Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Carbon Offset Illusion, A New African Voice on Climate, Right Whales Struggle to Grow and more
More than 170 major companies have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, with many counting on carbon offsets to help them reach that goal. But c…
4 years, 9 months ago
Biden Infrastructure and the Environment, Phthalates Linked to Premature Death, Author Richard Powers, and More
The multi trillion dollar budget reconciliation bill working through Congress includes billions of dollars to mitigate climate change, improve drinki…
4 years, 9 months ago
"Land Back" For Indigenous Peoples, Warming Arctic’s “Pizzly Bear” Hybrids, Rising Seas Threaten Landfills, and more
For Indigenous People’s Day we take a look at the “Land Back” movement that seeks to return land like the Black Hills in South Dakota to its original…
4 years, 9 months ago
Saving Seven Million Lives from Bad Air, Fall Gardening Tips, Putting Food By for a Sustainable Harvest and more
If nations adopt new air quality guidelines from the World Health Organization millions of lives could be saved every year from deadly air pollution.…
4 years, 10 months ago
Big Oil Under Fire for Climate Disinformation; “They Knew”: The Feds’ 50-Year Climate Failure; Widespread Youth Anxiety About Climate and more
Industry and the US federal government have long worked in tandem to sideline climate concerns and continue to promote Earth-warming fossil fuels. No…
4 years, 10 months ago
“Vaccine Apartheid”: A Call to Delay UN Climate Talks, Getting the US Grid to 40 Percent Solar, Harvard Divests Fossil Fuels and more
As COVID-19 spread continues and vaccine access remains limited in some of the countries most vulnerable to climate impacts, civil society is warning…
4 years, 10 months ago
Hurricane Ida Adds Misery to Cancer Alley, ‘The Hummingbirds’ Gift,’ and more
Hurricane Ida left people in the Louisiana region known as ‘Cancer Alley’ with destroyed homes, no electricity, and polluted water. That’s on top of …
4 years, 10 months ago
The Way Forward For People And Our Planet
As Living on Earth celebrates 30 years on the air, we examine this decisive moment for the human species and our challenging relationship with our pl…
4 years, 11 months ago
Alaska Drilling Project Blocked, Chemicals and Breast Cancer Risk, Finding the Mother Tree and more
A major Alaska drilling project to tap 600 million barrels of oil has been blocked. A federal judge ruled in favor of Indigenous and environmental gr…
4 years, 11 months ago
U.N. Report Charts Possible Climate Futures, Investing in Green Infrastructure, Sheltering with Thoreau in the Age of Crisis and more
Scientists are once again sounding the alarm about the climate emergency, with a new UN climate report. Hundreds of experts collaborated to bring tog…
4 years, 11 months ago