In the Connect the Dots podcast, the Center’s president, Rob Verchick, interviews legal experts, scholars and researchers, and community members on policy issues that impact you, your family, and your community. Each season untangles themes related climate adaptation, energy justice, workers’ rights and public health, and more.
This podcast is supported in part by the Arlie W. Schardt Fund for Climate Justice.
In this episode of Connect the Dots, Rob Verchick is joined by Sharan Burrow of the International Trade Union Confederation. They discuss the importance of community involvement in policy making, the idea of a “just transition” away from a reliance on fossil fuels, the role of corporate and federal transparency in encouraging confidence of workers and unions, and the feasibility of the “Green New Deal.”
CPR President and host Rob Verchick is joined by Shalini Vajjhala of re:focus partners to discuss the meaning of resilience, consider the impacts of environmental disaster on city infrastructure, and explore how communities can take proactive, rather than reactive, approaches to prompting long-term change.
In this episode of Connect the Dots, Center for Progressive Reform President Rob Verchick talks with Rachel Rye Butler of Greenpeace USA about North America's "Pipeline Wars." Learn how grassroots protests against proposed oil and gas pipelines relate to indigenous rights, environmental protection, economic growth, and climate change.
This episode continues the discussion about city, county, and state climate justice cases against major oil companies. Center for Progressive Reform President Rob Verchick talks with Marin County (CA) Supervisor Kate Sears and CPR Board Member Tom McGarity.
Center for Progressive Reform President Rob Verchick talks with Marin County (CA) Supervisor Kate Sears about California localities that are suing companies like Chevron, ExxonMobil, and others for hiding the dangers of and damages caused by climate change. This episode also includes short interviews with participants in the Cultures and Disasters III Conference, held on June 28-29, 2018, in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.