The Enviro Show

An Evilsource Enviro Show

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:13:56 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Yes, sometimes power lines can seem unearthly as the march across the landscape destroying Nature as they proceed. Michael DeChiara of Responsible Grid joins us to discuss the clear cutting of trees all along the corridors and how you can help.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own Government to save our environment.

~Ansel Adams

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) in Greenfield, MA, streaming on Tuesdays at 9am at https://mytuner-radio.com/radio/wmcb-lp-1079-fm-421642/. And we're also played on WMNB-LP 107.1fm in North Adams, MA - https://gatewaymedia.org/wmnb-lp/. Finally, you can Tune-in at https://tunein.com/radio/Valley-Free-Radio-WXOJ-LP-1033-s50205/. > "The best antidote to despair is action!".

A Moronocene Enviro Show

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:45:04 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Awhile ago we humans here on Planet Earth figured out we need a new title to explain the epoch we have entered into. Here on the show we've used the popular Anthropocene that indicates our mostly awful footprint on the planet, but how about the Moronocene for a time when far too many morons seem to be in charge? Prof. Eliot Jacobson, educator/ mathematician joins us for the interview.

Our Quote of the Week is spot on for this week's show:

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."

- Albert Einstein

A Voting Matters Enviro Show

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:11:14 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. The recent primaries reminds us of the importance of voting, especially in these troubled times. Here in Massachusetts a shifty undesirable Dem tried to unseat our longtime anti-fascist enviro hero Sen. Ed Markey claiming he was too old. Thanks to smart voters the challenger was pushed back. Closer to home here in WMass' 1st Franklin District House race we were fortunate to have Lora Wondolowski win over a former aide to an unresponsive State House Rep known for a lack of support on forest and other environmental related issues. Lora, on the other hand worked for national groups like the National Audubon Society, League of Conservation Voters & The Peace Development Fund. Lora seems responsive to her constituents, a welcomed change out here. She joins us for the interview.

Our Quote of the Week is all about voting:

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

― H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe

A "Dump the Pump" Enviro Show

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:52:33 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. You've probably heard some of our past shows concerning the ongoing destruction of the Connecticut River by the corporados who pump vast amounts of water and all the aquatic life within it through turbins up into the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage pool. Juxtapose that with Connecticut River Defenders who have been pushing back against such madness for awhile now and are now thinking amphibiously. Priscilla Lynch and Terisa Turner join us for that.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week is perfect for this week's show:

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”

― Edward Abbey

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A Hilltown Land Trust Enviro Show

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:55:15 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We talk a lot about trusting the land on this show but it's not often we talk about Land Trusts. Sally Loomis & Sarah Welch of the Hilltown Land Trust join us to talk about it and their Stewardship of the Land as we celebrate their 40th Anniversary.

Our Quote of the Week is spot on for this week's interview:

What's the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

~Henry David Thoreau

Walk for a New Dawn Enviro Show (Part II)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:19:23 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. As the Walk for a New Dawn makes its way across Massachusetts we update you on their progress HERE. Some Walkers will join us to discuss how it goes.

Our Quote of the Week...

“Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people, to give them hope, but I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is.

-Greta Thunberg

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, Wednesdays at 9am, 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!".

Walk to Change the Flag and Seal Enviro Show

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:41:50 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Do any of you remember The Two Flags Enviro Show back in 2019? Back then we asked: "Have you ever noticed the Massachusetts state flag? Chances are if you happen to be Native American you are well aware of the colonial sword over the head of the indigenous man on the shield. David Detmold returns to the show to talk about Change The Mass Flag." Here we are seven years later and some progress, but not enough, has been made. With that in mind David returns again to the show along with Katherine Harrelson to talk about a cross-State Walk to Change the Flag & Seal. The Walk also aims to raise awareness in solidarity with Community Land and Water Coalition's ongoing campaign (of which we are longtime supporters) to halt sand mining operations in the fragile ecosystem of the sand barrens around Carver/Plymouth sacred to the Herring Pond Wampanoag.

Our Quote of the Week is from the late John Peters Slow Turtle of the Mashpee Wampanoags, spiritual leader and former Massachusetts Commissioner on Indian Affairs:

"Most of my involvement is with the Indian people and their purpose in life. I think the intentions of my people are entirely different from what mainstream society promotes. We're not here for private gain, but to find a solution to preserve the Earth Mother for all generations to come."

- John Peters Slow Turtle

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, Wednesdays at 9am, 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!".

Save Your Local Forest Enviro Show

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:07:35 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Are we feeling very Independent yet? We sure should be given what's going on in DC these daze! With that in mind let's talk about some successful local action. Anita Ryan and Brian Seppala join us to talk about the struggle to protect Bare Cove Park in Hingham, MA. Their website is HERE.

Here's our Quote of the Week's backstory: "Two people display[ed] a banner atop the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York, July 1, 2026. The pair were self-identified via social media as Russian couple Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau, daredevil climbers who were the subject of the 2024 documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story”. The banner read: "When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace"

That said, passersby would hardly be able to read the banner over 103 floors below.

