Episode Details

Guest host Shehbaz Khan talks about the fires in Canada, and how a US Senate committee hearing on forest policy demonstrates just how far our legislature has fallen, now that our lawmakers are controlled by special interests like the forestry industry. Next, he interviews Aaron Sayer, the engineer who was in charge of the creation of the beryllium mirrors used in the James Webb Space Telescope. Rebecca tells us about the famous drag queen/environmentalist Patty Gonia and then returns later in the show to talk about semelparity. Ecological News includes: Norway passing the 90% mark with new cars being electric; ocean surface temperatures skyrocketing; and EU getting more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.