<span><font face="Arial" size="2">Dear CMA
member,</font></span>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Climate Radio is
producing a new series of weekly programmes during the July-September
period.</font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">If you would like to
join the dozen or more stations that are already broadcasting these programmes -
please contact: <a href="mailto:phil@switch-off.co.uk" target="_blank">phil@switch-off.co.uk</a></font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Further information
about these programmes in the form of a recent press release
follows</font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Best
wishes,</font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Phil
England</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.climateradio.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.climateradio.co.uk</a></font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
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<h2 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial;"><u><font size="2">Press Release: 18 June 2008</font></u></span></i></b></h2>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span> </p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2"><b>Resonance 104.4 FM in
partnership with Climate Radio is proud to announce a new series of...
</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="Courier New"> </font></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;">The Two
Degrees Show</span></i><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></h1>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The campaigning climate change bulletin returns with
a new season of weekly half-hour programmes running through July to September.
Previous series have featured a roll call of environmental movers and shakers
including David Miliband, George Monbiot, Caroline Lucas, Rob Hopkins, Chris
Goodall and Mark Lynas. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The new series of this highly regarded, agenda
setting programme starts on Thursday 3rd July at 7:30pm (repeated Monday 7th
July at 1pm) with an update on the science and will continue with an argument
for moratoriums on biofuels and new coal projects, coverage of the 2008 Camp for
Climate Action, and interrogations of the environmental representatives of each
of the four main political parties.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">For more information contact Phil England on 020 8376
2460 or <a href="mailto:phil@switch-off.co.uk" target="_blank">phil@switch-off.co.uk</a></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><i><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Two Degrees Show </span></u></i><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">is broadcast, webcast, podcast and
archived:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Broadcast on Thursdays,
7:30-8pm</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Repeated on Mondays,
1-1:30pm</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Broadcast in central London by
Resonance104.4FM</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Webcast worldwide by ResonanceFM
at <a href="http://www.resonancefm.com/" target="_blank">www.resonancefm.com</a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Podcast by iTunes (search for
"Climate Radio"); <i>The Ecologist</i> magazine at <a href="http://www.theecologist.org/" target="_blank">www.theecologist.org</a>; and ResonanceFM at
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/climateradio" target="_blank">http://feeds.feedburner.com/climateradio</a>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Archived by Climate Outreach and
Information Network (part of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition) at <a href="http://www.climateradio.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.climateradio.co.uk</a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Also syndicated in the UK and
internationally:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Syndicated across the US via the
Pacifica Network's Audioport facility <a href="http://www.audioport.org/" target="_blank">www.audioport.org</a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Syndicated globally through The
A-Infos Radio Project at <a href="http://www.radio4all.net/" target="_blank">www.radio4all.net</a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rebroadcast in the UK by a dozen
or so community radio stations</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Courier New"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">About <i>The Two Degrees Show</i>:</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Two Degrees
Show</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> takes its name from the
emerging consensus amongst scientists and policy makers, that two degrees
centigrade of average global warming is the threshold we must not cross if we
are to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Two
Degrees</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <i>Show</i> is researched,
hosted, narrated and produced by journalist and ResonanceFM co-founder, Phil
England.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The programmes are supported the
Polden Puckham Charitable Trust</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b>Background
Information: </b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Journalist Phil England has produced <span>3</span>5 hours of programming for ResonanceFM on
climate change from 2003 to the present. As a writer, his work has been
published in The Independent, The Herald, The Ecologist, New Internationalist,
Variant and The Wire. His radio programmes have earned a reputation for tackling
the critical topics in the climate change debate through informed interviews
with experts. The full archive of programmes can be found at <a href="http://www.climateradio.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.climateradio.co.uk</a></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Previous
<i>Climate Radio </i>programmes have included
(2006-2007):</span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">An
interview with <b>George Monbiot</b> about his book "Heat: How To Stop The
Planet Burning". Why the UK needs to cut CO2 by 90% by 2030 and how we can do
it.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">A
look at <b>carbon rationing </b>with Mayer Hillman and Richard
Starkey</span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">An interview with Professor John Schellnhuber - the
newly appointed <b>chief advisor to the German government on climate change
</b></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">A
look at the massive (and successful!) civil society campaign for a <b>Climate
Change Bill</b> with <b>David Miliband </b>(then Environment Secretary) Martyn
Williams, Senior Parliamentary Campaigner with Friends of the Earth.