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

A Northeast State and Federal Forests Enviro Show

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:12:54 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Happy Summer Solstice. It's the 21st century, burn technologies no longer make sense in a Climate Crisis and the losers' War Against Nature must end ASAP. That's how we see it and we've invited Zack Porter co-founder of Standing Trees and passionate advocate for America's public lands back to make the case for permanently protecting State and Federal forest lands in the Northeast.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week as we imagine being out in the Wild:

“Devoted though we must be to the conservation cause, I do not believe that any of us should give it all of our time or effort or heart. Give what you can, but do not burn yourselves out -- or break your hearts. Let us save at least half of our lives for the enjoyment of this wonderful world which still exists. Leave your dens, abandon your cars and walk out into the great mountains, the deserts, the forests, the seashores. Those treasures still belong to all of us. Enjoy them to the full, stretch your legs, expand your lungs, enliven your hearts.."

- Edward Abbey

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

An Inescapable Enviro Show

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:01:44 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We reported on this show in the past words to the effect that "Invisible and nearly indestructible, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have seeped into the blood of almost every American and permeated the natural world." That's the tagline for the recent book "Inescapable - Facing Up to Forever Chemicals". The author, F. Marina Schauffler joins Glen for the interview.

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

Still More Trees & Less Sleaze Enviro Show

Tue, 26 May 2026 23:44:19 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We continue the theme from last time while focusing on Trees and urban heat islands in a warming world. Robert McDonald, lead author of "Trees halve urban heat island effect globally but unequal benefits only modestly mitigate climate-change warming" published in Nature's Communications.

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

Another More Trees/Less Sleaze Enviro Show

Tue, 12 May 2026 20:58:24 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. In spite of all the bad news out there we still look for some good news out in the forests and among the trees. Michael Kellett, co-founder and Executive Director of RESTORE: The North Woods returns to the show for a conversation about trees and protecting what's left of the natural world.

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

A May Day! May Day! Enviro Show

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:21:56 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Yes, it's a distress call but also the European festival Beltane of ancient Pagan origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1. Also, May 1st was International Workers’ Day which began as a commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago. The day is officially recognized in much of the world, but not the United States 'cuz you know, "commies"? Hence, Labor Day falling on the first Monday in September so everyone must go shopping. Lots of distress to cover there but we'll stick with the present MAGA shitshow and the Pagans. Laura Wildman-Hanlon, Author & Wiccan Priestess returns to the show to delve into the Craft and the times.

Our Quote of the Week is in keeping with the above:

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

— Immanuel Kant

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

An Earthy Enviro Show

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:51:35 GMT

Greetings Earthlings & Happy Every Day is Earth Day. Regardless of what lunacy is slithering around our so-called Federal Government and in the dwindling ranks of MAGA, the vast majority of the human race is still clinging to some semblance of sanity. The largest demonstration of that race was on the first Earth Day, April 22 1970 when "20 million Americans — at the time, 10% of the total population of the United States — [took] to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate against the impacts of 150 years of industrial development which had left a growing legacy of serious human health impacts." This year, on March 28 the second largest demonstration in history consisting of some 8 million souls returned to the streets on #NoKings Day 3, not just in support of the planet being plundered by the MAGA freak show but also in protest of that fascist freak show and its horrific agenda. Jeromie Whalen, school teacher and regional super-hero running for Massachusetts’ First Congressional District U.S. House of Reps seat now held by Richie Neal joins us.

Our Quote of the Week.

It is true that the Earth’s temperature does change a lot over millions of years. In fact, scientists believe that about 125,000 years ago it may have been even warmer than it is right now. What is disturbing, however, is that temperatures are rising much faster now than at any time in the past two million years.

- Bernie Sanders

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

A Fishy April Fools Enviro Show

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:46:02 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. This April Fools Day we've got a fishy story from MassWildlife and the joke is on residents of the Commonwealth both human and not. Chelsey Simmons, Stewardship Director at Berkshire Environmental Action Team joins us as we take a deep dive into the issues.

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

Yes, Another Ides of March Enviro Show

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:18:04 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. It's that time of year once again when we remind tyrants that all is not what it appears to be. The Fates move in strange and mysterious ways. Also, the Spring Equinox or Ostara a Pagan solar holiday honoring the spring’s warmth, light from the sun, and the awakening of the earth is upon us. Diana Reeves, Founder & Executive Director and Luan Van Le, Development & Communications Director of GMO/Toxin Free USA joins us to discuss "The Revolving Door" that allows corporados and other such dark side low-life go from one bad situation to another. We hope they get their comeuppance.

That said, the worst of the worst is His Malignancy himself who happens to be perfectly exposed in our Quote of the Week:

"...at this moment in history, the fate of virtually everyone on the planet is being impacted by the toxic cocktail of character flaws, insecurities, and pathologies that are shaping the actions of the President of the United States."

- David Rothkopf

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

A Climate Obstruction Enviro Show

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:40:03 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. You may recall on our last show we spoke of Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment"? One of the editors, Jennifer Jacquet joins us this week for a deeper dive into the details.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week concerns our focus this week:

"Climate obstruction involves intentional actions and efforts to slow or block policies on climate change that are commensurate with the current scientific consensus of what is necessary to avoid dangerous human interference with the climate system."

