The Climate Minute

As the CA embers cool, what to do next? The Climate Minute Podcast

The California fires represent a sea change in how the state approaches the future. We discuss some of the options.

How many windmills will it take? The Climate Minute Podcast

As we move to a 100% clean energy future, keep in mind that we will need to add windmills and PV to make the power to charge our cars and heat our homes in addition to just ‘keeping the lights on.” These new uses will demand lots of new windmills and solar panels each year, more than we are currently planning.

Weymouth to Bourne, Washington to Santiago: The Climate Minute Podcast

There is news all over the map this week. The situation in Weymouth continues to boil. Follow #NoWeymouthCompressor for timely updates. The Corp of Engineers wants your comment on building new bridges across the Cape Cod Canal. GM thinks your car should emit more CO2, while folks in Chile think the trains should be cheaper. Listen in for the climate connections.

Air travel in a warming world: The Climate Minute Podcast

Everybody loves to fly, but aviation has a big and increasing climate impact. What are the prospects for greening flight? Plus questions: do we value air travel over the planet? Would the global economy decline if it took a week to get to China? Listen in.

Twenty: The Climate Minute Podcast

We unpack the news that twenty companies are responsible for one third of carbon pollution, and see how this relates to carbon budgets and ongoing liability lawsuits.

From Walden to Weymouth: The Climate Minute Podcast

Thoreau’s cabin is only a few miles from Weymouth, but his ideas are becoming important to the discussion. The unwanted Weymouth Compressor Station is close to obtaining it’s last permits. Deadlines loom in early November. If you want to do something about it, call Commissioner Suuberg and urge him to deny the permits. It’s 617-292-5500, ext 7882.

PG&E kills the power: The Climate Minute Podcast

Pacific Gas & Electric invented a new kind of climate problem this week.

From Wellhead to Burner Tip: The Climate Minute Podcast

The burner tip on your gas stove is the endpoint of a complex system of gas delivery that starts at a wellhead out in a gas field out West and runs under the streets of your town to your home. Unfortunately, the system has some inherent problems that range from climate effects to health problems and explosion risks. Listen to an expert discuss some of the problems with our gas infrastructure.

An escalation in tactics: The Climate Minute Podcast

The crisis point of the proposed natural gas Compressor Station in Weymouth is coming in early November. Recently, an activist was arrested during a protest against the station. We speak with Nathan Phillips about his experience and rising stakes in perhaps the most important climate issue in Massachusetts’ politics.

Paris and the Oceans: The Climate Minute Podcast

UN leaders met in NY to prepare for next year’s new commitments to the Paris Accord goals. Some small nations are doing their part, but leadership from the US is absent. An IPCC report on the oceans is sobering.