On today’s Your Call One Planet Series, we discuss Water for Life, a documentary film that tells the story of three Indigenous activists in Central and South America as they fight to protect their ancestral lands and water rights.
The film follows Alberto Curamil, a Mapuche chief in Chile, Francisco Pineda, a corn-grower in El Salvador, and the late Berta Cáceres of the Lenca in Honduras, as they face jail and murder while leading movements to safeguard their drinking and irrigation water from multinational corporations and corrupt governments.
Joining us will be:
- Will Parrinello, award-winning documentary filmmaker and director of Water for Life
- Rick Tejada-Flores, documentary filmmaker and co- producer of Water for Life
- Maria Jose Calderon, award-winning documentary producer, editor, and co-producer of Water for life
Then we discuss a recent executive order that that aims to stop the enforcement of state climate laws and policies. According to CalMatters, Trump’s executive order directs US Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify state and local acts that may be unconstitutional or preempted by federal law. Within 60 days, the attorney general must report back with findings and recommendations for action.
Trump’s order singles out California’s cap and trade program, a market-based system created in 2012 that is considered one of the state’s key policies for combating climate change. The program sets limits on greenhouse gas emissions and allows companies to buy and sell credits. Twelve other states have similar programs for cutting greenhouse gases.
To help us unpack what’s at stake, we’ll be joined by Ken Alex, director of Project Climate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, and Environment.
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