This is the 5th episode of the show! I am running solo this time. This allowed me to talk about some of my general thoughts and arguments related to the following articles. I also cited a few statistics from  the U.S. EPA; they are listed below as well.

Article 1: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/boris-johnson-announces-10-point-green-plan-with-250000-jobs

Title: Boris Johnson announces 10-point green plan with 250,000 jobs

Publisher: The Guardian

Author(s): Peter Walker & Jessica Elgot

Date: Nov. 17, 2020

Article 2: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55276769

Title: Climate fight will create 'millions of jobs' - Boris Johnson

Publisher: BBC

Author: Matt McGrath

Date: Dec. 12, 2020

Article 3: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/11/north-carolina-hog-industry-lagoons-pipeline

Title:The North Carolina hog industry's answer to pollution: a $500m pipeline project

Publisher: The Guardian

Author(s): Michael Sainato & Chelsea Skojec

Additional References:

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data

Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Title: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions

Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Title: [United States] Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Before I go into the description, I would like to note that this episode was recorded under time constraints. David and I only had about an hour. In a more ideal world, we would have talked about these topics for at least another 30-60 minutes, so it's likely very obvious that things were left out. Additionally, I am aware that I made mistakes during the final portion of the episode where we covered the research article. Some of my takes and statistics were quite a bit jumbled, but I kept them in as a learning experience.

These are the articles:

1. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/01/940717012/climate-case-against-shell-begins-in-the-netherlands

Publisher: NPR

Title: Climate Case Against Shell Begins In The Netherlands

Author(s): Laurel Wamsley

Date: Dec. 1, 2020

2. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55179008

3. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/climate/climate-change-health-risks.html

4. https://europepmc.org/article/pmc/pmc7651240

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261920314793?via%3Dihub

Publisher: Elsevier, Applied Energy, Volume 281, 1 January 2021, 116043

This is the third episode of the Chris Kolenko Show. Yoshi Yee, another good friend of mine, joined me for this episode. Admittedly, I am still getting a hang of audio editing, so I apologize for any inconsistencies. Below are the articles we covered in this episode:   

1. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...  

Publisher: BBC 

Title: Climate change: Covid pandemic has little impact on rise in CO2 

Author(s): Matt McGrath 

Date: Nov. 23, 2020  

2. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cl...  

Publisher: Reuters 

Title: Analysis: Carbon pricing rises as world's weapon of choice in climate fight 

Author(s): Susanna Twidale, Kate Abnett 

Date: Article Updated on Dec. 4, 2020   

3. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-env...

Publisher: The Hill 

Title: GM reverses on Trump, exits suit challenging California's tougher emissions standards 

Author(s): Rebecca Beitsch 

Date: Nov. 23, 2020

This is the second episode of the show. Ben Reed (aka Ben. E. Boi) and I discussed the articles below.

1. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/18/uk-ban-on-new-fossil-fuel-vehicles-by-2030-not-enough-to-hit-climate-targets

Publisher: The Guardian

Title: UK ban on new fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 'not enough' to hit climate targets

Author:Jillian Ambrose

Date: Nov. 18, 2020

2. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/business/gm-electric-vehicles.html

Publisher: The New York Times

Title: G.M. Accelerates Its Ambitions for Electric Vehicles

Author: Neal E. Boudette

Date: Nov 19, 2020, Updated on Nov. 30, 2020

3. https://www.npr.org/2020/11/19/933038332/nasa-satellite-to-measure-global-sea-level-rise

Publisher: NPR

This is the first official episode of the show. Everything before this  was practice. I decided to change some of my long term goals and add structure to the show.  

Goal #1: I want to turn my general interest of environmental topics into  a deeper understanding of the sciences and related fields. 

Goal #2: Become a better communicator. Talking is difficult, especially  for long a duration on topics that I might not be that familiar with. 

Goal #3: Regularly interview experts who can educate us on a variety of  scientific topics.   

In this episode, David and I discussed the following articles:  

Article 1:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-emissions-autos/california-official-sees-state-auto-emissions-deal-as-template-for-biden-idUSKBN27S3AM  

Publisher: Reuters 

Title: California official sees state auto emissions deal as 'template' for Biden 

Author(s): Nichola Groom, David Shepardson   

Article 2: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/10/bp-plans-move-into-green-hydrogen-production  

Publisher: The Guardian 

Title: BP plans move into green hydrogen production 

Author(s): Jillian Ambrose  

Article 3: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54703204  

Publisher: BBC 

Title: Rolls-Royce plans 16 mini-nuclear plants for 

UK Author(s): Justin Rowlatt    

This is the exit poll referenced in the episode.  

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/exit-polls-president.html New York Times 2020 United States Election Exit Polls

An update on the United States' involvement in the Paris Climate Accord. Biden plans to rejoin on the first day of the presidency.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/climate/paris-climate-agreement-trump.html

https://cfpub.epa.gov/ghgdata/inventoryexplorer/#allsectors/allgas/gas/all

Joe Biden was just elected to be the 46th president of the United States of America. In this episode, David and I take a glance at his environmental and infrastructure plan. This is not meant to be a comprehensive analysis. I share some of my initial thoughts on the subject, and I plan on visiting this topic again when (or if) he starts implementing the various components. There are too many items to cover, so I focused on the ones that I think are the most interesting or are going to have the most impact. Honestly, I recognize that I might be naively optimistic about the plan. In some ways, he should try to go further. You can find his plan at:

This is another episode of Environmental News This Week. David Straub and I cover 3 articles from the last week. Below are the articles:

Moltex MSR:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/great-british-business/moltex-energy/

PV + OpenADR:

Renewables in Red States:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/10/26/renewables-and-energy-storage-are-surging-in-red-states/?sh=1e29ad9c5a69

This is another episode of Environmental News This Week. Today, I covered two articles from October 15, 2020. Below are the articles:

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2020/10/15/solarstorage-replaces-us-coal-plant/

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/10/15/berkeley-lab-names-noel-bakhtian-to-lead-new-energy-storage-center/

This episode covers two articles from Oct. 8, 2020. The first goes over a new environmental award for technological innovators. The second covers an EPA practice that was ended by the DOJ.

Article 1:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/world/europe/prince-william-environment-earthshot-prize.html

Article 2a:

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/520286-feds-sued-over-no-longer-allowing-polluters-to-pay-for

Article 2b:

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-lawsuit-challenges-doj-policy-prohibiting-seps