The Future Earth: Eric Holthaus and Katharine Wilkinson

July 31, 2020

Science has given us a realistic picture of what Earth will look like with unmitigated climate change: increased extreme weather events, crippled...

Billionaire Wilderness

July 24, 2020

What happens when wealth meets wilderness?
For many of us, the story of the American wilderness begins when Europeans arrived on these shores and...

John Kerry: The Global Dynamics Of Decarbonization

July 17, 2020

What will it take to get the world’s major economies off fossil fuels? In late 2019, former US senator and secretary of state John Kerry,...

The 2020 Election with Tiffany Cross, Rick Wilson and Rich Thau

July 10, 2020

The conventional wisdom on this fall’s election is that it once again will come down to a handful of voters in a handful of states.
“This is a...

Real Talk: Racism and Climate

June 11, 2020

This program was recorded via video on June 11, 2020
The national outrage sparked by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on systemic...

Reimagining Capitalism: Wealth, Power, and Patriarchy

June 26, 2020

With inequality booming and climate change looming, is it time to rethink capitalism?
“We've come to the point where making more stuff in order...

Empowering Women: The Climate Solution We Don’t Talk About

June 19, 2020

Could empowering women power up the climate movement?
We often talk about climate change and gender equality as separate issues. But the truth is...

Will Climate Matter in the Election?

June 12, 2020

With America in turmoil amid protests and a pandemic, is anyone still thinking about climate in this November’s election?
“There is a climate...

A Decade of Oil: From Deepwater Horizon to Deflation

June 5, 2020

America's latest oil boom began with a bang, literally, on Earth Day, 2010. That’s when an offshore oil rig owned by BP exploded, killing eleven...

REWIND: Fate of Food / Plate to Planet

May 29, 2020

How will we feed a planet that’s hotter, drier, and more crowded than ever? Much of it starts with innovators who are trying to re-invent the...

COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy

May 22, 2020

If you lived through the oil crisis of the 1970’s, you remember lines of cars at the gas stations, waiting to fill up on “alternate days.”...

Storytelling Through the Climate Crisis

May 15, 2020

How are writers using stories to help readers – and themselves – process the experience of climate change? Author Jenny Offill felt a...

Zero-Emission Cities

May 8, 2020

Can we solve the climate crisis by reimagining our cities? 
Climate activists have long envisioned the zero-carbon cities of the future. Now, with...

Fossil Fuels in the Ground and in Your Portfolio

April 24, 2020

Can your nest egg finance the transition to a cleaner economy? 
Universities, churches, pension funds and other organizations with $14 trillion in...

COVID-19 and Climate: Economic Impacts

May 1, 2020

The COVID-19 recession has happened faster and hit deeper than most people could have imagined. Perhaps not surprisingly, the people most at risk...

COVID-19 and Climate: Implications for Public Health

April 17, 2020

Human incursion into remote ecosystems can have far-reaching effects on our health and well-being. Deforestation and changes in land use, often to...

What’s the Future of Nuclear Power?

April 10, 2020

Nuclear power - revive it or allow a slow death? 
In middle of the last century, nuclear power promised an exciting new world of efficient and...