Nicole Sandler has worked in radio her entire adult life. After a successful career in music radio in NY and Los Angeles (WPLJ, KLOS, KSCA and others), she returned to talk radio to host mornings on then-progressive talk WINZ/Miami. After a flip to sports, she moved to Air America Radio for a nightly show. When AAR went off the air on Jan 21, 2010, Nicole Sandler moved online where she continues to question authority daily at nicolesandler.com.

20210203 Nicole Sandler Show - A Visit with the Environmental Coffee House
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President Joe Biden has signed a bunch of Executive Orders in his first two weeks in office. As he said yesterday, he's not making new law, he's just eliminating bad policy. Last Wednesday was the day he tackled climate. On day one, Biden signed executive orders to re-join the Paris Climate Accord and another refocusing on the climate crisis and canceling the Keystone XL permit . Last Wednesday, day 8, he continued with another order to initiate a plan to combat climate change (in accordance with the Paris treaty), establishing the Office of Domestic Climate Policy and a national climate task force. And he brought science back to the White House, filling the position of Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (a position left open by Trump for the past 18 months), and also appoint him to serve as presidential science adviser. And, for the first time, that position was elevated to cabinet level. We've also seen Biden appoint new secretaries of Energy (Jennifer Granholm), Interior (Deb Haaland). And he named former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy the first White House National Climate Advisor, and appointed John Kerry as the first United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Friend of the show Sandy Schoelles is founder and creator of The Environmental Coffee House and joins us today to grade the new administration on its climate crisis concern and explain the good, the bad and the ugly. Of course, as usual, we'll begin with the latest news and insanity...