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Yale Climate Connections, January 29, 2021
Articles include: Deadlines for action on Trump-era climate issues; 50 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2020; Study: Accounting for value of nature; Michael Mann’s book, ‘The New Climate War’; Poet Amanda Gorman’s ‘Earthrise’ climate change video; […]
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Kristina Marusic discusses the health effects of fracking on “In This Climate”
Environmental Health News: LISTEN: Kristina Marusic discusses the health effects of fracking on “In This Climate”. “People in communities with fracking are fearful about the exposures they’re facing from the industry.”
EHN’s Pittsburgh reporter Kristina Marusic recently appeared on the podcast In This Climate to discuss the impacts of […]
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More Money Is Flowing Into Green Energy Than Ever Before. Here’s Why.
Wall Street Journal discusses More Money Is Flowing Into Green Energy Than Ever Before. Here’s Why. Investors have been pouring more money than ever into renewable energies such as solar and wind. WSJ looks at how the pandemic, lower energy costs and global politics have driven the rally–and whether […]
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Greenpeace signals alarm over growing amount of microplastics in Earth’s waters
CBS News discusses Greenpeace signals alarm over growing amount of microplastics in Earth’s waters. Around the world, scientists are becoming increasingly alarmed about an environmental threat that humans are just starting to understand – microplastics and other manmade materials seeping into oceans and seas. Roxana Saberi joined researchers with the […]
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Making sure climate solutions don’t make more problems
Marketplace discusses Making sure climate solutions don’t make more problems.
We’ve been looking at how technology can help us adapt to climate change as part of our series “How We Survive.” One big problem is the technology that could help us survive is not being evenly distributed.
Environmental justice is the […]
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Eagles Imperiled in Virginia
WVTF discusses Eagles Imperiled in Virginia.
40 years ago, bald eagles were endangered in this country due to lost habitat, illegal shooting and contamination of their food. Today, the national bird has made a comeback with more than 10,000 breeding pairs in the lower 48 states.
But here in Virginia, experts […]
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Study: The coronavirus pandemic drove life online. Is video streaming pushing up harmful emissions?
Thomson Reuters Foundation discusses The coronavirus pandemic drove life online. Is video streaming pushing up harmful emissions? A surge in video conferencing and streaming has fuelled concerns about the planet-heating emissions they generate – but that worry may be overblown.
With COVID-19 restrictions in place globally, our reliance on digital technology sky-rocketed […]
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The Daily Climate, December 15, 2020
The Daily Climate discusses: Dairy farming and climate change; Exxon and its emissions; Alaska Governor and banks that won’t fund oil drilling; climate podcasts; grid-scale batteries; Paris Agreement; organic farming; mass transit.
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Video on solar obstructionism
The Independent Lens program on distributed solar obstruction is available for streaming. If you didn’t get to watch the program on solar you should be able to stream it here:
https://www.pbs.org/video/jonathan-scotts-power-trip-bmrkzf/
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Undark podcast series – episode on hazardous wildfire smoke and the coronavirus pandemic
Undark hosts a podcast, which will deliver — once a month from September to May — a feature-length exploration of a single topic at the intersection of science and society. In this episode, join environment and health reporter Eilís O’Neill and podcast host Lydia Chain as they hear from the people […]
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