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Caroline
Lucas MEP</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">
assessing EU action on Climate Change</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">On-the-spot
reports from the 2006 & 2007 <b>Camp</b> <b>for Climate Action</b>
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">An
interview with <b>Rob Hopkins </b>founder of the <b>Transition Town
</b>phenomenon that is sweeping the nation</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">An
exploration of <b>carbon trading </b>including a look at the shocking impact on
communities in India of projects funded by the Kyoto Protocol's <b>Clean
Development Mechanism </b>in an interview with a Bengali community
activist</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Coverage
of the <b>UN talks</b> on climate change in Nairobi in news, analysis and on the
spot coverage from experts</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Two
programmes looking at the massive potential of <b>organic farming </b>to help
with climate stabilisation including an interview with Soil Association Chair
and Green & Black's chocolate founder Craig Sams and assessment by
independent experts from the IPCC and DEFRA</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Stewart
Wallis, Executive Director of the <b>New Economics </b>Foundation on why we need
to focus on Well Being rather than GDP if we are to stabilise the
climate</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">An
interview with Phil Thornhill, national co-ordinator of Campaign Against Climate
Change on organising demonstrations in 50 countries ahead of the UN climate
talks </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Coverage
of the RSA <i>No Way Back?</i> conference on <b>ecology and the
arts</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">An
exploration of the potential of <b>decentralised energy</b> production
</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span>
</span></span><b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Low-carbon
pioneer </span></b><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial;">Donnachadh
McCarthy - whose carbon footprint is one seventeenth of the average European
household's - took us on a tour of his South London terraced house and explained
how he does it</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b>Interviewees featured
in earlier programmes (2003-2005) include: </b></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">David Griggs - Meteorological Office Hadley Centre
director</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elliot Morley MP - (at the time) Minister
responsible for the UK's Climate Change Programme</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Peter Ainsworth MP - Environment Audit Committee
chair (at the time)</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Karen Buck MP - Minister for Aviation (at the time)
</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Norman Baker MP - Liberal Democrat environment
spokesman (at the time) </span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">John Gummer MP - Conservative environment
spokesman</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Michael Meacher MP - Former Environment Minister
</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Aubrey Meyer - Contraction & Convergence
pioneer</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Authors: Greg Palast and Mark
Lynas</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Allan Jones - London Climate Change Agency director
(formerly of Woking Council)</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial;">Plus reps from:</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Royal Society, RCEP, Greenpeace, Friends of the
Earth, Tyndall Centre, Camden council, International Climate Change Taskforce,
NEF, Policy Studies Institute, Stop Stansted Airport, BioPower Network and the
Oil Depletion Analysis Centre</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<h1 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><font size="2">Examples of Phil England's current affairs work
include:</font></span></h1>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">George Monbiot vs. James Lovelock: <a href="http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue28/Hope28.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue28/Hope28.pdf</a></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Blair's Wars: <a href="http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue21/blairswars.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue21/blairswars.pdf</a></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Climate Change Prognosis and Courses of
Action</span></li><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue17/17pengland.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue17/17pengland.pdf</a></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">New Labour's Arms Trade: <a href="http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue13/England.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue13/England.pdf</a></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Degraded Capability: <a href="http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue11/Phil_Englan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.variant.randomstate.org/pdfs/issue11/Phil_Englan.pdf</a></span></li>
</ul></font></span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Chris Weaver<br>Production Manager<br>Resonance104.4FM<br><a href="http://resonancefm.com">resonancefm.com</a><br>+44 (0)207 407 1210