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by Global Justice Ecology Project / Host Steve Taylor
Produced by Global Justice Ecology Project, Breaking Green is a podcast that talks with activists and experts to examine the intertwined issues of social, ecological and economic injustice. Breaking Green also explores some of the more outrageous proposals to address climate and environmental crises that are falsely being sold as green. But we can't do it without you! We accept no corporate sponsors, and rely on people like you to make Breaking Green possible.If you'd like to donate, text GIVE to 716-257-4187 or donate online at: https://globaljusticeecology.org/Donate-to-Breaking-Green (select apply my donation to "Breaking Green Podcast")
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- 1 weeks ago31 min
The USDA Just Cleared a Defective GMO Tree for Release into the Wild with Anne Petermann
Send us Fan Mail A genetically engineered (GE) chestnut modified with a wheat gene is being framed as a conservation breakthrough, but the reality is far messier and far more permanent. After the USDA deregulated the GE American chestnut for release, we asked the question regulators keep sidestepping: what does “safety” even mean when a tree can live for centuries, spread pollen for miles, and reproduce in ecosystems we cannot control? We speak with Anne Petermann of Global Justice Ecology P...
- Aug 13, 202639 min
Conservation by Force: The Hidden Violence of Protecting 'Wilderness' with Zahra Moloo
Send us Fan Mail Be sure to subscribe or follow, and share this podcast We talk with investigative journalist and filmmaker Zahra Moloo about how conservation in Southeast Cameroon has meant the eviction of the Baka people from their ancestral forests, while logging, trophy hunting, and fortress conservation-style "protected areas" expand side by side. We trace the colonial and capitalist roots of fortress conservation, what violence associated with fortress conservation has done to the Baka ...
- Jul 6, 202630 min
Decolonizing Conservation: Evictions of Indigenous Maasai in Tanzania
Send us Fan Mail Photo: Orin Langelle / Global Justice Ecology Project UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It is tasked with the promotion of global peace and security through international cooperation in education, science, culture, and information. Yet recent reporting by Survival International focuses on how UNESCO has used its influence to support the forced relocation of the Indigenous Maasai People from their ancestral land in Ta...
- Jun 15, 202637 min
AI Power Demands Are Rewriting Nuclear Safety with Peter Jones
Send us Fan Mail In the face of new studies showing increased dangers of exposure to radiation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing the repeal of a 50 year old safety regulation known "As Low As Reasonably Achievable" or ALARA. This is being done to fast track small modular reactors (SMRs). A proposed new nuclear technology, SMRs are seen as a possible answer to the energy bottleneck for the expansion of data centers that feed artificial intelligence. SMRs would be smaller but spre...
- Apr 27, 202638 min
Data Centers And Industrial Farming Are Fueling A Groundwater Crisis, with Kaleb Lay
Send us Fan Mail We talk with Kaleb Lay from Oregon Rural Action about how people living in a rural Oregon “sacrifice zone” end up with poisoned well water, and a widening wealth gap. We explore environmentalist claims that industrial farming, combined with a rapid build-out of Amazon data centers is compounding deadly nitrate contamination while communities fight for testing, transparency, and accountability. • what Oregon Rural Action does across immigration justice and pollution wor...
- Mar 18, 202643 min
Armageddon Briefings: US Commanders Said Iran War to Bring Armageddon - with Jonathan Larsen
Send us Fan Mail Some US service members say they were told a war with Iran wouldn’t just be strategic—it would be biblical. According to complaints gathered by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, certain US commanders allegedly framed the conflict as part of God’s plan: a step toward Armageddon and the return of Jesus. If true, that raises urgent questions about how religious ideology may be shaping military culture—and potentially influencing decisions with global consequences. In th...
- Mar 10, 202642 min
How Monoculture Undermines Soil and Communities with Dr. Joshua T. Anderson
Send us Fan Mail We trace how the Great Plains still lives with Dust Bowl forces as Dr. Joshua Anderson links soil loss, monoculture, and rural decline to a culture that no longer asks if we are growing food. Caregiving for his father with MS shapes a vision to “restory” land and rebuild soil health through minimal disturbance, living roots, diversity, and cover. Joshua T. Anderson is a writer and soil conservationist from rural North Dakota committed to flyways, foodways, and folkways. His f...
- Jan 25, 202642 min
Rising Resistance to ICE in Minneapolis with IEN's Mark Tilsen
Send us Fan Mail We talk with Oglala Lakota poet and organizer Mark K. Tilson about the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the killing of Renee Good, and how neighbors are building a decentralized resistance. The conversation traces lawless tactics, historical patterns, and the courage that grows when people act together. • collapse of civic life in Minneapolis under raids and fear • judicial warrants versus administrative actions • masked agents, unmarked vehicles, and disinformation&nbs...
About Breaking Green
Produced by Global Justice Ecology Project, Breaking Green is a podcast that talks with activists and experts to examine the intertwined issues of social, ecological and economic injustice. Breaking Green also explores some of the more outrageous proposals to address climate and environmental crises that are falsely being sold as green. But we can't do it without you! We accept no corporate sponsors, and rely on people like you to make Breaking Green possible.If you'd like to donate, text GIVE to 716-257-4187 or donate online at: https://globaljusticeecology.org/Donate-to-Breaking-Green (select apply my donation to "Breaking Green Podcast")
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