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2024-04-05 Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Even before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change to the mainstream, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert was on ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
240405: Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between, 4/5/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Even before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change to the mainstream, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert was on ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
2022-02-18 Our Greatest Unintended Experiment
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 13
220218: Our Greatest Unintended Experiment, 2/18/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
2022-01-21 Corporate Net Zero Pledges: Ambitious or Empty Promises?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Corporate pledges of reaching net zero carbon emissions have quickly become commonplace. Critics argue that such pledges are mere greenwashing, and...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 9
220121: Corporate Net Zero Pledges: Ambitious or Empty Promises?, 1/21/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Corporate pledges of reaching net zero carbon emissions have quickly become commonplace. Critics argue that such pledges are mere greenwashing, and...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
2021-08-20 Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to hum...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 12
210820: Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?, 8/20/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to hum...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
2021-07-30 Vandana Shiva and the Hubris of Manipulating Nature
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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From clearing land for pasture to building dams, humans have long changed the face of the Earth. But Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva is highly cr...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
210730: Vandana Shiva and the Hubris of Manipulating Nature, 7/30/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From clearing land for pasture to building dams, humans have long changed the face of the Earth. But Indian eco-feminist Vandana Shiva is highly cr...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
2021-07-02 Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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210702: Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets, 7/2/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
200522: COVID-19 and Climate: The Future of Energy, 5/22/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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After decades of relying on imported oil, the U.S. achieved the unthinkable and became the world’s largest producer. Production has doubled over th...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
2020-03-13 What the 2030 Climate Deadline Really Means
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For years, scientists have been saying that the climate battle will be won or lost in the next decade. The IPCC has stated that to avoid climate ca...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
191011: Scorched Earth: Culture and Climate Under Siege, 10/11/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From the Amazon to the Congo to California, our planet’s forests are being decimated. And along with them, the stability of our climate. Why? Becau...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
190816: Superpower: How Renewables are Transforming America’s Energy Future, 8/16/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Nearly 25 percent of America’s electricity now comes from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten states, and Puerto Rico and Washingto...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
2019-08-16 Superpower: How Renewables are Transforming America’s Energy Future
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Nearly 25 percent of America’s electricity now comes from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten states, and Puerto Rico and Washingto...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
190705: Winners and Losers, 7/5/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The new climate reality means that even those living on a hill will be affected by flooding in the valley, and those living in the North will be af...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
2019-06-21 Can a Circular Economy Salvage the Climate?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Produce, consume, discard; we all know the routine. Raw materials are extracted, produced into goods, and used -- sometimes only once -- before tur...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 10
190308: If Global Warming Exists, Why is it so Cold Outside?, 3/8/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains througho...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
2019-03-08 If Global Warming Exists, Why is it so Cold Outside?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains througho...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 11
2019-02-10 Katharine Hayhoe: Why We Need to Talk About Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Katharine Hayhoe, recipient of the 2018 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Science Communication
Many of us find it daunting to talk with our neighbors, colleagues and family members about climate change. But climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
2018-12-16 Mind Over Chatter: Exploring Climate Psychology
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We all know about the environmental and physical effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that ...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
2018-06-24 Rounding up the Facts on GMOs
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Are GMOs the answer to our planet’s food shortage? Or are they jeopardizing our health, crops and climate by creating a destructive cycle of Roundu...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 10
2018-01-28 On the Ice with Michael Mann
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Penn State University, Credit: Ed Ritger
When Michael Mann and colleagues published the infamous “hockey stick papers” in 1999, Mann soon found himself under attack by climate skeptics and...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8