<![CDATA[KPFK - California Solartopia]]> https://archive.kpfk.org webmaster@kpfk.org (Archive Manager) webmaster@kpfk.org (KPFK Admin) en-us Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0800 60 Pacifica Archive archiver_9.0.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Public Affairs - Local KPFK Public Radio - Online Archives webmaster@kpfk.org Harvey Wasserman & Myla Reson no <![CDATA[Wednesday, March 4, 2026 - ARE YOU READY FOR REACTOR RADIATION IN YOUR CONSUMER PRODUCTS? Donald Trump wants to pump still more radiation into your consumer product stream. The legendary DIANE D'ARRIGO of the Nuclear Information & Resource Service joins TATANKA BRICCA and HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN to explore Trump’s latest radioactive Executive Order. The Trump family has direct financial interests in promoting atomic power. Diane’s expertise in atomic issues dates back fifty years. It includes FIFTEEN successful campaigns against Below Regulatory Concern attempts to let more radioactive waste into the consumer waste stream. With characteristic verve, genius, and even a song, Diane gives us the complete lowdown on this highly insane radioactive Trump demand. ]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260304_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260304_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0800 Editor & Engineer: GARY SCOTT]]> 1634 no Public Affairs - Local <![CDATA[Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - Today’s “California Solartopia” edition features the long-time safe energy activist ACE HOFFMAN, who updates us on the green power war in Gavin Newsomland. Ace is an educational software and animation expert whose exceptional activism help shut the San Onofre atomic reactors. With remarkable persistence and understanding, Ace’s grassroots organizing continues to help lead the charge to solarize California despite the shocking opposition of our “anti-Trump” governor. Ace is an extremely rare and brilliant presenter; don’t miss his presence this week on California Solartopia. ]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260225_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260225_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0800
Engineer & Editor: Gary Scott]]> 1740 no Public Affairs - Local <![CDATA[Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - TRANSCENDING REACTOR DISASTERS IN NEW YORK, MICHIGAN & CALIFORNIA As Donald Trump becomes America’s sole nuclear regulator, multi-billion-dollar scams demand to re-start the Indian Point (NY) and Palisades (MI) nukes while continuing to operate the rickety, embrittled reactors at Diablo Canyon (CA). With hosts HARVEY "SUNNY" WASSERMAN & TATANKA BRICCA, we hear from the legendary New York attorney SUSAN SHAPIRO, whose lifelong activism has helped save the Hudson River from radioactive catastrophe. As New York’s incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul sinks into atomic madness, we blaze the path toward the post-fossil/nuclear Solartopia that offers our species economic and ecological salvation. ]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260218_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260218_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0800
Engineer & Editor: Gary Scott]]> 1714 no Public Affairs - Local <![CDATA[Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - NUCLEAR WINTER IS KILLING UKRAINE WHILE BALCONY SOLAR HEATS EUROPE & UTAH CALIFORNIA SOLARTOPIA hosts Harvey "Sunny" Wasserman and Tatanka Bricca welcome the Green Party’s legendary HOWIE HAWKINS, who warns that Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s nuke reactors threaten planetary survival. Putin’s attacks on Ukraine’s power systems aim to freeze and starve the nation. But they also threaten melt-downs and explosions at 19 nukes, including the 4 at Chernobyl. Meanwhile, California legislators are weighing SB 868 - a bill that would exempt small portable solar generation devices from all interconnection requirements imposed by the state. Similar legislation has already been adopted in Utah, allowing off-grid installation of solar panels. Hawkins emphasizes that such deployments are already revolutionizing energy distribution in Europe, could help save Ukraine, and could spell the end of nuke power in the US. ]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260211_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260211_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0800 1690 no Public Affairs - Local <![CDATA[Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - Trump’s Nuke Nightmare Metasizes in NY & CA CALIFORNIA SOLARTOPIA this week features Long Island’s great safe energy pioneer Karl Grossman deciphering NY Governor Kathy Hochul’s twisted endorsement of a $33 billion atomic bailout. With co-host Tatanka Bricca we dissect the radioactive partnership between Donald Trump and Democrat governors like Hochul and California’s Gavin Newsom. In tandem, they’re gutting reactor safety while attacking the solar/wind/geothermal/battery solution that can bring us to Solartopia, & to a sustainable planet. But with Trump directly invested in nuke power, the fight for a green-powered Earth has become more vital than ever.]]> https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260204_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 https://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/2kpfk_260204_170000californiasolartopia.mp3 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0800 Engineer & Editor: Gary Scott]]> 1624 no Public Affairs - Local