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The Climate Minute examines current news on global warming, climate change, renewable energy and the prospects for progress on international negotiations, carbon taxes and clean energy policy.
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![Learning to think about embodied carbon](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Thursday May 23, 2024
Learning to think about embodied carbon
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
The term “embodied carbon” describes the CO2 emissions associated with a building that came from the manufacture, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building and infrastructure materials- even before the building was constructed! It is an important piece of the CO2 reduction puzzle in Massachusetts. We talk to an expert to find ways to understand this rapidly developing field.
![Are we doomed?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Are we doomed?
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Does that creepy feeling you get from seeing strange weather foretell our doom? But what is "doom" and who are "we?" Plus updates on the Healy Admininstration's plans for coordinating climate planning.
![Massachusetts to look at methane through a ’new lens’](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Massachusetts to look at methane through a ’new lens’
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
The MA DPU issued a landmark decision that will define how we transition away from methane. It is a big win for climate advocates.
![Update on the COP28 in Dubai](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Update on the COP28 in Dubai
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
COP28 (the Conference of the Parties) is finishing up in Dubai. There is a agreement on loss&damage, but a fossil fuel phaseout has been cut from the final draft. Will it get back in?
![From geo-engineering to bicycle riding](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
From geo-engineering to bicycle riding
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Changes in the smoke from ocean freighters starts us on a path to thinking about geo-engineering. Listen in.
![Bad things and good things](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Bad things and good things
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
With climate disasters appearing in many directions, we review some of the hopeful things happening here in Massachusetts. Check our showpage at massclimateactiondotorg/blog for the hot links.
![The Forward Clean Energy Market, explained](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Sunday May 21, 2023
The Forward Clean Energy Market, explained
Sunday May 21, 2023
Sunday May 21, 2023
How can we make it easier for the grid to transition to clean energy? The Forward Clean Energy Market can help. Listen in to MCAN’s expert explain this new idea. Check our showpage at massclimateactiondotorg/blog for the hot links.
![The Zero Carbon Renovation Fund](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
The Zero Carbon Renovation Fund
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Massachusetts must renovate 500,000 homes in the next seven years if we want to meet our climate goals. How to accomplish this enormous task? We speak with the Interim Executive Director of MCAN to learn about an elegant proposal- the Zero Carbon Renovation Fund- that would jump-start a commercial market to meet the challenge.
![Making Sense of Climate-Episode 10: Section 65 lets towns lead on gas bans](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
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."
![Rigged auctions may delay MA renewables: The Climate Minute](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/589539/The_Climate_Minute_Logo_1400x1400_posted_August_2022l_c7t6kc_300x300.png)
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