Climate One

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May 03, 2019 How Climate Broke California’s Biggest Utility
PG&E has had a bad few years. A series of record-breaking wildfires culminating with 2018’s devastating Camp Fire propelled the California utility giant into lawsuits, $30 billion in liabilities and, ultimately, bankruptcy. Under new state laws, regulated utilities will have a hard time avoiding blame in fires where their equipment is involved—so what’s ahead for PG&E’s peers and their shareholders when a deadly blaze could spell bankruptcy? What happens when the California dream of living near nature is in direct conflict with disruptive tragedies fueled by climate change?
Guests:
Dian Grueneich, Former Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
J.D. Morris, Energy Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
Mark Toney, Executive Director, The Utility Reform Network
Alex Ghenis, Policy and Research Specialist, World Institute on Disability
Hunter Stern, Business Representative, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245
Loretta Lynch, Former Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
Laura Wisland, Senior Manager, Western States Energy, Union of Concerned Scientists

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54 min
April 25, 2019 REWIND: Oppressive Heat: Climate Change as a Civil Rights Issue
While the environmental movement is typically associated with upper-class white folk, it is also a civil rights issue. Communities of color often live closest to factories and refineries that spew toxic pollution. That’s one reason why polls show more African Americans and Latinos say climate is a serious concern than whites.
So why do environmental movements lack diversity, and why has it been so difficult for nonprofits to reach communities of color?
Guests:
Ingrid Brostrom, Assistant Director, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, Board Member, Interfaith Power and Light
Mystic, Musician, Bay Area Coordinator, Hip Hop Caucus
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52 min
April 20, 2019 Fighting Fossil Fuels All the Way to Prison
How far would you go to make your voice heard on climate change? College student Tim DeChristopher disrupted an auction for oil and gas leases - and landed in prison. Georgia Hirsty and other Greenpeace activists suspended themselves from a Portland bridge to protest an oil rig bound for the Arctic. Such extreme activism gets headlines, and sometimes results. But is radical civil disobedience the most effective weapon for change? Or is collaborating with corporations to encourage sustainable practices a better way to make a difference?
Guests:
Tim DeChristopher, Founder, Climate Disobedience Center
Georgia Hirsty, National Warehouse Program Manager, Greenpeace
Brendon Steele, Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Future 500

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51 min
April 12, 2019 At Harvard With Obama’s Climate Team
With the Green New Deal in the national spotlight, a vigorous debate is happening: how ambitiously and broadly must the U.S. act on climate? Are issues like economic equity, job security and public health outside the frame of climate action — or fundamental to its success? Greg Dalton welcomes two key members of President Obama’s climate team: former White House Science Advisor John Holdren and former U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, in a special program recorded at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
John Holdren, Former Science Advisor to President Obama, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Gina McCarthy, Former U.S. EPA Administrator; Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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52 min
April 05, 2019 The New Surf and Turf
Production of animal protein is producing vast amounts of climate-eating gases. But a new generation of companies are creating innovative food products that mimic meat and have much smaller environmental impacts. Some of this mock meat is derived from plants with ingredients designed to replicate the taste and pleasure of chomping into a beef hamburger. Others are growing meat cells that come from a laboratory and not a cow. Could these and other culinary innovations wean Americans away from their beloved hot dogs, hamburgers and tuna melts, reduce our impact on the planet, and help feed the world’s growing population?
Guests:
Patrick O. Brown, CEO and Founder, Impossible Foods
Carolyn Jung, Journalist/Blogger, Foodgal.com
Mike Selden, CEO and Co-founder, Finless Foods

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50 min
March 29, 2019 Insane Mode: Tesla’s Wild Ride
Despite having the top-selling luxury car in 2018, and a loyal if not rabid customer base, Tesla has been facing major challenges. In August, maverick CEO Elon Musk was slapped with SEC charges over some rather misleading tweets. That move cost him and the company millions in fines and forced Musk to step down as chairman. Other skidmarks for Tesla include production delays, shareholder skittishness and some well-publicized workplace complaints. Host Greg Dalton invites three journalists and Tesla-watchers to assess the health of Tesla, its overall impact on the auto industry and its future as a leader in the green economy.
Guests:
Hamish McKenzie, Author, “Insane Mode: How Elon Musk's Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil” (Dutton, 2018)
Lora Kolodny, Tech Reporter, CNBC
Katie Fehrenbacher, Senior Writer & Analyst, GreenBiz

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50 min
March 22, 2019 Naturally Wired: Getting Outside in the Digital Age
What does it take to get people off their phones and into the outdoors? Research has shown the deleterious effects of electronics on weight, sleep, and cognitive development in children, who in 2018 spend four hours or more each day glued to screens. Other barriers like income and proximity to nature make access to the outdoors extremely challenging for some families. Meanwhile, doctors have started prescribing hikes over medications, and terms like “forest schools” and “unstructured playtime” are new buzzwords. So how do we encourage outdoor curiosity and conservation in a generation raised on screen time?
Guests:
Phil Ginsburg, General Manager, San Francisco Recreation and Parks
Rebecca Johnson, Co-Director, Citizen Science at the California Academy of Sciences
Nooshin Razani, Pediatrician and Founder/Director of the Center for Nature and Health at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

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52 min
March 15, 2019 EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate
Greg Dalton sits down for a rare interview with newly-confirmed U.S. EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on cars, coal, and climate. Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board, responds to Wheeler’s position on vehicle standards, and discusses her agency’s role leading a group of states in contesting the Trump administration’s revised auto emissions rules. Also featuring Albert Cheung of Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of personal mobility, and Helen Clarkson of The Climate Group on getting some of the world’s biggest companies to commit to 100% renewable energy.
Guests:
Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, U.S. EPA
Albert Cheung, Head of Global Analysis, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Mary Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
Helen Clarkson, CEO, The Climate Group

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53 min
March 08, 2019 If Global Warming Exists, Why is it so Cold Outside?
The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains throughout the country have a lot of people questioning the reality of climate change. If the planet is warming up, why is the Midwest suffering record cold temperatures?
Climate scientists, communicators and educators join us to talk about about why, after one of the hottest years on record, the country has suddenly gone into deep freeze. On today’s Climate One: climate science explained, and climate myths debunked.
Guests:
Katharine Mach, Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University
Ben Santer, Climate Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
David Fenton, Founder, Fenton Communications
Ann Reid, Executive Director, National Center for Science Education

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51 min
March 01, 2019 Weathering the Storm in America's Cities
From floods and fires to heavy snow and hurricanes, recent years have brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars in damages. How do we fight back? The mayors of three cities on the front lines of climate change – Houston, Miami, and Columbia, South Carolina – discuss what their cities are doing to recover, rebuild and prepare for the next mega-storm. And Seattle Times reporter Jon Talton explains why he thinks fighting climate change should be our biggest priority.
Guests:
Jon Talton, Economics Reporter, Seattle Times
Steve Benjamin, Mayor, Columbia, SC
Francis Suarez, Mayor, Miami, FL
Sylvester Turner, Mayor, Houston, TX

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52 min

About Climate One

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We’re living through a climate emergency; addressing this crisis begins by talking about it. Co-Hosts Greg Dalton, Ariana Brocious and Kousha Navidar bring you empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the challenge — the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.