Green Frequency | Environmental Science & Earth Radio

Drinking water reveals sustainability's complexity. Environmental scientist and water sommelier Dr. Elena Berg uses bottled water to show why environmental choices rarely divide neatly into good and bad. She traces how geology and mineral content create differences among waters, contrasts multinational bottlers with smaller single-source producers, and examines plastic waste, freshwater access, infrastructure, and environmental justice. The conversation also asks what sustainability means when every product carries an environmental cost and warns against treating it as a label or completed checklist. From tap water and water tasting to the stewardship practiced by some small water farmers, this episode offers an interdisciplinary environmental science case study in how context changes both the problem and the available response.

Episode Guest: Dr. Elena Berg

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Climate change is never socially neutral. Political scientist Dr. Rebecca Marwege explains climate justice by examining who caused the crisis, who experiences the greatest harm, and who has the resources and power to respond. Cases involving the Lebu fishing community in Senegal and Far Rockaway after Hurricane Sandy show how climate adaptation, displacement, rebuilding, and even the ability to remain at home are shaped by inequality. The episode distinguishes climate justice from environmental justice and warns against reductionism, inverse reductionism, and technological solutionism. It makes the case for interdisciplinary research that joins environmental science with political, social, and ethical analysis so that climate policy protects communities instead of reproducing existing injustice.

Episode Guest: Dr. Rebecca Marwege

Learn more about Dr. Marwege’s research on her website 

Discover the recently published Climate Justice Now, edited by Dr. Rebecca Marwege, Dr. Nikhar Gaikwad and Dr. Joerg Schaefer

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Hosted by Clark Marchese and Allison Thompson

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Climate progress is real, but nowhere near enough. In the first episode of Green Frequency, climate scientist Dr. Claudio Piani joins student activist Averie Gannon to assess climate change in 2026 through evidence rather than denial or catastrophe. They examine global and per-capita emissions, areas of progress in the United States and Europe, the falling cost of renewable energy, and what current national commitments mean for the Paris Agreement. The conversation explains why the 1.5-degree target is probably out of reach, why that does not make climate action futile, and why every tenth of a degree still protects lives and ecosystems. A grounded introduction to climate science, climate policy, and the difficult work still ahead.

Episode Guest: Dr. Claudio Piani 

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Special thanks to the American University of Paris

Our World In Data - CO2 emissions, temperature, and per capita trends.

The Scientific American - Global Average Temperature Targets

International Renewable Energy Agency - The Cost of Renewable Energy

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Green Frequency: Earth Radio is an environmental science podcast exploring the research, stories, and decisions shaping our planet.

Each week, we unpack emerging environmental research, hear stories from civil society and the frontlines of conservation, and follow developments in global environmental policy and climate action.

From forests and oceans to courtrooms and conference halls, Green Frequency connects science to the real-world contexts where it is applied across communities, institutions, and global systems.

Hosted by Clark Marchese, founder of Pine Forest Media, the show brings together scientists, journalists, and practitioners from around the world to share knowledge, perspectives, and solutions.

This is Earth Radio. A place to tune in, stay curious, and listen closely.

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