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On the April 21, 2024 episode of Mic Check, host Mike Merli speaks with Omar Antar, the Founder of the CT Palestine Alliance, a confederation of Jews, Muslims, Christians, and other citizen groups, working to move the state of Connecticut and the nation toward peace & justice, in particular in Palestine.

Omar discusses the Alliance's work, which includes organizing to shift municipal and state-level elected officials to support an immediate and permanent Ceasefire in Gaza.

For more on the CT Palestine Alliance:
www.palestinect.com

To access the Palestine Voter Pledge:
www.bit.ly/palestinepledge

- Bogota Colombia is rationing water due to drought
- Morocco's second-largest reservoir drying up
-new scientific method pinpoints microplastic pollution 'hotspots'
-Court finds climate crisis involves human rights violations.
-7 countries generate 100% of electricity from renewable energy
-The EU’s Green Claims Directive rules
-Sea otters help kelp forest ecosystems

-March was the Earth’s 10th consecutive month of record-breaking heat
-57 companies responsible for 80% of the world’s global CO2 emissions
-An "extremely active" hurricane season is likely in 2024.
-The rate of carbon emissions cuts in the United States has doubled
-Billionaire Australian to invest in green projects
-China is the most polluting nation and doing most for renewable energy.

-The Antarctic Circumpolar Current getting faster
-California temporarily shuts down Highway 1 due to coastal erosion
-Solar panels are so cheap that they are being used to build garden fences
-Global heating is causing problems for a variety of crops
-Hong Kong’s records highest Temp for March in 140 years,
-Half of the tap water in the U S contaminated with forever“ chemicals,”
-Amount of plastic packaging waste created by Amazon has increased

Laura Modlin hosts a discussion with Louise Washer, president of the Norwalk River Watershed Association and co-founder of the Pollinator Pathway.

Native pollinators are vital to our communities and they discuss why. As well as bills being proposed to protect native pollinators against the deadly effects of neonic pesticides; and what you can do to encourage their proliferation in your yards and beyond.

Originally aired April 7, 2024.

Boston University professor Assaf Kfoury: After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack

Independent journalist Julie Dermansky: Media Coverage Lapse of 2023 Marathon Petroleum Refinery Fire Leaves Residents Vulnerable

Mother Jones fellow Katie Herchenroeder: Arizona Supreme Court Revives ‘Zombie’ 1864 Abortion Ban

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Tension between China and the Philippines heating up
• Why did the US Navy kill Arizona’s housing bill?
• Florida slates referendum on constitutional amendment to overturn 6-week abortion ban