Get Up, Stand Up: What Actions Move the Needle?

May 5, 2023

From the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, activists have long sought to bring pressing issues into the public…

A Global Just Transition – For Whom?

March 17, 2023

This episode is a collaboration with Foreign Policy’s Heat of The Moment podcast and features stories from Amy Booth and Elna Schütz.
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Has Hydrogen’s Moment Finally Arrived?

March 3, 2023

For decades, hydrogen has been considered the fuel of the future. Now, with a slew of new U.S. tax incentives, research and funding, its moment may…

Blue Carbon: Sinking it in The Sea

January 27, 2023

When most of us think about using nature to remove carbon dioxide from the air, we think of trees. Yet blue carbon, a new name for storing carbon…

The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?

September 23, 2022

In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in renewable…

Will Sustainable Aviation Ever Take Off?

August 19, 2022

For those of us who love to travel, climate guilt weighs heavily. Civil aviation accounts for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and that…

The Inflation Reduction Act: What’s in the Sausage?

August 10, 2022

For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains…

Turning Down the Heat: Decarbonizing Cement and Steel

July 22, 2022

Along with aviation, the construction industry is one of the hardest to decarbonize sectors in the global economy. Cement and steel production…

Rebuilding for Climate: Successful City Strategies

June 24, 2022

83% of people in the United States live in urban areas. And these days that’s where important climate progress is happening. Cities all over the…

Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal

March 11, 2022

The last time the atmospheric CO2 amounts were as high as they are today was more than 3 million years ago. At that time, sea levels were 50–80 feet…