- Timmons Roberts, J.et al.

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

An Old-Growth Biotic Pump Enviro Show

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:19:00 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Not long ago a fascinating video came our way titled "Old Growth Forests - Nature's Biotic Water Pump" that informed us in great detail yet another reason to protect, preserve and enable old-growth forests to flourish. One of the presenters, Anastassia Makarieva, theorist at the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute in Russia, joins us for the interview.

And our Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts ...There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

—Rachel Carson

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

Enviro Show Still on the Rocks

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:11:42 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. As the title says, we are still looking into all those rock formations out there, this time with Peter Waksman who blogs at https://rockpiles.blogspot.com/.

Our Critter of the Week segment has some good old news from David Foster: "Wolves are becoming well established across mainland Denmark, are reproducing, and are expected to increase substantially. Through ongoing immigration from Germany and native breeding since 2019, the population now stands around 78 animals, comprising at least eight breeding pairs, six packs, 23–28 wandering individuals, and 35 pups born in the country in 2024. What makes this phenomenon so astonishing is how ill suited this countryside appears for wolves. That is, unsuited by conventional thinking, the kind that suggests that moose could not adapt to southern New England; that bears would not situate around the cities of western Massachusetts; or that coyotes, beavers, and fishers would not saturate these same landscapes. As I explored the dynamics of wolves in Denmark, I reflected on the ongoing return of native wildlife to the much more heavily forested landscape of New England and asked—Why not here?" Glad you asked, David. One reason is the cowboy mentality from days of old. We've talked about that on the show for years, just recently Glen spoke of Aldo Leopold's "Sand County Almanac" and the author's epiphany regarding this keystone species.

And that brings us to our Quote of the Week:

The cowman who cleans his range of wolves does not realize that he is taking over the wolf’s job of trimming the herd to fit the range. He has not learned to think like a mountain. Hence we have dustbowls, and rivers washing the future into the sea.

- 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. rebroadcast Thursdays at 2pm. in MA. Also, we are on air at WMCB, (107.9fm) streaming at http://wmcb.net/Listen.html in Greenfield, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

The Enviro Show on the Rocks

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:51:10 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. You may have heard stories about mysterious rock formations people come upon in the woods with seemingly no explanation as to their origin? Some appear to be actual shelters, others like intentional platforms or markers. There are a lot of theories about their origin but not much science. Mike Luoma author of "Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England" joins us to explore the unknown.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week is...

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."

John F. Kennedy

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

A Fungus Among Us Enviro Show

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:29:39 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We are bringing in the New Year with news of yet another invasive species; no it's not the present gold obsessed occupants of the White House but rather invasive golden oyster mushrooms or GOM. A new study finds it "is changing native fungal biodiversity as it invades. GOM has spread rapidly in North America and will continue expanding its range." (unlike MAGA that is losing its range by the day). Aishwarya Veerabahu, lead author of the study joins us to forage the facts.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week......

“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.”

― Mark Twain

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

A Winter Solstice of Our Discontent Enviro Show

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:46:14 GMT

Winter Solstice Greetings Earthlings. The Return of the Light starts on December 21st at 4.02am here in the eastern U.S. You may not be up at that hour but we see there are celebrations at other times. Wiccan priestess, Laura Wildman-Hanlon returns to the show to share with us. Also, Cecelia Doucette, Director, Massachusetts for Safe Technology returns to discuss electromagnetic pollution and what that means to us and all the critters out there. Also, you can take action HERE in support of a bill on Beacon Hill to opt out on this in your home.

Our Enviro Show 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 Atwood

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

A Return of the Native Enviro Show

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:30:45 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. It's said that everyone loves a comeback story and we couldn't agree more when it comes to the American Chestnut Tree. Once a mainstay of life in New England forests and beyond it sadly fell victim to human ignorance and greed. Now, we are happy to report, after decades of failed attempts to overcome the blight, this amazing native tree has returned. Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project returns to the show with the good news.

Our Quote of the Week is quite on target for this show...

“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.”

-Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

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, Monday at 8am & Wednesday at 7am & Friday at 8am, 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!".

Being The Enviro Show

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:59:17 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Along time ago we were advised to "Be Here Now" which is a Zen sort of thing. Where else would we be? With that in mind professor, naturalist, and Buddhist author Christopher Ives joins us for a look at ‘green mental states’.

Our Quote of the Week comes from this week's guest:

Simply put, this historical moment calls for lifestyle change at the individual level and structural change at the societal level. We need this dual focus, for to call only for a reduction of our personal carbon footprints is to lay responsibility for causing and solving the problem at the feet of individuals and thereby let our economic system and powerful players like the fossil fuel industry off the hook.

- Christopher Ives

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A "Wholly Protected Landscape" Enviro Show

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:05:32 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Some good news from our friends at Kestral Trust: "2,000+ Acres of Forest in the West Quabbin Region [are now] Permanently Conserved...The land will be stewarded as “forever wild,” taking a passive management approach to the forest to encourage old growth conditions to develop." Presumably that means no destructive logging. Kristin DeBoer, Executive Director of Kestrel Land Trust joins us for the details.

