The Blab Lab

By ecoRI News

A podcast about environmental goings on from the reporters at ecoRI News.... more

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The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

The Blab Lab episodes:

July 27, 2023 Ep. 10. Peachy and Not-So-Peachy Eco Beach Reads
Heatwaves! Extreme weather! Wildfire smoke! Rising seas! It can all feel a bit overwhelming. ecoRI News reporters Rob Smith, Colleen Cronin, and Frank Carini share some of their picks for eco-related books that help them lean into (Frank) or escape (Rob and Colleen) the dire climate headlines.
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21min
June 30, 2023 Ep. 9. Breaking: Journalism
ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Frank Carini discuss whether environmental coverage is moving the needle on our response to the climate crisis. Or is the media landscape too broken to have an impact?
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17min
June 27, 2023 Ep. 8. We're on Fire!
ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Rob Smith cut through the haze and discuss why wildfires are becoming more frequent in Rhode Island and what's being done to prevent them.
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15min
May 31, 2023 Ep. 7. Shining a Light on Dark Money
ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Frank Carini discuss the impacts of dark money on the local spread of misinformation around the climate crisis. Does the disclosure of this dark money even matter to a society bitterly divided and flooded with disinformation?

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18min
May 17, 2023 Ep. 6. The ABCs of Tackling Food Waste in Schools
ecoRI News reporter Rob Smith speaks with Jim Corwin and Warren Heyman from Rhode Island Schools Recycling Club. The organization helps Rhode
Island schools change their food-waste practices from the inside, diverting cafeteria food from the state’s rapidly filling landfill and making sure unused food goes to hungry families instead of the Dumpster.

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22min
May 03, 2023 Episode 5. Train in Vain: Who’s Protecting Rhode Island from a Toxic Freight Disaster?
ecoRI News reporters Colleen Cronin and Frank Carini discuss what is being done to prevent a tragedy like the one that befell East Palestine, Ohio — when a train derailed and fouled the town — from happening in the Port of Providence.

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15min
April 20, 2023 Episode 4. Activism or Greenwashing: Earth Day Then and Now
ecoRI News reporter Colleen Cronin and publisher Joanna Detz talk about the original Earth Day, bring in voices of some of that day's attendees, and discuss what the day means now that the climate crisis and its impacts are felt acutely. Has Earth Day lost its punch? Or does it still serve to spur environmental activism?
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18min
April 05, 2023 Episode 3: How the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Lost its Teeth
ecoRI News reporter Colleen Cronin interviews senior reporter Frank Carini about his latest article that brings historical context to how and why Rhode Island's Department of Environmental was defanged by an overzealous state legislature in the 1990s, and how that experience has diminished the agencies capacity to hold polluters to account today.
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14min
March 27, 2023 Episode 2: What's Affordable Housing Got to do with the Environment?
ecoRI News reporters Frank Carini, Colleen Cronin, and Rob Smith discuss how affordable housing relates to the environment, a common question they get when they report on the issue.

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13min
March 08, 2023 Episode 1. 2023 Environmental Watchlist
ecoRI News reporters Frank Carini, Rob Smith, and Colleen Cronin discuss some of the big environmental stories they're following this year.
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14min

FAQs about The Blab Lab:

How many episodes does The Blab Lab have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.