Climate One Podcast
1) David Wallace-Wells: The Uninhabitable Earth
At what point does Planet Earth become inhospitable to life – let alone a flourishing human civilization? In his new book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, David Wallace-Wells explores ho...Show More
2) Scientists Who Won’t Be Silenced
Within the federal government, science — especially climate science — has taken a beating. The Trump administration has moved from climate denial to climate erasure, firing thousands of career scienti...Show More
3) Policy Whiplash: Checking In With Labor Unions
The past few years have seen a seismic shift in energy and industrial policy in the United States. Under Biden, laws like the Inflation Reduction Act led to money pouring into clean energy manufacturi...Show More
4) Gloria Walton and Wawa Gatheru Believe in Grassroots Change, Not Just Charity
Those standing up to climate and environmental injustice face challenges they weren’t seeing a year ago. But Gloria Walton, head of The Solutions Project, sees a bigger picture: "The reality is that ...Show More
5) How Students and Teachers Are Talking About Climate
Students are heading back to school, and in addition to all of the usual challenges of the school year, some children are carrying an extra weight: climate anxiety. Teachers are also swimming in trick...Show More
6) Nathaniel Stinnett: Climate Disruption Is a Homicide, Not a Suicide (Bonus Episode)
According to one recent survey, Americans think about climate change more than abortion, immigration, or gun violence. And yet, while they care deeply about the issue, they don’t see it as a political...Show More
7) Small Dollar, Big Impact
The climate doesn’t care where emissions cuts come from; what matters is that the world transitions to renewable energy quickly and cheaply. If it’s significantly cheaper to install solar panels in In...Show More
8) Batteries Now Included
The Trump administration has taken aim at green energy, but one technology has largely been left untouched: batteries to store wind and solar electricity. California alone surpassed 13GW of battery st...Show More
9) Cause of Death: Air
In 2013, 9-year-old Ella Roberta died from a severe asthma attack. She became the first person in the United Kingdom (and possibly the world) to have “air pollution” listed as the cause of death on he...Show More
10) Young People Are Bringing Climate To Court. And Winning.
We’re all feeling the effects of the fossil-fueled climate crisis, but young people will not let this threat to their future go unchallenged. They’re taking it to the courts. In the last year, youth p...Show More