Last week, A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s plan to lease more than 60,000 acres of public land for fracking in northern Utah’s Uintah Basin, including areas near Dinosaur National Monument. The judge ruled that the Bureau of Land Management violated the law by refusing to consider alternatives to leasing all 59 parcels. Taylor McKinnon, a senior campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity joins Chris and Nell on this week's This Green Earth to talk about this decision

In this episode of This Green Earth the guest is Emily Billow, a Park City native, who wrote, produced and directed a documentary about air pollution and environmental injustice. In this case, the low income communities located amongst the Port of Long Beach, oil refineries and busy freeways. Local residents have taken matters into their own hands, facing an apathetic government and powerful corporations in their fight for environmental justice. Emily Billow talks about her Senior Thesis

In this episode of This Green Earth Nell and Chris talk with John Mecklin the editor in chief of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists . He talks about the Doomsday clock and the roll that climate change plays in its calculation.

Last week the Department of the Interior completed it's efforts to effectively remove critical protections within the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a 100 year old law that has protected thousands of bird species and millions of birds from human and industrial harm. Alison Holloran, the executive director of Audubon Rockies and Vice President of the National Audubon Society joins Chris and Nell on this week's This Green Earth , to talk about the MBTA, the removal of "incidental taking" and what the

In this episode of This Green Earth Dr. Kimberly Warner, a senior scientist with Oceana talks about a report released last week, the non-profit research institution, Oceana , found evidence that nearly 1,800 animals from 40 different species of aquatic and bird life are ingesting plastic and becoming entangled in rope, nets and other material made of it. An amazing 88% of these species are listed within the Endangered Species Act. Dr. Warner talks about the report's findings and what we as

In this episode of This Green Earth Jenny Rowland Shea , a senior policy analyst with the Center for American Progress , talks about the leases now available in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Yesterday, the Trump administration announced that it would begin the formal process of selling leases within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to interested oil and natural gas companies. Shea also talks about how the incoming Biden administration will address this issue.

In this episode of This Green Earth Jordan Clayton , Data Collection Officer with the NRCS talks about the November Water and Climate Report. The 2021 water year is off to a poor start in Utah’s Valley locations, with most basins recording no accumulated precipitation during the month of October. In fact, almost 30% of the state is in the Exceptional Drought or worse category, according to the November Water and Climate Report put together by the Utah Snow Survey and Natural Resources

In this episode of This Green Earth Sam Ricketts, Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment at the Center for American Progress talks about actions to combat the climate crisis. A new column by the Center for American Progress titled: “State Climate Leadership Is Coming to the Nation’s Capital in 2021” shows how voters elected U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate candidates from states that have already taken aggressive action to combat the climate crisis, like New Mexico, Arizona,

In this episode of This Green Earth Chris and Nell talk with Janice Gardner from the Wild Utah Project . The non-profit Wild Utah Project is once again hosting the Black Rosy-finch Project . Rosy-finches are one of the least-studied birds in North America and Wild Utah is looking for volunteers to help count these birds during this upcoming winter.

This episode of This Green Earth features Amaroq Weiss , Senior West Coast Wolf Advocate from the Center for Biological Diversity . Two weeks ago, the Trump Administration decided against designating wolverines as a protected species under the Endangered Species Act. Now, gray wolves, one of the first animals shielded by the Endangered Species Act, will no longer receive federal protection, officials announced last week.