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Good Old Intelligence Enviro Show

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:42:09 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We keep running across vague references to all the energy Artificial Intelligence (AI) uses and how bad it is for the climate but not much data. With that in mind we thought we'd share this short video investigative report from Business Insider for real world details. It seems AI may not be so intelligent after all.

Our Quote of the Week comes from one of the founders of AI:

The research question is: how do you prevent them from ever wanting to take control? And nobody knows the answer [...] The alarm bell I’m ringing has to do with the existential threat of them taking control [...] If you take the existential risk seriously, as I now do, it might be quite sensible to just stop developing these things any further [...] it’s as if aliens had landed and people haven’t realized because they speak very good English.

Geoffrey Hinton

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A SeeYouInCourt Enviro Show

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 01:49:06 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. There's another kind of Environmental Justice and it happens in courtrooms. Meg Sheehan, co-founder of Community Land & Water Coalition returns to the show as we discuss a recent court victory regarding AD Makepeace's sand mines on Federal Road in Carver, MA. She will also talk about legislation H918 & H948 on Beacon Hill.

In The Enviro Show Echo Chamber we are wondering if it's just a fluke that a study on forests failing in the Climate Crisis was conducted by Wake Forest University?? "The destruction of the forests is a threat to our entire global ecosystem. The forests in the Amazon and Andes help reduce carbon pollution and are also the home of many diverse plants and animals. Unfortunately, this is not the only news that suggests there are reasons to be concerned about the health of our forests. A UN biodiversity summit declared 38% of the world's trees are at risk of extinction. Another report suggested that trees are losing their natural ability to store carbon because of their disrupted ecosystems." This is the last thing us in the forest & tree protection community need to hear. The Takers (most of whom deny the climate emergency even exists) will obviously use the study as yet another reason to clearcut the planet. How about a drastic reduction in CO2 emissions, guys? Wake up! Hello??

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An Unconventional Enviro Show

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 01:30:23 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Like our new & improved look? One of the most under reported news stories over the past decade concerns far-right efforts to launch a new Constitutional Convention in which to rewrite the U.S. Constitution to their liking. If the Mad King's fascist redo fails (which it just might) this will be their Plan B. Lindsay Sabadosa, State Rep for the First Hampshire District joins us for the disturbing details and discuss her pushback bill H4745.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week is exactly in keeping with our guest:

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Abraham Lincoln

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, Sunday at 10pm, 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!".

Stand Up for Standing Trees Enviro Show

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:04:36 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Obviously many people in Washington, DC have gone over the cliff into the MAGA Pit of Delusion & Hate. They represent some 30% or so of the U.S. population but some of them may have realized the error of their way. Regardless, the rest of us are here and many of us are standing up & fighting back. Chris Gish, Community Organizer at Standing Trees joins us to talk about building resistance to MAGA's War on Nature.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week is in keeping with our guest and the Green Mountain National Forest presently under threat:

“We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can’t speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.”

— Qwatsinas (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation

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A No New Nukes Enviro Show

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:07:23 GMT

Greetings Earthlings from the historic heart of the anti-nuclear movement here in Northeast USA. We thought we drove a well deserved stake into the heart of the corrupt nuclear industry and its followers long ago but, like vampires some things keep coming back. Deb Katz of the Citizens Awareness Network returns to the show as we shine some daylight into the crypt (be sure to scroll down to the bills on Beacon Hill).

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week takes us to our interview with Deb Katz:

Flint is to the lead issue what Three Mile Island was to nuclear power. People are stepping back and thinking, 'There still is lead in my home?'

Dick Durbin

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A Young at Heart Enviro Show with MYCC

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 01:48:30 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We go back a ways when it comes to organizing and making good trouble to protect the planet from the Takers and Ne'er-do-wells who seem clueless about Mother Earth and the climate. It has always been encouraging to find younger folks stepping up to do the work as well, for instance, "The Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition (MYCC) is a diverse, youth-led, adult-supported, network of organizations, clubs, and hubs founded in February 2020 and committed to centering the voices of Massachusetts’s young people in the climate movement". The Enviro Show is an enthusiastic supporter and we welcome some of them for the interview.

Our Quote of the Week is in keeping with our youthful guests from The Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition:

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

Sophia Loren

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Nukes Back From the Dead Enviro Show

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 19:35:07 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We don't want to frighten you, dear listeners but The Ghost of Your Nuclear Past is lurking in various Northeastern States as we speak. Both NY Gov. Hochul & MA Gov. Healey are for it (a bit of irony on the latter: we are told Healey's parents allowed the Clamshell Alliance to camp on their land for a Seabrook anti-nuke action) 😌. The good news is The Clamshell Alliance is still alive and pushing back. Cliff McCarthy & Shel Horowitz of The Commonwealth Coalition for Democracy & Safe Energy join us for the details.

And our Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with all its might and main, what it is, and makes one and the same impression and effect at all times. All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle's, and of a rabbit, rabbit's. But a man is broken and dissipated by the giddiness of his will; he does not throw himself into his judgments; his genius leads him one way but 't is likely his trade or politics in quite another.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Another Summer Solstice Enviro Show

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:33:04 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Perhaps by the time you read this Summer Solstice will be behind us and S.2288/H.3549 and S.2287/H.3548 biomass bills will have come before a hearing in the MA Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. Who knows where the biomass issue goes from there? Susan Theberge working with the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition on the Springfield Zombie biomass monster join us to answer some burning questions.

