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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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Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Explainer: “Loss and Damage”
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
COP27 (the Conference of the Parties) will be held in Egypt in November of 2022. One of the topics of discussion will likely be ‘loss and damage’ suffered by countries and people who cannot afford to adapt to climate damage they did not cause. We take a moment to explain some background for this subject.
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Glimmers of a just and rapid transition
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
The IRA provides money for building clean energy generation, but the permitting process could slow progress. We look at several interesting proposals that show a path to an energy transition that is both rapid and just.
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Rep Roy on what comes next for climate in MA
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
We talk with our special guest, MA State Representative Jeff Roy. The last time Jeff was with us we were all waiting for the governor to take action on the recent climate legislation. Now that it is on the books, what is next for our journey along the roadmap?
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
How to think about our rising electricity rates
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Electricity providers are raising rates. How should you think about this? From a climate perspective, we should recognize the long term problem and build more renewables.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Manchin folds. Now what?
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
In a big win for climate activists, Joe Manchin withdrew his flawed permitting bill. Climate folks should be impressed with their growing political clout, but what comes next? How does our country, in an equitable way, build the urgently needed transmission infrastructure that we need?
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
From Maine to Manchin
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act is good climate bill, but in the sausage making process, a companion bill that pretends to improve the ‘permitting process’ was needed. Now the ‘Manchin side deal’ is moving to a vote. For greens, permitting reform relates to what is happening in Maine, but for Manchin (read Big Oil) it about rolling over local voices for faster pipeline construction.
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Words to Watch
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Embodied Carbon', 'Net Zero Building Codes' and 'NEPOOL' are words to watch for in discussions around climate action here in Massachusetts. We explain.
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
From green consumers to green citizens
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
A new book makes the case that we should all become green citizens and demand action in our own towns. The Big Fix offers ordinary people a guide to the seven essential changes our communities must enact to bring our greenhouse gas emissions down to zero—and shares stories of people who are making those changes reality. We discuss with the authors.
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Is the new MA climate bill an end or a beginning?
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Massachusetts has passed a historic climate bill, but it is only a beginning of the work we must do. Representative Jeff Roy talks about what come next.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Jeff Roy on the new MA climate bill, Part 1
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Representative Jeff Roy explains the motivations for the new climate bill.