People, Planet, Progress

We start off talking about putting solar over California’s canals and aqueducts, and how solar helped in the Texas power failures.

Plus, how the Texas extreme climate shutdown unintentionally limited the amount of fossil fuel cars being produced in the US, which segued into new studies showing how wasteful combustion cars are vs EVs, when it comes to their lifecycle of initial production through to end-of-life recycling.

Next we discuss the latest research showing we need the equivalent of 2020’s Covid-related reductions in carbon emissions to be repeated for the rest of the decade, or the Paris goals are out of reach, plus how the needed climate action will have an immediate side benefit of making existing lives better by improved diet, exercise, and clean air.

Lastly we close with a focus on the role food waste plays in damaging the climate, with new research showing humans waste land, energy, and resources by growing almost a 1/3 of food that is never eaten. And how to combat this, including new apps that connect people with surplus food at homes and businesses with others in the surrounding community who claim it for free or at discounted prices.

Check it out and please share the link to help spread the news!

For more news between shows and links to news we read on-air, find the Climate Report Facebook page at facebook.com/KVMRClimateReport

We talked about numerous ways that citizens can support the grid during times of high-demand when blackouts are imminent: through conservation, through solar-plus-batteries sending power to the grid, through EV batteries sending power to the grid, and ways to get paid for doing all that. We also talked about forests and fires, and US utilities being unprepared for climate change, as evidenced by crises in Texas and CA.

For more news between shows and links to news we read on-air, find the Climate Report Facebook page at facebook.com/KVMRClimateReport

After some local news on county and city government Energy Action Plans and electric busses, we put a focus on the concept of micro grids for CA, and what are the hurdles that stand in the way to fast deployment, plus how there is no longer a fire season…it’s all year long now.

For more news between shows and links to news we read on-air, find the Climate Report Facebook page at facebook.com/KVMRClimateReport

Host Martin Webb reports on climate change and renewable energy.

For more news between shows and links to news we read on-air, find the Climate Report Facebook page at facebook.com/KVMRClimateReport

Host Martin Webb reports on renewable energy, climate change, and why he’s retitling his award-winning show.

For more news between shows and links to news we read on-air, find the Climate Report Facebook page at facebook.com/KVMRClimateReport