Time for our Enviro Show Quote of the Week. Here's an appropriate one...

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Henry David Thoreau

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A Standup Fight Back Enviro Show

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:45:52 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We trust you've noticed all the standouts and demos against MAGA & His Malignancy of late? That knid of push back and more is exactly what we need to save this nation from itself. We have a LOT of that this week.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A Make Polluters Pay Enviro Show

Mon, 26 May 2025 21:09:24 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Do you really believe we should all pay for the fouling of our nest by the fossil fools? We sure don't and neither does Make Polluters Pay, "a campaign to create a climate superfund, penalizing the worst polluters of greenhouse gasses and funding resilience and adaptation projects in communities most impacted by climate change. 350 Mass joins Better Future Project and other groups like CREW (Communities Responding to Extreme Weather), Mass Youth Climate Coalition (MYCC), and more to drive a grassroots campaign to hold polluters accountable." Daniel Zackin, Legislative Manager at 350 Mass/Better Future Project joins us for the interview.

Our Critter of the Week & Our Quote of the Week is a good one;

"As I come over the hill, I hear the wood thrush singing his evening lay. This is the only bird whose note affects me like music, affects the flow and tenor of my thoughts, my fancy and imagination. It lifts and exhilarates me… It is a medicative draught to my soul. It is an elixir to my eyes and a fountain of youth to all my senses. It changes all hours to an eternal morning. It banishes all trivialness. … I long for wildness, a nature where the wood thrush forever sings, where the hours are early morning ones, and there is dew on the grass, and the day is forever unproved. … All that is ripest and fairest in wildness is preserved and transmitted to us in the strain of the wood thrush. It is the mediator between barbarism and civilization."

Source for Thoreau’s quotations: The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Journal, edited by Bradford Torrey.

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A "Forests are Essential" Enviro Show

Tue, 13 May 2025 20:10:38 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. As we have mentioned on the show previously, Massachusetts Sierra Club's Official Chapter Campaign to End Logging On Public Lands Of the Quabbin, Wachusett, and Ware Watersheds is up and running. We continue to be excited and supportive of this and the legislation on Beacon Hill, H.952 An Act relative to watershed forest protection. Contact your legislators about the Forest Protect team priority bills. John Hirst from the MA Sierra Club's Forest Protection Team joins us for updates like this recent presentation.

A classic Enviro Show Quote of the Week will take us to our interview:

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Another Arbor Day Enviro Show

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:11:00 GMT

Greeting Earthlings. We had a lot of Earth Day events recently, so many in fact that many folks began using the term "Earth Week". We say, why stop there? A reminder: Arbor Day is upon us! Yes, a special day focused just on trees and you know we're all about that on this show and with that in mind we have a special announcement: d.o.'s new collection of poetry & prose titled "It's the Trees" is launching.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week may be a repeat but it's in keeping with the moment:

“Deep down, at the molecular heart of life, the trees, and we are essentially identical.”

— Carl Sagan

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A Burning Question Enviro Show

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:31:28 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We have covered recycling issues over the years on this show and mentioned how awful garbage-to-energy incineration is for our health and the environment BUT we never seem to have done a show on that burning issue. Finally, we have. Amy Donovan, Franklin County Waste District's Program Director returns to the show with the details.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week will to take us to our interview with Amy:

Source Reduction is to garbage what preventive medicine is to health.

- William Rathje

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An April Fools Enviro Show

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 01:15:05 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. We do not suffer fools gladly on this show and in this day and age there are so many out there, and given they are malicious fools, we are forced to push back against their evils. Michael Kellett of Restore the North Woods joins us to jest about the fools trashing our forests and our patience.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week seems fitting:

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

- Voltaire

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Yet Another Ides of March Enviro Show

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:40:00 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Once again it's time to remind certain despots to "Beware the Ideas of March". Their tendency to overstep can get them into deep trouble and others may act hastily in response. As a matter of fact, a LOT of others are already protesting about His Malignancy overstepping across the "empire". His fake DOGE department alone has created chaos across scores of government agencies. As a result lawsuits are being lodged and protests are increasing. DOGE fanboy, Elon Musk is watching sales of his Tesla cars and truck tank worldwide and more protests and sabotage at his dealerships & charging stations. At the same time, climate emergency protests continue, some initiated by scientists. Jamie McGonagill, Haley McHatton & Peter Watson of XR Boston join us to talk about their protest at Hanscom Airfield near Walden Pond.

Time for the Enviro Show Quote of the Week and this one is spot on with regard to our guests this week:

“Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

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The Audubon Logging Enviro Show

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:29:56 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. When you hear Audubon you probably think of birds, right? Yes, the group does a lot on birds but what about logging in forests? Silvia Solaun and Katherine Evans of New Jersey Forest Watch/Friends of Sparta Mountain return to the show to explain as we complain.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

A growing number of governments and non-state actors are pledging to be carbon-free – and obviously that’s good news. The problem is that the criteria and benchmarks for these net-zero commitments have varying levels of rigor and loopholes wide enough to drive a diesel truck through. We must have zero tolerance for net-zero greenwashing.

