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The War on Science - with Dr, Sandra Steingraber

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Grants are being cancelled, government scientists are being fired, university research centers are being de-funded, and scientists are leaving the country in record numbers.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the plastic industry’s effort to re-classify pyrolysis (burning of plastic) as “manufacturing,” the environmental havoc caused by flame retardant chemicals used in forest fires, and the possibility that the old Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will be re-activated to meet the growing demand for power. Then PhD biologist Dr. Sanda Steingraber talks about the current war on science, and reminds us of all the achievements that have been made possible through government funding of research. 


The War on Science - with Dr. Sandra Steingraber

Links from the Interview

The website of the Science and Environmental Health Network: https://www.sehn.org/

Dr. Steingraber's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ssteingraber


Links from the News

Holtec International flotas the idea of re-opening the Indian Point nuclear plant: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/10/indian-point-owner-floats-restart-of-shuttered-nuclear-reactors-00552865


Firefighting chemicals wreak havoc on the environment: https://thenarwhal.ca/fire-retardant-wildfires-impact/


The plastic industry wants to re-classify pyrolysis at manufacturing. https://www.levernews.com/trump-clears-path-for-plastic-industrys-fake-recycling-fix/


 
 
 

Big Oil and the Law - with CIEL's Steven Feit

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

The Big Oil PR machine grinds out a lot of disinformation. Steven Feit helps separate the hype from the facts.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the Trump administration’s plans to stop making scientific climate reports easily available to the public, and the new study showing that children living near oil and gas drilling sites have a significantly higher incidence of leukemia. Then Steven Feit, senior attorney with the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL.org), talks about the myth of carbon capture technology and how CEIL is using international law to push back against big oil’s plans for continued pollution of the earth with plastic. 

Big Oil and the Law - with CIEL's Steven Feit

Links from the Interview

The website for the Center for International Environmental Law: https://www.ciel.org/


Links from the News


Children who live near drilling sites are more likely to develop leukemia: https://www.ehn.org/fracking-leukemia-children

 
 
 

The Tiny Building Blocks of Climate Change - with Dr. Tyler Volk.

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Tiny molecules we can't see, feel, smell, touch, or otherwise notice, are the real culprits in climate change.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about a proposed new law in Louisiana prohibiting people living in Cancer Alley from participating in “citizen science" by collecting their own air samples using inexpensive air monitors, and the publication of a new international study confirming the carcinogenicity of the popular pesticide glyphosate (“Round-Up”). Then author, climate scientist, biologist, and biosphere expert Dr. Tyler Volk talks about the tiny molecules that are actually causing all of our climate trouble. 

The Tiny Building Blocks of Climate Change - with Dr. Tyler Volk

Links from the interview

"CO2 Rising" by Dr. Tyler Volk, from MIT Press: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262515214/co2-rising/


YouTube Video: Where in the World is CO2 Rising?


Links from the News


 
 
 
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