Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRethinking the Recycling Symbol, The Risks of ‘Chemical Recycling’, Restoring the “River of Grass” and more
The chasing arrow symbol that many consumers think means a plastic product is recyclable often doesn’t mean that in practice, since most plastics are…
3 years ago
Landmark Youth Climate Trial, Antarctic Deep Ocean Currents Slowing, and A New War on Cancer
The first constitutional climate suit in the U.S. has made it to trial. Sixteen youthful plaintiffs allege that the state of Montana has violated the…
3 years ago
PFAS Added to Plastic Containers, New Shell Plastics Plant Pollutes, Bringing Back the Endangered Species Act, and more
PFAS “forever chemicals,” linked to cancer, liver problems and more, are leaching into cosmetics, household cleaners, and even food stored in plastic…
3 years, 1 month ago
EU Passes Deforestation-Free Products Legislation, An Introduction to Queer Ecology, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands and more
The European Union’s new deforestation-free regulation blocks certain products made from cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, soya, and wood, from enteri…
3 years, 1 month ago
Juneteenth: An Urgent Call for Climate Solutions + Robert Smalls’ Heroic Escape from Slavery
Generations of Black Americans have faced racism, redlining and environmental injustices, such as breathing 40 percent dirtier air and being twice as…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Double-Edged Sword of Disinfectants, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, A World Without Plastic Pollution and more
New research is showing that antimicrobial chemicals called quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs), which are widely used in disinfectants, pesticides …
3 years, 1 month ago
Supreme Court Strips Away Wetlands Protections, Environmental Justice in All of Government, Curbside Capture of Desert Rain, and more
In a decision reversing five decades of legal precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively stripped environmental protections from nearly half of th…
3 years, 2 months ago
ExxonMobil Sued in Guyana, Less Water for the Dry West, The Great Displacement and more
Guyana has one of the fastest growing economies on the planet as an offshore oil boom gets underway. But a potential spill could wipe out its fishing…
3 years, 2 months ago
Power to the People, Restoring Finland’s Peatlands, Backyard Chickens and more
New York state has adopted a new law aimed at using federal funds to boost public power from renewables and shut down six polluting “peaker” gas powe…
3 years, 2 months ago
Amazing Animal Mothers, Bringing a Plastics Giant to Justice, Finding the Mother Tree and more
This Mother’s Day we’re celebrating the incredible tenacity and tenderness of animal mothers, from crocodiles to leopards to whales. Our guest shares…
3 years, 2 months ago