- UN Secretary General António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres

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The River Runs Backward Enviro Show

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:08:48 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. It's time to return to The River, our beloved Connecticut River still being subjected to all sorts of abuse by FirstLight corporados, even to the point of running her backwards while pumping out all the contents (live or otherwise) at the Northfield Mountain Pump Storage facility or, as we often call it here, the Shad-o-matic Fish Blender. Karl Meyer returns to the show to talk about that and the FirstLight 401 Water Quality Certification Application process hearing on Wednesday February 19 at the Cohn Family Dining Commons, Greenfield Community College, One College Drive, Greenfield, MA at 6pm with a Standout at 5pm we hope you'll join.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

"Right now, the current administration is operating in outright defiance of our federal courts and declaring them powerless. By all marks, we’ve entered the early stages of full-blown fascism. And if there’s one thing we know about fascism, it’s that wars on the vulnerable keep them fired up. You’re already seeing so many pundits and opinion columnists scratching their heads, wondering how we got here. When you look at the history of this country, there’s not much of a difference between 17th-century puritanical America and fascism. We didn’t “get” anywhere. We were always like this."

- Jessica Wildfire

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Public Lands in Wrong Hands Enviro Show

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:33:16 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Has it occurred to you lately that the present managers of our Public Lands are not protecting or preserving them? Longtime listeners to this show know we have. Zack Porter, Executive Director of Standing Trees returns to the show to explain why and offer solutions.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week-

What an extraordinary gift trees are and how many things we can learn from them, if only we know how to watch, to see, to give them the love and attention that we give to friends!

- Susanna Tamaro

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A Degradation Nation Enviro Show

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:14:27 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. The rein of His Malignancy The Mad King 2.0 is upon us. Buckle up, rough road ahead but we need each other to guide the way. Remember the words of FDR to help show us the way, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself". That said, we must defend the land and its inhabitants under this Administration, the oligarchs and anti-American freak shows like the New Apostolic Reformation, especially regarding our forests and all the critters. Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala, Chief Scientist for Wild Heritage, a project of Earth Island Institute returns to the show for a look into the past and the future.

And we have a good Quote of the Week to take us to our interview:

The largest logging projects I’ve ever seen are targeting the last, best remaining old growth trees left in the country....We have a rogue agency in the Forest Service that is trying to benefit the logging industry before reforms take place. The situation is rampant as far as I can tell and it risks squandering a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect these incredible forests.”

- Chad Hanson, a forest ecologist and co-founder of the John Muir Project.

Mongabay commentary by Dominick DellaSala- “How the U.S. got no old growth forest protections from the Biden Administration” can be found at this LINK

The paper discussed in this episode "Measuring forest degradation via ecological-integrity indicators at multiple spatial scales" by Dominick A. DellaSala, et al. can be viewed at this LINK

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No Fear New Year Enviro Show

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 23:59:37 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Another year, another time to remind: "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" The more they throw at us the more we dig in. Kevin A. Young, Associate Professor of History at UMass Amherst joins us to ring in the New Year with observations recently published in Truthout titled "12 Ways We Can Exploit Fossil Fuel Industry Vulnerabilities — Even Under Trump." He also works on campus with this group.

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!".

The 2024 Wild Winter Solstice Enviro Show

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:53:34 GMT

Greetings Earthlings and Happy Yuletide. The term "Yule" was misappropriated from Germanic Pagans by proselytizing Christians as part of the Christmas observance. Wiccan priestess, Laura Wildman-Hanlon returns to the show to set the record straight on that and to share various Pagan celebrations of the longest night.

How about an Enviro Show Quote of the Week to take us to our interview?

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov

We've got a twofer for you this week. First Laura Wildman-Hanlon gets us into the Winter Solstice, then Susan Masino talks about finding and protecting wildlands in Massachusetts.

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!".

Our Forests Aren't Fuel Enviro Show

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:52:39 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Our forests are still under siege and the culprits are all around us. Like we say, Biomass is a biomess. Irina Costache and Regine Spector, Corresponding authors of "Feeding the zombie plant: The struggle over biomass in the United States" Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst join us for the interview.

This brings us to our Quote of the Week:

The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.

– John Paul II

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!".

The Sand Wars Enviro Show

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:31:58 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Have you heard about The Sand Wars? We'll be focusing on Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens here but it's happening across the planet because not all sand is alike. Melissa Ferretti, 4th term tribal chairwoman of the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe and Meg Sheehan, environmental lawyer and coordinator of Community Land and Water Coalition join us to dig into the issue. At the same time we will be celebrating MA Governor Maura Healey's issuing an Executive Order granting state recognition to the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe. The Sand Wars are taking place on or near tribal lands.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week is from The Prez's climate guy:

“This is not the end of our fight for a cleaner, safer planet. Facts are still facts. Science is still science. The fight is bigger than one election, one political cycle in one country. This fight is bigger, still, because we are all living through a year defined by the climate crisis in every country of the world.”

