *Forests: Our Best
Allies in Fixing the Climate Problem”. *Contact: Beth Adams <
eadams333@xxxxxxxxx>
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*Tuesdays & Fridays!* Please plan to routinely picket Kinder Morgan’s
North St office at 137 North Street ( near the corner of North St. and
Depot St. Park at McKay St., off Depot St) in Pittsfield at Noon on Fridays
and at Berkshire Gas, 115 Cheshire Rd, Pittsfield, MA on Tuesdays
noon-1pm. *weather
permitting*. Contact Jan Bradley 413-684-3732 for updates & more
information.
*Wednesdays!* Winchester, NH No Pipeline Visibility Vigils are every week
at the Town Hall corner 4:30 to 5:30. Corner of route 10 and 119. Time
change in November 4-5. Just over the border from Northfield, MA.
*Thursdays, 3pm – 4pm*. Weekly Stop the Pipeline vigil at Town Hall,
Northfield, MA. Weekly protest about proposed compresser station site on
Gulf Road in Northfield every Thursday. Contact Hattie for more info
978-790-3074
*Saturdays!* Northfield 8:30 AM Downtown Stop the Pipeline Vigil in front
of Town Hall. We had alot of traffic honking of horns, thumbs up and
waving. Come on by next week and chat. Northfield Gas Pipeline Group.
That pretty much does it for us…..for now. There’s just one more thing:
Remember to listen to your Mother, OK?
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"Unless citizens control political power – national, regional and municipal
– it will not be possible to control damage to the environment."
- Pope Francis
"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as
necessary in the political world as storms in the physical world."
- Thomas Jefferson
more rebellion here:
http://concertobi.blogspot.com/
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