The Climate Minute

Making Sense of Climate-Episode 10: Section 65 lets towns lead on gas bans

This is the 10th episode of cross-posts on "Making Sense of Climate." 

Rigged auctions may delay MA renewables: The Climate Minute

The people who manage New England’s electrical grid seem to have rigged important auctions to favor fossil fuel interests.  The alphabet soup of committees and commissions make it hard to understand, but ISO-NE should rescind the MOPR, and FERC should make them. Listen to hear an expert de-mystify that jargon. You can email FERC at customer@ferc.gov

Maine‘s vote raises questions for Massachusetts: The Climate Minute

Maine’s recent referendum vote rejecting a clean energy transmission line raises large questions about how Massachusetts will achieve it’s climate goals. 

What is a Peaker Plant? The Climate Minute

A peaker power plant makes electricity only when demand is high. Listen in for a simple discussion of how utilities balance supply and demand, and why climate hawks should care.

Will climate change topple your bank? The Climate Minute

Climate change poses a risk to our banks and insurance companies. This is a ‘systemic financial risk’ that must be recognized by our society.   We talk with an expert to learn more about the stakes of this staggering potential crisis.

Under the cover of pandemic: The Climate Minute

Hidden by continuous media coverage of the pandemic, the current administration is pushing environmental rollbacks. The latest is about fine pollution (PM2.5) that makes coronavirus worse! We review some of the rollbacks, so you can remember later, when you have to make a decision on which leaders you will choose. Listen in and then head to "MassClimateAction-dot-org-slash-blog" for the hot links to what we talked about!

Ten billion things to unpack: The Climate Minute

Jeff Bezos of Amazon has established a $10 Billion dollar fund to address the climate crisis. We have ten billion questions to ask. Listen in.

Emergency Podcast: Nathan Phillips explains his #Hunger4JusticeMA

Listen to Prof. Nathan Phillips of BU speak about why he is in the 4th day of a hunger strike protesting the injustice happening in Weymouth. Please call Governor Baker and Commissioner Suuberg and say “I am calling to urge you to meet the three demands that will allow the ongoing hunger strike of Nathan Phillips to cease.” The Governor’s number is 617-725-4005, and Commissioner Suuberg’s is 617-292-5500x71098. Follow @NathanPBoston and #Hunger4JusticeMA.

A failure of imagination? The Climate Minute

A Federal Appeals Court rejected a case brought by children demanding a right to a stable climate. We discuss this case, called Juliana, and the general state of legal action on climate.

Gas for sale, apply at Enbridge: The Climate Minute Podcast

Decisions on the Weymouth Compressor Station approval are happening in real time. We check in.