Matt interviews Maria Cho, the CEO of Triplebar, a pioneering biotech firm using advanced technology to tackle the urgent issues of food and drug supply.

With a passion for leveraging biology to address global challenges, Maria leads her team in creating sustainable and nutritious food solutions. Maria is an expert in biotechnology and its impact on the food system.

Go check out Triplebar’s profiles on LinkedIn and X (formerly known as Twitter) for more.

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Matt interviews Alex Schulze, the co-founder and CEO of 4ocean, a global ocean cleanup company founded in 2017. It aims to remove plastic and glass waste from oceans and coastlines, recycling the materials to make bracelets. Each bracelet sold funds the removal of one pound of trash.

Under Alex’s leadership, 4ocean has removed over 38 million pounds of trash from the ocean and employs more than 200 full-time captains and crews globally.

Follow 4Ocean on Instagram and check out their updates, and follow Alex on his account.

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Matt and Nick talk about houses falling into the ocean in the Outer Banks (Another Outer Banks home collapses into North Carolina ocean, the 3rd to fall since Friday),

Climate change’s impact on Europe’s flooding (Europe’s September rains were twice as likely due to climate change),

German education about beer-making (Brewing a cold beer on a warming planet is hard. Germany uses education to fight climate change),

The debt-for-nature swap in the Galapagos is under scrutiny (Record Galapagos debt-for-nature swap scrutinized over transparency irregularities claims),

And the rapid intensification of Hurricane Helene (How Hurricane Helene rapidly intensified to a Category 4)!

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Matt and Nick talk about U.S. methane levels still increasing (‘Red Flags’ on Climate: U.S. Methane Emissions Keep Climbing),

The lack of emissions reductions targets around the world (Some 40% of regions, cities and companies lack emissions-cut targets, survey says),

Three Mile Island set to reopen (Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will reopen for Microsoft),

A tobacco-like warning for gas stoves (Gas stoves may get a health warning in California),

And extreme heat’s impact on football (Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players).

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Matt talks about California's lawsuit against ExxonMobil, which was filed yesterday.

Our apologies for the feint ambulance siren in the background in the beginning. Guest appearance by Matt's cat Penny who was meowing because he recorded this during dinner time.

Source for today's episode: California sues ExxonMobil for alleged decades of deception around plastic recycling.

Other sources:

• California AG sues ExxonMobil over plastic waste in landmark filing
• California attorney general sues Exxon Mobil over plastics recycling deceptions
• California sues ExxonMobil over plastics recycling 'deception'
• California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution

Matt interviews Cristin Lyons, a Partner and Energy Practice Leader at ScottMadden. The two discuss balancing objectives and trade-offs in the clean energy transitions.

ScottMadden is one of the leading energy management consulting firms in the U.S. focused on transmission and distribution, the grid edge, generation, energy markets, rates and regulation, natural gas, and more.

Cristin oversees ScottMadden's client engagements to transform utility operations and enable the clean energy transition. Before becoming the energy practice lead for three years, she was the head of the firm's grid transformation practice.

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Matt interviews Manda Scott, author of Any Human Power, a novel that aims to craft a path through from where we are, while ensuring those that come after us inherit a planet we would be proud of.

Manda has degrees in veterinary medicine and a Masters in Regenerative Economics. Her life is oriented towards creating radical new narratives that will pave the way to the total systemic change our culture – and our world – needs.

Go visit Manda's website and her podcast Accidental Gods for more from Manda.

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Matt and Nick talk about Joe Biden ending his campaign for reelection (President Joe Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race),

Summer 2024 was the most humid summer ever (You just lived through the most humid summer on record),

An update on the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers treaty (Water treaty between Mexico and U.S. faces biggest test in 80 years),

Recyclable wind turbines potentially on the way (Turbine Blades Have Piled Up in Landfills. A Solution May Be Coming),

Carbon emissions from Canada’s wildfires (Canada wildfires last year released more carbon than several countries),

And climate change is putting runners more at risk of heatstroke (Takeaways from AP report on perils of heatstroke for runners in a warming world)!

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Matt interviews Marcy Thrash, Program Director of Project AnimalAid.

Project AnimalAid is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of animals in the U.S. and around the world by collecting veterinary equipment, technology and supplies from veterinary hospitals, human hospitals, medical equipment and supply manufacturers, zoos, other non-profit organizations and individuals.

These donated items are then distributed worldwide to veterinarians working in non-profit or non-governmental organizations devoted to animal health.

Go follow Project Animal Aid on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

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Matt interviews Laird Christensen, a writer, teacher, and activist focused on addressing the global climate crisis through local sustainability efforts and intentional community building.

As the pioneering Director of online Graduate Programs at Prescott College in Environmental Studies and Resilient and Sustainable Communities, he reshaped distance education, stressing practical application in students’ communities. His passion for sustainability and shaping resilient communities makes him a beacon in education and advocacy.

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