Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchExtreme Drought Causes Famine in East Africa, The Health Toll of L.A.’s Oil Rigs, A Leg Up for a Baby Giraffe and more
A punishing drought in the Horn of Africa linked to climate change has led to mass famine, and some 19 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya…
4 years ago
Biden Punts On National Climate Emergency, Blue Trees to Raise Awareness About Deforestation, The James Webb Space Telescope and More!
President Biden responds to a lack of Congressional action on climate change with new executive orders but stops short of declaring a national climat…
4 years ago
Biden Boosts Solar Production, A Seaweed Diet for Cows, A Trip to Grand Teton National Park, and More!
President Biden recently invoked the Defense Production Act to stimulate domestic production of clean energy technology including solar panels and he…
4 years ago
Getting Plastics Out of the Parks, The Sounds of Mars, New Telescope to Unlock Mysteries of the Universe, and more
To help curb the plastic pollution crisis, the US Department of Interior will phase out single-use plastic products sold and distributed in national …
4 years ago
Supreme Court Limits EPA Power, Saltier Soils in a Warming World, Climate and Punishment and more
In a major 6 to 3 decision with sobering implications for climate policy, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency oversteppe…
4 years, 1 month ago
Pregnancy and Heat Waves, Putting Coal Miners Back to Work, UN Climate Talks on the Hot Seat
Extreme heat events such as India and Pakistan recently endured are among the deadliest impacts of climate change, and pregnant women and fetuses are…
4 years, 1 month ago
Celebrating Juneteenth, Farming While Black and more
June 19th marks the holiday known as Juneteenth, when African Americans gather to celebrate emancipation of ancestors from slavery with picnics and c…
4 years, 1 month ago
Green Light For Solar, The ‘Danger Season’, 1,001 Voices on Climate Change and more
Threatened by draconian tariffs, the US solar industry has been largely frozen since April and laid off thousands of workers, stalling crucial progre…
4 years, 1 month ago
Climate Hopes Up Down Under, Cutting Up Credit Cards to Stop Coal, Taking the A Train to a National Park and more
Australia is a leading coal and natural gas exporter and has stubbornly opposed major climate action for decades, even as climate disasters like fire…
4 years, 1 month ago
Toxic Pet Collars, Justice After Oil Spills in Nigeria, the Sounds of Mars and more
In the past decade, the EPA has received over 98,000 reports of harm and over 2500 reports of pet deaths connected to the Seresto brand of pesticide-…
4 years, 2 months ago