- John Podesta

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!".

Elect to Defend the Trees Enviro Show

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:26:18 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Is it "déjà vu all over again" like Yogi Berra once said? Or worse?? Strap-in, it's going to be a rough ride because! In terms of the Climate Crisis and the Sixth Great Extinction a LOT was riding on this election. Wait, did we forget to mention the future of our Nation? Speaking of, how about the lack of understanding and respect by far too many folks concerning our trees and forests. Michael Kellett, the co-founder and Executive Director of RESTORE: The North Woods returns to the show as we discuss what's wrong in this picture.

And our Enviro Show Quote of the Week is:

"Trumpism triumphed, and the godhead of this cult has become both the first fascist and the first convicted felon to win an American presidential election."

- David Corn

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!".

The Don't Let Democracy Die Enviro Show

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:19:04 GMT

Greetings Earthlings & Happy Halloween (or Samhain for you Pagan folk). So yes, there are monsters out there roaming about but we trust you'll hang with us....O wait, isn't that what Franklin said at the signing of the Declaration of Independence? Never mind, that's history but also when asked what we have at the close of the Continental Congress he said "A Republic, if you can keep it." So, how about we stay together, VOTE for the first woman president and rid the land of all the monsters trying to take over, OK? Wiccan priestess, Laura Wildman-Hanlon returns to the show to help us unearth the truth about Halloween.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

“Samhain is considered by some to be the most important sabbat. This is because it represents the core experiences of the Craft: of traveling between the worlds, of experiencing death and rebirth, and of ultimately transcending both in the process; of not being afraid to face the darkness, or to think about that which we have lost; of not being afraid of the changes in our lives; of turning negative experiences into opportunities for learning.”

~ Jennifer Hunter in 21st Century Wicca: A Young Witch’s Guide to Living the Magical Life

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!".

A Children of the Northern Forest Enviro Show

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:25:42 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Of course there's been a lot of talk lately about democracy being under threat here in the USofA and, on this show, we're always talking about threats to life on Earth. In his new book "Children of the Northern Forest" our guest, Jamie Sayen asks "Why have our democratic institutions failed to address existential threats to life on Earth?" Good question. We'll look for the answer during the interview.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week is in keeping with our guest's new book and the Northern Forest:

“Deep down, at the molecular heart of life, the trees, and we are essentially identical.”

– Carl Sagan

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!".

Yet Another CT River Enviro Show

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 23:33:20 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Have you heard about stranded Shortnose Sturgeon by the dam at Great Falls (aka. Turners Falls, MA) ? These ancient federally listed Endangered Species have been getting abused along this part on the Connecticut River seemingly forever. If it turns out they exist north of the dam (which is being studied as we speak) then the Sturgeon are further threatened by FirstLight's "shad-o-matic fish blender" (aka, Northfield Mountain Pump Station) which is in the process of getting a new operating license for.....are you ready?...50 years! That sucks....literally! It sucks untold number of tiny aquatic creatures, egg, yolk-sac larvae, fry, and juvenile fish, and more through grinding turbines, up hill to a man-made reservoir and back down through the turbines again to generate power. It seems to us, that's no place for an Endangered Species much less any other life form. FYI, there will be a public DEP Hearing on October 10 at 6pm at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls, MA. All Out! Priscilla Lynch and Gary Seldon of Connecticut River Defenders join us for the interview.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week now:

What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

- Jay Inslee

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!".

A Pushing Back Enviro Show (with the MA State Auditor)

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:07:31 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Sick & tired of governments overstepping their bounds? When it comes to trashing Mother Earth we sure are. Our roots go back to Earth First! and support for edgy groups like ALF & ELF. Perhaps one of the Highest profile defenders of the planet is Capt. Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation who is now imprisoned by the Danish Government in Greenland for interfering with the Japanese whaling fleet. Closer to home (and closer to legal), we were gratified to discover our Massachusetts Auditor Diana DiZoglio was interested in running an audit "to promote accountability and transparency, improve performance, and make government work better." She even sings about it. Enviro Show listeners well know our concerns about the lack of accountability on Beacon Hill and with agencies like the DCR and MassWildlife (to name a few). Auditor DiZoglio joins us with the interview.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

- Thomas Jefferson

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!".

The MA Woodlands Powertrip Enviro Show

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 01:04:05 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. What do you think about some questionable entity taking "an exquisite parcel of public land near Mount Greylock, beloved by residents and visitors, and reducing it to chips"? We are paraphrasing our guest Lori Bradley, who along with Michaela Lapoint & Doonee Mackay of Save the Notch Forest Reservoir Bellows Pipe Trail join us to uncover the truth. See their petition HERE. The entity in question, once called the Mohawk Trail Woodlands Partnership, has been the subject of past shows. It's not pretty. It's business-as-usual trashing our forests in the so-called Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Our Quote of the Week seems fitting for this week's show:

The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction.

Edward Abbey

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/.

A Natural Solutions Enviro Show

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:05:17 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. The term "Natural Solutions" has been coming up quite a bit lately here in the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at Elders Climate Action there's a Natural Solutions Working Group and at the ever dubious Nature Conservancy they were quick to co-opt the term for their own corporate ends. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology was paying attention during COVID but what about here & now as the Climate Crisis ramps up and bogus or no solutions press in on us? Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst joins us to explore the obvious and more (1) & (2).

