Host Sammy Ross and guest Adam Macias discuss the ever-present topic of Global Warming.  Temperatures are rising, floods, fires, and droughts are becoming the norm.  Global warming has officially arrived, and in this episode we discuss what this means for our planet, how one girl in Sweden started a movement, and what we can do as global citizens to combat such a large and looming crisis.

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Resources:

For more on the Industrial Revolution: https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/industrial-revolution  

For a timeline on the American environmental movement: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/earth-days-modern-environmental-movement/ 

For a look at what cities looked like before the creation of the EPA: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-02/what-cities-looked-like-before-the-epa 

For a full list of Trump-Era EPA rollbacks: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html 

For more on California's Carbon Credit Program: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environment/sd-me-carbon-credits-20180917-story.html 

For more on Carbon Neutrality and the purchasing of Carbon Offsets: https://www.vox.com/2020/2/27/20994118/carbon-offset-climate-change-net-zero-neutral-emissions 

For more on the Paris Agreement: https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/what-is-the-paris-agreement 

For a full list of countries that signed the Paris Agreement: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/04/parisagreementsingatures/ 

For more on the world's most polluted cities: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-25/china-clears-air-to-leave-indian-cities-unrivaled-smog-centers 

For a complicated look at Flint Michigan's water:  https://www.michiganradio.org/post/does-flint-have-clean-water-yes-it-s-complicated 

For an overview of Greenhouse Gasses: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases 

For more on the projected effects on Climate Change: https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/ 

For a closer look at the current effects on Climate Change and Global Warming: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/climate/climate-change-acceleration.html 

For more on the health effects caused by Climate Change: https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/default.htm 

For more on the health effects from Climate Change globally: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health 

For more on cows and methane production: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/11/27/climate-solutions-seaweed-methane/?arc404=true 

For more on Germany's trash-burning power plants: https://www.wsj.com/articles/germans-have-a-burning-need-for-more-garbage-1445306936 

For more on Clean Energy: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/reference/renewable-energy/ 

For an in-depth piece on Nuclear Power: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/is-nuclear-power-worth-the-risk?source=search_google_dsa_paid&gclid=CjwKCAiAi_D_BRApEiwASslbJwkYRuVznsOsJyosNw7S91IsFHa11dyINHcXAT0W3MR8HlfMUzpAkxoCkCUQAvD_BwE 

For more on Greta Thunberg, and her impact on the global climate change crisis: https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2019-greta-thunberg/ 

For more on the Climate Protests: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762629200/mass-protests-in-australia-kick-off-global-climate-strike-ahead-of-u-n-summit