The Climate Minute

As the Massachusetts Climate Roadmap legislation slowly advances on Beacon Hill, we take stock of lessons learned with Craig Altemose of The Better Futures Project. He thinks that climate activists need their own roadmap to traverse the halls of the statehouse. An important take-away: the House should reform its ‘rules’ to allow for public transparency of how bills are treated as they go (or don’t go) through the process of becoming law.

Both the MA House and Senate have passed their own version of climate legislation. Now the differences must be resolve to get a final joint bill. We speak with Tim Cronin to learn about the process, the issues and how climate activists can influence the final bill.

Climate legislation moved forward in the Massachusetts legislature recently. Both the House and the Senate have passed slightly different versions of a bill. We talk about what is included and left out of these bills with Tim Cronin of  Climate XChange.

John Lewis’ life is an inspiration to all Americans. As racial justice and climate justice become nearly synonymous,  we try to draw lessons. Also, the recent mind-boggling corruption in Ohio’s energy policy-making teaches us still other lessons. Listen in.

As the campaign enters its final three months, we look at the climate policies and implications of the candidates. The choice is yours.

The social foundations of the Doughnut Economics model are a baseline standard for human livability that must be achieved for everyone on the planet..  We talk with Cody Harrison about how to use the doughnut to make smarter policies.

Doughnut Economics provides a “playfully serious approach” to “meet the needs of all within the means of the planet.” We talk with Cody Harrison about planetary limits, their interactions and how to use the doughnut to make smarter policies.

With the coal industry nearly dead, the battle for the future is between renewable energy (like solar and wind) and natural gas. In electricity generation, that battle will turn on the availability of 'energy storage' systems like large-scale batteries to provide power at peak demand. The good news is a court ruling will allow the storage market to grow nationwide and 'million mile' batteries are on the horizon. But what about the gas we use to heat our homes? States are moving to find ways to replace the leaky gas infrastructure we have, and fresh ideas abound.

Human life is short, geological time is long. It is easy for humans to adapt and accept the losses due to climate change without even noticing. How do we take notice? What should we do?

This past week, three iconic pipelines were dealt legal blows that resound among activists. Due to the persistent resistance of indigenous and EJ groups as well as that of the entire community of climate activists, things look bad for pipeline proponents.Listen in and then head to "MassClimateAction-dot-org-slash-blog" for the hot links to what we talked about!