Episodes

Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Making Sense of Climate-Episode 10: Section 65 lets towns lead on gas bans
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
This is the 10th episode of cross-posts on "Making Sense of Climate."

Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Rigged auctions may delay MA renewables: The Climate Minute
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
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

Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Maine‘s vote raises questions for Massachusetts: The Climate Minute
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Maine’s recent referendum vote rejecting a clean energy transmission line raises large questions about how Massachusetts will achieve it’s climate goals.

Sunday Apr 25, 2021
What is a Peaker Plant? The Climate Minute
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
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.

Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Will climate change topple your bank? The Climate Minute
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
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.

Monday Apr 20, 2020
Under the cover of pandemic: The Climate Minute
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
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!

Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Ten billion things to unpack: The Climate Minute
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
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.

Monday Feb 03, 2020
Emergency Podcast: Nathan Phillips explains his #Hunger4JusticeMA
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
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.

Thursday Jan 23, 2020
A failure of imagination? The Climate Minute
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
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.

Monday Nov 11, 2019
Gas for sale, apply at Enbridge: The Climate Minute Podcast
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Decisions on the Weymouth Compressor Station approval are happening in real time. We check in.