"Connect the Dots" with Rob Verchick launches engaging, accessible discussions with top policy experts, helping listeners "connect the dots" between issues in their communities and new developments in climate change, environmental protection, worker and consumer safety, and social equality. CPR (the Center for Progressive Reform) is a nonprofit policy center helping to build thriving communities, safe workplaces, and a resilient planet. Rob Verchick teaches at Loyola University New Orleans C ...
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Episode 6: Fossil Fuels on Trial: Suing Oil Companies for Climate Change Disasters (Part 2)
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Marin County Board of Supervisors Member Kate Sears returns, joined by CPR's Tom McGarity to discuss litigation against greenhouse gas contributors. Listen or download for later.Von Rob Verchick
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Episode 5: Fossil Fuels on Trial: Suing Oil Companies for Climate Change Disasters (Part 1)
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Marin County, California, Board of Supervisors Member Kate Sears about holding major greenhouse gas contributors accountable in the courts. Also, Rob Verchick talks briefly with experts at a conference in Germany on disaster management and human culture. Listen or download for later.Von Rob Verchick
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Episode 4: Keeping Workers Safe in the Era of Climate Change
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CPR's Sid Shapiro and Katie Tracy discuss the challenges climate change poses for workers, now and in the future. Listen or download for later.Von Rob Verchick
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Episode 3: Preparing for Climate Change and Toxic Floods in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
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CPR's David Flores discusses toxic flooding and its relationship to climate change. Also, David Ossman and Judith Walcutt deliver a stylized audio op-ed: "The Octopus in the Parking Garage." Listen or download for later.Von Rob Verchick
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Episode 2: The Age of Climate Migration
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CPR's Maxine Burkett on climate change and relocation/migration. Also, Rob Verchick talks briefly with experts at a climate migration conference in South Korea. Listen or download for later.Von Rob Verchick
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