Podcast Episodes

Trump Sues State Climate Action, Climate Wayfinding with Katharine Wilkinson, “Depaving” the Way to Greener Neighborhoods and more.

At the direction of President Trump the U.S. Department of Justice has sued four states -- Vermont, New York, Hawaii, and Michigan -- that are trying to recover some climate costs from major fossil f…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Air Gets Worse, NOAA Climate Science Cuts, Parrot Brains and Our Own and more.

The latest “State of the Air” report by the American Lung Association finds that nearly half of people living in the U.S. breathe unhealthy levels of air pollution. Soot and smog are on the rise in p…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pope Francis and the Climate, Fighting PFAS, and “Evening” Poem by Dorianne Laux.

As the world remembers the legacy of Pope Francis we return to his groundbreaking writings on climate and environment that called for a fundamental shift in our economic system, and a rethinking of o…

Published on 5 months ago

Earth Day Celebration, The Health Toll of L.A. Oil Wells, Fighting Climate Change with Geothermal and more

Living on Earth is celebrating 55 years of Earth Day with a solution-based broadcast. Grammy nominated singer and Earth Day ambassador Antonique Smith uses the art of storytelling and music to promot…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Trump Attacks State Climate Laws, Eco Rollbacks Under Trump, Air Pollution Mixes and Public Health, Shrinking Clouds and more

President Trump has issued an executive order that directs the U.S. attorney general to identify and block state laws that deal with climate change, environmental justice, and carbon emissions.

A stud…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tornadoes in a Hotter World, Science and the US Government, Poetry Month and more.

Experts are still trying to piece together how tornado patterns have changed in the last century and are likely to keep changing as the world gets hotter. A meteorologist explains the eastward shift …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Greenpeace SLAPPed for $600 Million?, EV Charging Money Stalled, A Quest for Quiet and more

 A North Dakota jury found in favor of pipeline company Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $600 million in damages over its role in helping protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. So…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

GOP and Clean Energy Tax Credits, EPA Drops Major Polluter Case, Fracking Waste Crisis, and more

As President Trump and the Republican-led Congress aim to shrink the federal government and renew major tax cuts, hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits could be on the chopping …

Published on 6 months ago

EPA Under Attack, Plastic Containers Linked to Heart Failure, Wild Girls, and more.

The Trump administration announced plans to roll back multiple environmental regulations, cut EPA spending and push back environmental justice programs. We cover how recent federal actions impact env…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

NY Climate Superfund, US Ducks Intl Climate Meetings, Gaps in Greenland Ice Sheet, and more

To help cover the rising costs of climate impacts like extreme floods and sea level rise, New York State has enacted a climate superfund law that asks major fossil fuel companies to pay up, based on …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago