Episode Details

This week:

Why don’t I eat animals?

Plus, the news:

• Carbon capture is (mostly) BS
• Narcan vending machines save lives
• The vertical farming boom doesn’t have enough power
• Hacking EV charging stations
• And more!

Here's What You Can Do:

• Donate to the Food Animals Concerns Trust to advocate for raising food producing animals in a healthy and humane manner.
• Volunteer with the Environmental Voter Project to turn out more environmental voters for elections at every level.
• Get educated about climate-friendly food with this municipal guide from Friends of the Earth, a blueprint for your town to reduce meat consumption, costs, and associated pollution deaths.
• Be heard about reproductive freedom and urge Congress to protect abortion access on a federal level.
• Invest in tech companies supporting global decarbonization.

News Roundup

Health & Medicine

• “Dementia Villages” could be the future of home care
• Narcan vending machines are saving lives in the opioid epidemic
• The risk of dying from breast cancer has dropped dramatically since the 90s, which is great. Meanwhile, maternal mortality rates have more than doubled in some states, which is decidedly NOT great
• Big Phar