People, Planet, Progress

The Climate Report for 8/10/23 covers the latest news on our global carbon budget, plus fungus as a climate sink, China, CA insurance woes, PG&E, and pets.

Then, as a way to help listeners make a difference, we close by touching on the new Energy Savings Hub, a one stop website released by the Dept of Energy that allows property owners, renters, and vehicle drivers to quickly figure out what fed govt climate incentives apply to them, as a result of last year’s new climate law.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 7/27/23 covers the latest news, info and opinions about climate doomism, pumped water storage, climate financing and solar activity around the world, volcanoes and green energy, and how tall to make a commercial building if you want it to be 100% solar-powered.

Then we close with an inspiring story about how a group of indigenous women in Long Island, New York partnered with a nearby Catholic convent of nuns to grow kelp and clean and strengthen the environment and water they rely on. It didn’t take billionaires, financing, futuristic technology, or political action. Just local women working together, using nature to make a difference.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 6/22/23 covers the latest science on carbon emissions, tipping points, AI, and e-bike batteries.

Then we close with more information on how what we eat can drastically affect climate change, as well as the data around whether or not eating local makes a climate impact.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 6/8/23 covers as many headlines as we can in our last show for spring 2023.

From EVs to solar to tax credits to farming to food, and from the Wall Street Journal to the New York Times to the Guardian, we run through a lightning round of all the latest news.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 5/11/23 covers the complicated subject of EVs.

From fast adoption rates statewide in CA, to the world’s first delivery of Tesla EV semi trucks to Sacramento, to the comparison of EVs to gas cars, we discuss some of the latest research, including the challenge of mining for the minerals required for EVs.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 4/27/23 covers a few related subjects.

First we cover opportunities to take personal action, whether it’s exploring green energy rate plans, or career openings with climate fellowships at the state and local level.

Next we cover the news about our warming oceans and the recent record setting pace of warming, along with the impacts to marine life. Then we talk about current unprecedented heat waves across the globe.

Finally, we close with an article on economic inflation due to climate change, as well as the science on our longer and more powerful pollen allergy seasons.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 4/13/23 features a couple of interesting interviews in full.

We recently sat down and interviewed two inspiring local women.

First was Christine Newsome, co-president of Nevada City Rotary and member of the Nevada County chapter of Climate Action Now, about a unique and relatively new local event that recycles lithium, cobalt, and other minerals found in home gadgets.

And then we spoke to Shirley Freriks, a leader at Wastenot Nevada County and member of the group Elders Climate Action, about reducing plastic consumption, which is what research shows can be an important step in taking climate action.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 3/23/23 puts a focus on the recently released final report being issued this decade from the worlds largest and leading body on climate change, the IPCC.

We read two different news reports and ask listeners to guess which news outlet wrote them, CNN or Fox News.

And then we talk about “how to talk about” the IPCC report and climate change in general, which is what research says is one of the most urgent and important ways to take personal climate action.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 3/9/23 revisits a report from four months ago on research showing the importance of community social connections during extreme weather and climate calamities.

We also talk about the latest science behind the disappearing forests of the Sierra Nevada, leaving behind what are called “zombie forests.”

We start off by interviewing a local retired minister who is spearheading our community’s participation in an upcoming national day of climate action and rallies on March 21st, called Banking on Our Future.

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.

The Climate Report for 2/23/23 revisits our recent special report for the KVMR Evening News.

We talk about the significant new changes expected to alter the economics of solar here in CA as a result of a new major rule change at the state Utilities Commission.

We also interview three local solar companies and ask them the same four questions:

- what just happened at the CPUC

- how does it affect homeowners

- how will it affect solar businesses

- what are the deadlines

Tune in every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 6:30-7pm following the KVMR News, and visit The Climate Report social media page for daily news headlines.

For questions, comments, or links to news we read, please email [email protected]

See more daily news updates on our Climate Report social media page.

Host Martin Webb also offers a casual weekly video podcast every Wed at 5:30pm on personal climate action tips, archived here.