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…
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"…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…