Rep. Paul Tonko is chair of the Climate Change Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee. His CLEAN Future act has been criticized for promoting several false climate solutions. Alexis Goldsmith of Beyond Plastics discusses with WOOC's Mark Dunlea the effort to urge Tonko to remove support from the incineration of municipal waste from the bill. And the COVID Report from The River Newsroom is featured, with local pandemic news for the Catskills and Hudson Valley. And Rensselaer County Historian Kathy Sheehan spoke with WOOC's Melissa Bromley about some of the remarkable women who've lived here. Plus, Pat Hynes of the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice in Western Massachusetts will speak on April 5th to the Syracuse Peace Council about "We Can't Save the Planet Without Taking on the Military." She discusses how the military impacts the climate and what could be done to reduce its carbon footprint with WOOC's Mark Dunlea

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