Forest and the Trees with Melinda Tuhus

Steve Winter fights for sustainability in New Haven, and at the General Assembly

I chat with New Haven's Sustainability Director about the myriad efforts ongoing or in the offing to help New Haven confront current and future climate impacts. Since he is also a state rep, we talk about the fate of the Fossil Fuel Superfund Act.

Eddie Lejuine and Ruth Breech on worm's eye and bird's eye views of the harms of LNG

Impacts on fisher folk in LA and broader health and climate impacts of Liquefied "Natural" Gas (LNG) export terminals

Challenges to expanding Tweed New Haven airport

Attorney Roger Reynolds with Save the Sound and Katie Bennett, who lives near Tweed New Haven airport, discuss environmental and neighborhood concerns if the airport is expanded.

Robert Shetterly on Americans Who Tell the Truth Photo Gallery

Artist Robert Shetterly has created a gallery of hundreds of portraits entitled Americans Who Tell the Truth. Pictured is Rachel Corrie, an American student who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003 as she was trying to protect a Palestinian family's home. Visit all the portraits and biographical information at www.americanswhotellthetruth.org.

Lori Martin and Lorrice Grant discuss hunger and food policy in CT

These two women with years of experience in the food/hunger space talk with host Melinda Tuhus about efforts to reduce food waste and get good food to those who need it, a challenge made more difficult by both budget cuts the Trump administration pushed through and what became the longest government shutdown in US history, with the pausing of the SNAP program, and the hardships it caused.