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Power clashes between utilities and clean energy innovation

Episode 13

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 • Duration 51:06

Astounding advancements have been made in clean energy technology, and rooftop and community solar initiatives have been shown to drive consumer costs down and help us reach carbon emission reduction goals. So why are solar projects hitting a regulatory brick wall? (hint: it’s about corporate greed and value for monopoly utility shareholders). In today’s episode, we’re joined by the co-director of the Institute for Local Self Reliance, John Farrell, to unravel the ins and outs of why rooftop and community solar and other clean energy advancements are being stoned-walled, and what we can do about it.

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Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Local Energy Rules Podcast

EWG's guide to solar energy

Fight to save rooftop solar in California heads to state Supreme Court (EWG)

Upcharge: Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power (ILSR)

What the Monopoly Utility Model Really Costs Us (ILSR)

The Free Delivery Farce in Solar

KIUC 2023 Annual Report

PG&E to pay $55 million for two massive California wildfires (PBS News)

Project 2025's "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise" (The Heritage Foundation, made public by NPR)

Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode every other week.

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Protecting children from the risks of pesticides

Episode 11

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 • Duration 01:02:18

Many people find EWG while seeking information about pesticides. In today’s episode Ken is joined by our in-house Senior Toxicologist, Dr. Alexis Temkin whose research establishes safety guidelines to help people (including children) minimize their exposure to toxic crop chemicals. In the second half of today’s episode, Ken is joined by renowned pediatrician Dr. Phillip Landrigan whose decades of research and advocacy is integral for understanding the effects of pesticides on children. We see this episode as Pesticides 101, to help give our audience agency over how they (and their families) are exposed to pesticides. Our government isn’t doing enough to protect us from harmful chemical residues often found in healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. Until that changes, we’re grateful for the work of Dr. Temkin and Dr. Landrigan which has helped people, including parents and caregivers, better understand how they can take steps to reduce their exposure to pesticides while eating plenty of healthy fruits and veggies.

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EWG’s 2024 Dirty Dozen

EWG’s 2024 Clean 15
EWG’s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals: The top 12 to avoid

EWG’s YouTube
Alexis Temkin, Ph.D.
EPA warns farmworkers about risks of Dacthal

Missy Sims and Richard Wiles take on Big Oil for causing the climate crisis

Episode 10

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 • Duration 52:10

Oil companies have known about their enormous and “catastrophic” contribution to climate change since the 1950s. They lied about it for as long as they could and are now lying about their newfound commitment to solving the problem they created. Who will hold them accountable? Melissa “Missy” Sims, a lawyer from Illinois, is currently representing 52 Puerto Rican municipalities against Big Oil for hurricane-related damages caused by the climate crisis. Richard Wiles is the president of the Center for Climate Integrity, which helps state and local elected leaders, including state attorneys generals hold Big Oil companies accountable for climate damages through litigation.

In today’s episode, Ken, Missy and Richard talk about how they got to the front lines of protecting our planet by working together on a mission to sue Big Oil and what their hope for the future looks like.

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She’s on a Mission From: God Suing Big Oil Companies for Damages

Center for Climate Integrity

The Global Climate Science Communications Action Plan “The Victory Memo”

T.I.N.A. Group Sceanarios 1998

Exxon’s 1978 report “The Greenhouse Effect”

Exxon’s 1979 report “Controlling Atmospheric CO2”

Exxon's 2019 Corporate Strategic Planning memorandum

Austin Frerick on the corruption of America’s food industry

Episode 9

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 • Duration 48:07

Local businesses and local farms are being lost in this era of monopolizing America’s food system, but the food industry didn’t become corrupt overnight. In today’s episode, Ken is joined by Austin Frerick, expert on agricultural and antitrust policy.

His debut book, “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry” profiles a series of powerful magnates to illustrate the concentration of power in the food system. Policy language used effectively by the food industry is designed to wall people off, Austin’s book let’s people in.

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Austin advised candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg on agricultural policy before ultimately serving as Co-Chair of the Biden campaign’s Agriculture Antitrust Policy Committee. He now works at Yale University, collaborating on research related to competition policy and antitrust enforcement.

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“Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry”

EWG's Meat And Dairy Product Labels Decoder

EWG’s quick tips for reducing your diet's climate footprint

EWG’s Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate & Health

Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode every other week.

Chemical exposure in people and how companies conceal risks from the public, with investigative reporter Sharon Lerner and Professor Philippe Grandjean

Episode 8

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 • Duration 51:50

In a recent New Yorker article, investigative reporter Sharon Lerner writes about former 3M scientist Kris Hansen who conducted a study in the 90s where she found PFAs forever chemicals in the general public's blood. 3M executives told her PFAS chemicals weren't harmful, she believed them. Decades later she would learn the truth about the serious risks of PFAS exposure, and why she decided to speak out against the company she worked at for decades.

We are aware of the harmful effects of PFAs because of Professor Philippe Grandjean, a Danish Toxicologist. In the first part of today’s episode, Ken is joined by Sharon Lerner and talks about the human experience 3m scientist Kris Hansen has gone through since finding out her employer lied to her and the general public for decades. Sharon Lerner refers to Professor Philippe Grandjean’s groundbreaking work in her article and in the second part of today’s episode, Ken is joined by Professor Grandjean to speak about one of his own articles that explores the vested interest in keeping facts about chemical exposure a secret from the public.

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How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals (The New Yorker)
Sharon Lerner's work at ProPublica

Is Pollution Value-Maximizing? The Dupont Case (National Bureau Of Economic Research)

Paracelsus Revisited: The Dose Concept in a Complex World

EWG’s PFAS resources

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