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WGXC Morning Show: Alexis Goldsmith, COVID-19, Pat Hynes, Kathy Sheehan (Audio)
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
The WGXC Morning Show is a radio magazine show featuring local news, interviews with community leaders and personalities, reports on cultural issues, a rundown of public meetings and local and regional events, with weather updates, and more about and for the community, made mostly through volunteers in the community through WGXC. The Catskill Makers Syndicate produce the "Better Weather" for the show. Rob Gelles produces the Columbia County history segment "Rob Around The County" and "This Month in History" for the show. Julia Joern produced the "Hudson Valley Word of Mouth" interview segment each week. The "WGXC Congressional Report" also airs here. Some reports come from our partner station, WOOC-LP in Troy, out of The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Tom Roe also cuts up local and national news with songs and sounds for the show. At 9 a.m. "The WGXC Daily," with local headlines, weather, and previews of community events, airs. At 10 a.m., national headlines from Public News Service are on WGXC. Sometimes national, state, or local press conferences, meetings, or events are broadcast live here.