This Green Earth

In this episode of This Green Earth Chris and Nell are joined by environmental professor and Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Gary Yohe . Dr. Yohe talks about the influence climate change is having on the record-breaking wildfires occurring in Colorado and the Pacific West Coast. Professor Yohe has been writing about Climate Change since the mid-80's so he'll also share how the predictions made back then are holding up almost four decades later.

In this epsiode of This Green Earth Chris and Nell talk with Dr. Jyotika Virmani from the Schmidt Ocean Institute about the impacts of private funding of the Keeling Curve. The prestigious Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Schmidt Ocean Institute announced that the world's longest running carbon dioxide measurement, the Keeling Curve , will receive private funding from Eric and Wendy Schmidt. Carbon dioxide levels in that atmosphere have increased 47% since the start of the Industrial

In this episode of This Green Earth it's all about the greenhouse gases: methane and carbon dioxide. Last week, a Wyoming District Judge struck down a rule regulating the practice of venting and flaring methane natural gas from oil and natural gas extraction systems. The decision now allows the fossil fuel industry to emit methane, unmonitored and unregulated, into the earth’s atmosphere. Jason O'Neil with the non-profit Accountable U.S. talks more about this decision.

In this episode of This Green Earth Chris and Nell are joined by Dr. Jeff Masters, an expert in tropical weather, provides an update on the record breaking hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin.

On this episode of This Green Earth, Utah local bee keeper Doug Fryer talks about how honey bees fared this past summer. It was one of the warmest and driest summers on record and since water is critical to the health of the bees and the hive he looks into it's long term effects. He'll also talk about what bees are doing now to prepare for winter and the fascinating acts behind "robber bees".

In this epsisode of This Green Earth Chris and Nell are joined by Ken Rait the Project Director for U.S. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation with the Pew Charitable Trusts. Ken leads work to conserve western lands, including collaborating with local partners and the Bureau of Land Management to balance conservation and development. The Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the largest national forest in the U.S., is slated to lose key protections for more than half of its 16.7 million acres.

In this episode of This Green Earth science journalist, Emily Anthes talks about her book: The Great Indoors The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health and Happiness. We spend 90 percent of our time inside so how do these spaces affect our mental and physical well-being? Our thoughts, feelings, productivity and relationships?

In this episode of This Green Earth Lora Smith from Mountain Trails Foundation talks about the upcoming RAP Tax Proposition that will be voted on in November. She'll describe what the vote is about and how RAP-related taxes benefit our environment.

In this episode of This Green Earth , Noah Miterko a representative from HEAL Utah talks about the upcoming Utah Public Service Commission hearing. This hearing will consider Rocky Mountain Powers request to decrease the rooftop solar export credit by 84%. According to HEAL Utah that rate is so low that it would essentially destroy the rooftop solar market - and industry - overnight.

Chris and Nell have a discussion with Megan Ellis, Park City High School senior and Earth Club co-president on that group's recent presentation to the School Board regarding a Clean Energy Initiative. On this episode of This Green Earth .