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

“Climate change isn’t an ‘issue’ to add to the list of things to worry about, next to health care and taxes. It is a civilizational wake-up call. A powerful message – spoken in the language of fires, floods, droughts, and extinctions – telling us that we need an entirely new economic model and a new way of sharing this planet. Telling us we need to evolve”

– Naomi Klein

#EndLoggingOnPublicLand Enviro Show

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:23:58 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. You may have seen the hashtag above on X or elsewhere. We've been using it for a few years now and recently the Massachusetts Sierra Club's Forest Protection Team added the phrase to a new campaign they are rolling out as we speak. Lynne Man, Bill Stubblefield & Bart Bouricius from the Team join us for the latest on that.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

"Let us… seek peace… near the inland murmur of streams, and the gracious waving of trees, the beauteous vesture of earth, and sublime pageantry of the skies. Let us leave 'life', that we may live."

- Mary Shelley

An Experimental Enviro Show

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:39:32 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Remember PETA's efforts to end animal torture at UMass Amherst? Dr. Katherine Roe returns to discuss the "nightmarish test coordinated by University of Massachusetts–Amherst experimenter Agnès Lacreuse" that was pulled after only one day. Here is an Action Link regarding such atrocities. Our guest this week will be speaking about far gentile critters which brings us to our Quote of the Week:

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty" - Albert Einstein

A Climatic Summer Solstice 2024 Enviro Show

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:44:37 GMT

Greetings and Happy Summer Solstice Earthlings. As we mark Litha: Celebrating the Height of Sun’s Power, we will also question the actions of certain parties on Beacon Hill who abuse their power in this time of Climate Crisis. Michael Kellett of Restore the North Woods and Janet Sinclair of Save Mass Forests return to the show to speak truth to power.

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week:

“Forests are the world’s air-conditioning system – the lungs of the planet – and we are on the verge of switching it off.”

- King Charles

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!".

A Poisonous Enviro Show

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:56:44 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. You may recall our previous shows on rodenticide poisoning leading to tragic deaths of key predators. This time Laura Kiesel of Save Arlington Wildlife joins us to discuss a petition to "the Pesticide Board Subcommittee of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources to immediately suspend the registrations of all anticoagulant rodenticide products and conduct an individual review of their active ingredients". Let's end the slaughter, OK?

The Enviro Show Quote of the Week is spot on for this show:

“We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves.”

— Cesar Chavez

A White Mountain National Forest Enviro Show

Tue, 28 May 2024 01:10:00 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. You may recall we recently featured the potential logging threat in the Green Mountain National Forest with our friend Zack Porter of Standing Trees ? Well, Zack is back this time with Standing Trees active member Jerry Curran. We'll be looking at a similar mindless threat to the neighboring White Mountains National Forest in New Hampshire. The U.S. Forest Service (who actually only serve the logging industry) continues business-as-usual with mind-numbing climate crimes across the nation.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week comes from on of our own in Massachusetts:

"We need new and old trees, solar panels and forests, dense housing and accessible green space."

- Sen. Ed Markey introducing the recent Trees as a Public Good Earth Day forum.

A Smart Solar Enviro Show

Tue, 14 May 2024 21:43:57 GMT

Greetings Earthlings. Spring is upon us and the days are getting longer, more daytime to resist The Machine! Those corporados and their enablers are planning yet more deforestation for corporate solar arrays and associated explosive battery siting here in the Commonwealth and across the nation. The struggle for smarter siting continues. Sharon Weizenbaum of Smart Solar Shutesbury returns to the show joined by Eric S Bachrach of Smart Solar Amherst.

Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week is right in line with this week's show:

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”

- Chris Maser

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!".

A Coming Home Enviro Show

Wed, 01 May 2024 01:43:52 GMT

A Coming Home Enviro Show

Greetings 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

A Good Earth Scouts Enviro Show

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:08:59 GMT

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!

Another Green Mtn. National Forest Enviro Show

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 01:12:49 GMT

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!".

A "Timber Targets" Enviro Show

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:49:39 GMT

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!".

Another Beware the Ides of March Enviro Show

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:35:39 GMT

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!

A Somewhat Presidential Enviro Show

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:47:37 GMT

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.

A Climate Defiance Enviro Show

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:44:33 GMT

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 "Forests as Climate Solutions" Enviro Show, Part II

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:24:30 GMT

The "Forests as Climate Solutions" Enviro Show, Part II

Greetings 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 "Forests as Climate Solutions" Enviro Show, Part 1

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 02:22:33 GMT

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 2024 New Year Enviro Show

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:40:45 GMT

The 2024 New Year Enviro Show

Greetings 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!".

The 2023 Winter Solstice Enviro Show

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:41:36 GMT

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 Atwood

OK listeners, that's all for now just remember to listen to your Mother.

The COP28 & Fate Environ Show

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:48:12 GMT

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.

An Act for a Livable Planet Enviro Show

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:38:06 GMT

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"