What's in store for the future of solar energy?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California's plans to require utility companies to get 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by the end of 2020. With California leading solar installations in the US, how promising is the future of solar energy? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How many people are employed in the solar industry? What's next for this industry? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Clifton, Operation Engineering Manager at Sprig Electric

David Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Energy Reporter

Bernadette Del Chiaro, Clean Energy Program Director at Environment California

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Help KALW Map Earthquake Preparedness
Text the word "KIT" to 30644 to participate in a simple survey that will automatically create a map that you can access. It only takes a couple of seconds, and will help us draw a picture of how ready our communities are, and where we can do better.

How is California preparing for climate change?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the impacts of climate change on California. How do we need to adapt our natural and built environments and our policies? The California Air Resources Board just adopted the nation's first cap-and-trade regulations. Will these air pollution controls work? What other policies are needed to adapt to climate change effects such as rising sea level? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is climate change affecting your area? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Healy Hamilton, former director of the Center for Applied Biodiversity Informatics at the California Academy of Sciences

Steve Goldbeck, chief deputy director of the SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Charlie Knox, public works and community development director for the City of Benicia

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Help KALW Map Earthquake Preparedness
Text the word "KIT" to 30644 to participate in a simple survey that will automatically create a map that you can access. It only takes a couple of seconds, and will help us draw a picture of how ready our communities are, and where we can do better.

How can we keep California's oceans safe for whales?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the struggles whales are facing on the Pacific coast. At least five dead whales have been sighted or have washed ashore on Northern California beaches since late July. Researchers say abundant swarms of krill and an increase in ship strikes are to blame. What can we do to reduce ship collisions and prevent more deaths? Join us live at 11 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do we raise public consciousness about the threats to these remarkable mammals? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jackie Dragon, director of the Marine Sanctuaries Program with Pacific Environment

John Calambokidis, marine mammal biologist with Cascadia Research

Jodi Frediani, wildlife photographer

Roger Bland, professor of physics at SF State and whale communications researcher

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What does AB32 actually do?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series with a conversation about California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, a.k.a. AB32. The opponents of AB32 are introducing a November initiative to suspend it; but what's really in AB32? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does AB32 help California's future? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Steven Maviglio, spokesman for California Clean Energy and Jobs, an alliance of companies and environmental groups defending AB32. He is also the publisher of California Majority Report.

Susanne Rust, an investigative reporter for California Watch focused on the environment

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What have we done to protect our Mother Earth?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to local environmental activists about their efforts to clean up our act on this planet. April 22, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day as a national holiday. What environmental achievements do we have to celebrate?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are you celebrating Earth Day? Who are your Earth Day heroes? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Kevin Connelly, associate director of the Earth Island Institute in Berkeley
Marie Harrison, community organizer with Greenaction in Bayview/Hunter's Point
Terranisha Nathaniel, a junior at Excel High School in West Oakland
Sandy Saeteurn, community organizer in Richmond
James Walker, a local city equipment services worker and member of SEIU Local 1021's Richmond Chapter.

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What will It Take to Save California's Salmon?

Why should you care about saving California's salmon? For the past two years, there's been no salmon-fishing season at all -- and a third year hangs in the balance. On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the plight of salmon. The dramatic decline in salmon population has cost thousands of jobs. And it indicates bigger problems with how California manages its water. But what would it take to restore a sustainable salmon fishery on the California coast?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's your role, whether you eat salmon or not? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Christina Swanson--Executive Director and Chief Scientist for The Bay Institute

Caleen Sisk-Franco--Chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California

Larry Collins--Commercial fisherman, president of the Crab Boat Owners Association of San Francisco, and a founding member of Salmon Water Now

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Has Climate Change Met its Match in California?

Is California showing the way on reversing climate change? On the next Your Call, we'll continue our weeklong series on Copenhagen by talking about California's role in the global fight against global warming. Has California followed through on its commitments to reduce greenhouse gases any better than the nations who signed on to the Kyoto Protocol? Join the conversation at 11 am or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does California need to do to curb CO2 emissions? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Erin Rogers, Western Region Manager, Climate and Energy Program at Union of Concerned Scientists

William Julian, public policy director for an assembly member in Sacramento. He served as Legislative Director and Commissioner Legal Advisor for the California Public Utilities Commission from 1999 through 2004, including the acute period of the California Energy Crisis.

Fran Pavley, State Senator, and author of AB 32, the "Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006"

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Your Call 100709 The Commons: California's Water Crisis

California is running out of water. After three years of drought, is it the day of reckoning for California's water system? How do we get water to California's farms, businesses and houses, and still leave enough for the fish? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. How can we share California's limited water with everyone, and still save enough for the future? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dave Runston in Davis
Policy director with the Community Alliance with Family Farms and the California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative.

John Cain in the studio
Director of conservation for flood management at American Rivers. He previously served as the Director of Restoration Programs at the Natural Heritage Institute in San Francisco.

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