Your Community Spirit 2006-03-31c

During the third chunk of this special 1.5 hour broadcast, Aur and Treesong finish up the morning with the usual blend of happenings, news, and bittersweet laughter. Happenings include Big Muddy IMC’s Free Film Friday; Interfaith Center’s Keep the Faith musical coffeehouse; Rosetta Stone Bookstore women’s art opening; a presentation about the human right to water; and the dawn of Earth Month. News includes Bush’s global warming plan (satire?); tree huggers buying pollution credits and sitting on them; reality TV about ecological living; Pentagon avoids clean-up costs by attacking science; Bush unveils meek SUV fuel standards; new Exxon chair defends Exxon’s impact on climate change; Feds lose billions in oil royalties; and San Francisco may charge downtown drivers to reduce congestion.