Recent Episodes
Corn, Cars and Cows
August 22, 2013
While ethanol burns cleaner than gasoline, some researchers argue its production makes it less than environmentally friendly. University of...
Nature's Price Tag (Original Air Date 07/25/13)
July 26, 2013
An emerging area of economics aims to put a price on nature as a way of justifying preserving it in societies dominated by the wisdom of markets....
Nature's Price Tag
July 26, 2013
An emerging area of economics aims to put a price on nature as a way of justifying preserving it in societies dominated by the wisdom of markets....
Fracking News
July 19, 2013
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is “the most profound [energy] revolution that we’ve had in decades,” said San Francisco Chronicle...
Environmental Debt
July 9, 2013
There is a pattern between the way we do business and the changes in our climate. “The companies that are the biggest polluters make the biggest...
Overheated
June 28, 2013
“Climate change will be the biggest health issue of my grandchild’s lifetime and my great-grandchildren’s lifetime…we will be looking at...
Governors Ritter and Whitman: Risk and Resilience
June 19, 2013
Hurricane Sandy and the devastating Colorado fires of 2012 underscore the idea that climate disruption is amplifying natural disasters, if not...
Sea Surge
June 18, 2013
Humans have been using their ingenuity to deal with sea level rise, floods, and fluctuating coasts for the past 15,000 years, and recent extreme...
Power Choice
June 17, 2013
Rising interest in clean power is presenting electric monopolies with competition for the first time. Community choice aggregation (CCA) gives...
Pandora's Promise (6/15/13)
June 15, 2013
In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, the U.S. is struggling to define its nuclear energy future. The film “Pandora’s Promise” asks whether...