Trump Attacks the Environment While Pope Leo Defies Him with Calls for Peace with Iran

About this episode

Brad Bannon discusses environmental issues and Trump's actions with Bob Deans and the conflict with Iran involving Pope Leo with Tara Devlin.

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET. Brad is first joined by Bob Deans, Director of Strategic Engagement for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The two discuss the environment ahead of this year's Earth Day, which is this coming Wednesday. The NRDC tracks the Trump administration's actions and proposals that threaten the environment and public health. They've documented 470 and counting in about a dozen different categories. They're attacking the 'Clean Water Act,' the 'Clean Air Act,' and the 'Endangered Species Act.' Learn more at https://www.nrdc.org/resources/white-house-watch-tracking-attacks-our-environment-health. However, while efforts to combat climate change have regressed on a federal level, there's still real progress happening on the state level in many different parts of the U.S. Brad is then joined by Tara Devlin, host of the 'TARABUSTER' podcast. The pair covers…

People in this episode

Guests: Bob Deans, Tara Devlin

Topics covered

• environment
• Trump administration
• Earth Day
• climate change
• Iran
• Pope Leo

Keywords

• polling
• public health
• Clean Water Act
• Clean Air Act
• Endangered Species Act

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Bannon Communications Research, TARABUSTER

Books & works: Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon, TARABUSTER, the 'Sermon on the Mount, the Gospel of Matthew

Places: Iran, U.S., Chicago, Los Angeles

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