Are Human Lives Improving?

November 15, 2018

In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned of the dangers of overpopulation. These included mass starvation, societal...

Saudi America

October 18, 2018

Production of oil and gas in the U.S. has surged to levels unthinkable a decade ago due to the revolution in hydraulic fracturing, which has...

Prosperity and Paradox: A Conversation with Arlie Hochschild and Eliza Griswold

October 4, 2018

Red states, blue states – when it comes to our environment, are we really two different Americas? New Yorker writer Eliza Griswold spent time in...

Climate Silence: Why Aren’t There More Votes?

October 26, 2018

After a year of climate-amplified fires and hurricanes around the country, New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel tells host Greg Dalton how climate...

Will China Save the Planet?

October 18, 2018

Chinese factories churn out parts and products that end up in our cars, our kitchens and our cell phones. And all that productivity has improved...

Climate Press Pool: Robert Gibbs and Jeff Nesbit

October 11, 2018

Climate used to have bipartisan support. Now that the Republican party is skeptical about fighting climate change, companies are moving into a...

Christiana Figueres: A Conversation on Mindfulness and Climate

September 16, 2018

Former UN climate negotiator Christiana Figueres credits Buddhist teachings both for helping her through a personal crisis, and for providing a...

The World on Fire

September 5, 2018

Wildfires have always been part of the landscape in the western states. But the size and intensity of fires over the last several years is...

Farm to Table 2.0: Chefs Cutting Carbon

August 24, 2018

Can a menu at a fancy restaurant be a map for solving the climate challenge? A handful of high-end chefs are using their restaurants to show how...

Let's Talk Solutions: Global Climate Action Summit (Extended Version)

September 12, 2018

On the eve of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), we started the conversation about how solutions could be led by states, cities, businesses...

Climate Gentrification

August 3, 2018

Solutions to the climate crisis include driving cleaner cars, planting more trees, eating less meat. But how do our housing choices factor into...

Carbon Captives: The Human Experience

August 15, 2018

Fossil fuels have helped bring people out of poverty around the world, and many people working in the industry are proud of their contribution....

Permanently Temporary: Living with Rising Seas

August 26, 2018

The reality of permanent change along the shoreline is starting to slowly sink in. Recent studies indicate that vulnerability to changing tides is...

National Security and Climate Change

August 17, 2018

What’s the connection between climate change and national security? “Military commanders don't operate on the basis of fiction,” says Leon...

California Greenin': Shaping America’s Environment

July 25, 2018

California. Land of sunshine and seashore. In an effort to protect the state’s magnificent landscape, California has led the country in...

The New Surf and Turf

August 5, 2018

Production of animal protein is producing vast amounts of climate-eating gases. But a new generation of companies are creating innovative food...

We're Doomed. Now What?

July 11, 2018

Can changing our consciousness hold off the climate apocalypse? When we think about the enormity of climate change and what it’s doing to our...