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Climate Front Lines

Climate Front Lines

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 Climate change is happening now. Truthout reporter Mike Ludwig explores our rapidly changing planet with experts and activists from frontline communities across the world.© Truthout Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Climate Change Was Already Causing Hunger to Spike. Then Russia Invaded Ukraine.

    Climate Change Was Already Causing Hunger to Spike. Then Russia Invaded Ukraine.
    Jun 10 2022
    The war in Ukraine is causing shortages in the global food supply. Climate change was already creating widespread food insecurity before Russia invaded Ukraine, and the number of people facing famine or a food crisis globally is growing faster than any other time in the 21st century. Gernot Laganda, director of the Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Service at the World Food Program, explains how it’s all connected in this episode of Climate Front Lines.
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    24 mins
  • Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil

    Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil
    Mar 30 2022
    Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far right president, is launching a reelection bid and currently trailing in the polls behind former president and liberal rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro and conservative lawmakers have worked to slash environmental protections and promote development of the Amazon rainforest, where deforestation appears to be accelerating as Brazil prepares for elections in October. Deforestation is a major cause of climate change and a threat to Indigenous people who are organizing to resist land grabs and toxic pollution from illegal mines. To learn more, Truthout’s Mike Ludwig interviewed Romulo Batista, a Brazilian environmental activist based in Manaus, a Brazilian city nestled in the Amazon rainforest. Music by Dan Mason.
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    35 mins
  • Thermal Videos Reveal Heavy Pollution from the Texas Oil Boom

    Thermal Videos Reveal Heavy Pollution from the Texas Oil Boom
    Nov 18 2021
    Sharon Wilson, an activist documenting the latest fracking boom in Texas, recently returned from the United Nations climate summit and was “devastated” when the final agreement did not mention any reduction in oil and gas drilling. Wilson uses a thermographic camera to capture pollution spewing from fossil fuel infrastructure in the Permian Basin, where oil production is projected to increase by 50 percent over the next decade. Mike Ludwig asks Wilson what the Permian “climate bomb” looks like up close and personal. Music by Dan Mason.
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    45 mins
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