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Nathaniel Stinnett: Climate Disruption Is a Homicide, Not a Suicide (Bonus Episode)
According to one recent survey, Americans think about climate change more than abortion, immigration, or gun violence. And yet, while they care deeply about the issue, they don’t see it as a politica…
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Small Dollar, Big Impact
The climate doesn’t care where emissions cuts come from; what matters is that the world transitions to renewable energy quickly and cheaply. If it’s significantly cheaper to install solar panels in I…
Published on 4 months ago
Batteries Now Included
The Trump administration has taken aim at green energy, but one technology has largely been left untouched: batteries to store wind and solar electricity. California alone surpassed 13GW of battery s…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Cause of Death: Air Pollution
In 2013, 9-year-old Ella Roberta died from a severe asthma attack. She became the first person in the United Kingdom (and possibly the world) to have “air pollution” listed as the cause of death on h…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Young People Are Bringing Climate To Court. And Winning.
We’re all feeling the effects of the fossil-fueled climate crisis, but young people will not let this threat to their future go unchallenged. They’re taking it to the courts. In the last year, youth …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Scorching Premiums: Climate Costs Hit Insurance Market
Climate disruptions and growing risk are upending insurance markets, leading many insurers to abandon parts of the country all together. Due to fires, floods and other extreme events, more and more h…
Published on 5 months ago
ENCORE: AI’s Power Demands: Do We Really Have the Energy for This?
In a previous Climate One episode, we discussed the good, the bad, and the ugly impacts of artificial intelligence. But AI isn’t going away. Humans rarely give up a nifty new tool unless something be…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s Megabill Comes for the Clean Energy Transition
Three years ago, Congress passed President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history. The IRA set in motion a sweeping set of investments in nearly eve…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Biomimicry & Green Burial: Living and Dying with Nature in Mind
Nature can feel distant from our everyday lives. Maybe it’s a place we visit on the weekends, a getaway from the hustle and bustle, something “out there,” just beyond the edges of our neighborhoods. …
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
ENCORE: Drag Queen Pattie Gonia on Bringing Joy to Climate Action
When individuals want to take action on climate, it’s often in the form of electrifying a home, voting, or maybe even traditional activism. Those are very important, but we often overlook how individ…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago