Green Root Podcast #101: ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT?

On episode 101 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—host and former investigative journalist Josh Schlossberg tries to make sense of whether most media outlets are unable or unwilling to accurately and honestly cover environmental topics. Josh talks about: -The ideological and partisan bias he uncovered while working as an award-winning environmentalContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #101: ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA: INEPT OR CORRUPT?”

Green Root Podcast #100: A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST (with Richard Hutto, Wildlife Biologist)

On episode 100 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we explore the ecological wonderland and wildlife haven that is a severely-burned forest, with Richard Hutto, emeritus professor in wildlife biology and author of the new book, A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST: LEARNING TO CELEBRATE SEVERE FOREST FIRE. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with RichardContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #100: A BEAUTIFULLY BURNED FOREST (with Richard Hutto, Wildlife Biologist)”

Wildfire Pretense Logging: The Trojan Horse Destroying Public Lands

What do these recent actions on public lands have in common? The Orwellian “Fix Our Forests” Act. Trump’s executive order to expand American timber production. The rescinding of the Roadless Rule. “Emergency” designation across 112 million acres—59% of National Forests. All of them—unprecedented in scale and scope—push industrial logging under the pretense of “protecting” communitiesContinue reading “Wildfire Pretense Logging: The Trojan Horse Destroying Public Lands”

Green Root Podcast #99: 100 NEW NATIONAL PARKS (with Michael Kellett, RESTORE: The North Woods

On episode 99 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we talk about a positive alternative vision for public lands that would establish 100 new National Parks in the U.S.—at least one in every state—with Michael Kellett, executive director of RESTORE: The North Woods. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Michael about: -How theContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #99: 100 NEW NATIONAL PARKS (with Michael Kellett, RESTORE: The North Woods”

Trump’s Forest Service Pressuring Media to Cover Up Public Lands Logging?

-by Josh Schlossberg, Colorado Advocate, Eco-Integrity Alliance [This opinion piece was sent to multiple media outlets in Colorado, yet each refused to publish it, in effect, media covering up its own cover up.]

Trump’s Fake “Emergency” Logging and Burning of Old-Growth Forests on Utah’s Public Lands

The U.S. Forest Service’s “Pine Valley Wildfire Risk Reduction” in the Dixie National Forest in southern Utah, seeks to log, burn, or take other destructive management actions across 127,667 acres—including in old-growth forests—harming ecosystems, biodiversity, watersheds, climate, air quality, and public health.

A Team of All Goalies Never Wins (Why the Public Lands Movement Can’t Stop Losing)

Those who like hockey know that the most important member of any team is its goalie, whose difficult and often dangerous job is to put their body on the line to keep the other side from scoring. Any club without a good goalie will lose every single game no matter how skilled the rest ofContinue reading “A Team of All Goalies Never Wins (Why the Public Lands Movement Can’t Stop Losing)”

Green Root Podcast #98: WHY PUBLIC LANDS ADVOCACY MATTERS MORE THAN EVER (with Jillian Bar-Av, Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast)

On episode 98 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we talk about past, present, and future threats to public forestlands with Jillian Bar-Av, member of Heartwood (est. 1991) and host of the new Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Jillian about: -How Heartwood has united forest protection advocates acrossContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #98: WHY PUBLIC LANDS ADVOCACY MATTERS MORE THAN EVER (with Jillian Bar-Av, Heartwood Forest Protection Podcast)”

Green Root Podcast #97: BEATING BACK TRUMP’S FOREST SERVICE (with Jeff Stant, Indiana Forest Alliance)

On episode 97 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we celebrate a major victory over the Trump administration’s U.S. Forest Service in the Hoosier National Forest in Indiana, with Jeff Stant, National Forest Program Advisor for Indiana Forest Alliance. Host Josh Schlossberg talks with Jeff about: -The “stop work” order enforced onContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #97: BEATING BACK TRUMP’S FOREST SERVICE (with Jeff Stant, Indiana Forest Alliance)”

Green Root Podcast #96: DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam Bronstein, Our Public Lands)

Video: Audio only: https://open.substack.com/pub/ecointegrityalliance/p/green-root-podcast-96-does-environmental?r=4yod0k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true On episode 96 of the Green Root Podcast—the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance—we question whether or not decades of well-funded, influential “Big Green” environmental NGOs  compromising with industry and government has been effective, and explore how a strong and united grassroots movement might offer a better alternative, with Adam Bronstein, hostContinue reading “Green Root Podcast #96: DOES ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE WORK? (with Adam Bronstein, Our Public Lands)”