Political Climate

U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin lambasts the oil and gas industry's misinformation campaign and counterposes the climate crisis to the January 6th attacks. A constitutional expert, Representative Raskin also thinks out…

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Climate Crimes

What if oil and gas extraction and other sources of greenhouse gas emissions became international crimes? Genocide is the killing of an ethnic group or nation. A crime of "ecocide"…

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Comic Persona

Performance artist and queer climate activist Peterson Toscano uses story and comedy to help people confront climate change. On the show, Peterson acts out five zany characters who personify emotions…

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Act Fast, Joe

President-Elect Biden says he'll be tough on climate change. Prove it, say 400 activist organizations who on December 16th sent Biden's transition team a hefty draft Executive Order that the…

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From Trauma to Action

Some say that people don't care enough about climate change. Research psychologist Renee Lertzman says the opposite: people do care but they are anxious in the face of the climate…

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Ocean Heat Waves

The 50th anniversary of Earth Day offers a chance to examine the links between the climate crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Then, independent journalist Bob Berwyn on the Australian wildfires…

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Read more about the article Youth Rising
Youth strikers with Jerome Foster II at center.

Youth Rising

Amid a worldwide youth-led push for climate action, DC high school senior Jerome Foster II makes the case for youth leadership and global unity. Plus: DC middle schooler Ethan Vandivier's…

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Reversal and Resilience

Climate Reversal: Sci fi no more: a few entrepreneurial companies are drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at fairly low cost. As Paul Zeitz and Christophe Jospe explain, the next…

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Soil and Spirit

Ditch those rototillers. There's an agricultural revolution afoot, says guest Betsy Taylor, to restore healthy soil able to sequester more carbon, improve crop yields, and support biodiversity and pollinators. It's…

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100% by 2032

With passage of the Clean Energy DC Act, the city of Washington, DC now has the strongest clean energy law in the nation, with mechanisms to reduce the city's greenhouse…

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Read more about the article Cultural Innovators
Artist Noel Kassewitz rowing her "climate-ready" art

Cultural Innovators

Cultural innovators are helping us grasp the climate crisis, undoing the webs of emotion and denial clouding the subject. Jill Kubit urges parents to write personal letters to their children…

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The Floods

  The Washington, DC region faces severe flooding risks from a triple threat of heavy rain, downstream river flooding through Maryland, and ocean surges upriver from the Chesapeake Bay. How…

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The Heat

The summer of 2018 brought unprecedented heat to the country. Excessive heat harms children, the elderly, the poor, and outdoor workers. How are people being affected now and into the…

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