Journalist Robert Hunziker on the politics of climate change

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Wed, 08/26/2015 - 8:00am to 9:00am
The children, the Pope and a Totem Pole Journey versus Ted Cruz and the Koch Brothers

Host Paul Roland speaks again with cutting-edge climate journalist Robert Hunziker from Los Angeles. They will discuss the Children's Trust lawsuit and critical information that has come to light in the discovery process; Pope Francis' upcoming address to the U.S. Congress; the Totem Pole Journey en route to the Northern Cheyenne in Montana and the crucial role of indigenous people in the climate struggle; and Ted Cruz as a pivotal figure, with his Koch Brothers connections, holding the line against the rising movement to curtail climate disaster.

Robert Hunziker (MA, economic history, DePaul University) is a freelance writer and environmental journalist whose articles have been translated into foreign languages and appeared in over 50 journals, magazines, and sites worldwide, like Z magazine, European Project on Ocean Acidification, Ecosocialism Canada, Climate Himalaya, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Comite Valmy, and UK Progressive. He has been interviewed about climate change on Pacifica Radio, KPFK, KBOO, Indymedia On Air, and the World View Show/UK, as well as Thom Hartmann's Big Picture, and Norman B's Life Elsewhere, 88.5 WMNF. 
He can be reached at rlhunziker@gmail.com He offered to provide the 31-page Discovery Report by Dr. James Hansen for the Children's Trust lawsuit mentioned on the show. The Report is also attached below.
 
Recent articles:

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/17/children-fight-governmental-climate-policies/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/06/pope-francis-in-washington-dc/

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/21/dismantling-ted-cruzs-global-warming-statement/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/11/first-it-was-the-polar-bears-now-its-the-hemisphere/
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/03/the-perfectly-nasty-ocean-storm/


Other groups and projects mentioned on the show:
http://totempolejourney.com/

http://ourchildrenstrust.org/
https://floodthesystem.net/
http://www.nolngexports.org/contact-decision-makers/
 

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