761.8K
Downloads
983
Episodes
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.
Episodes
Friday Oct 23, 2015
Back to the Future, 2045: The Climate Minute Podcast
Friday Oct 23, 2015
Friday Oct 23, 2015
“Back to the Future Day” just happened and gives Climate Hawks a chance to go to the year 2045 and see what it might look like. Just remember: what we do now will influence what happens in thirty years, just as we wish that back in 1989 someone had taken bold action then. It is our turn to be that someone.
Check out live links at our blog, http://www.massclimateaction.net/blog.
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre
Friday Oct 16, 2015
A Legacy Moment: The Climate Minute Podcast
Friday Oct 16, 2015
Friday Oct 16, 2015
In Massachusetts, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station will shutter in 2019, depriving the state of a big chuck on carbon-free energy. What should be done to fill the gap? Build more pipelines for carbon polluting natural gas? Import out-of-state power from Hydro-Quebec? Or build a green energy infrastructure right at home? This is a moment where great things can be done, if our leaders hear the call. We discuss.
Check out live links at our blog, http://www.massclimateaction.net/blog.
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre
Friday Oct 02, 2015
Just Four Cape Winds: The Climate Minute Podcast
Friday Oct 02, 2015
Friday Oct 02, 2015
The real possibility of a shutdown of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station creates a crisis (or perhaps an opportunity.) It means that Climate Hawks should demand clean energy to fill the gap. It would take only four projects comparable to Cape Wind to fill that gap. There are bills in the Massachusetts Statehouse that relate to clean energy, and they are the being debated. Further, now that KXL is in deep trouble, and Shell has withdrawn from the Chukchi Sea, what is next for Climate Hawks? Our next big push should be for a ban on the extraction of carbon based fuels from federally owned lands, whether they are in the American West or off our coastal shores.
The reading list:
• Pilgrim Nuclear Station on the ropes
• An energy showdown in the Statehouse?
• Is this about electricity prices or true leadership?
• Is offshore wind a possibility?
• Climate Hawk focus: Fossil fuel on Federal lands
Check out live links at our blog, http://www.massclimateaction.net/blog.
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre
Tuesday Sep 29, 2015
Your VW has a bug! The Climate Minute Podcast
Tuesday Sep 29, 2015
Tuesday Sep 29, 2015
Another big week, from the possible Pilgrim nuke shutdown to the VW debacle. What does it mean for Climate Hawks? We discuss.
The reading list:
• Pilgrim Point to shut down?
• Intermittent renewable power.
• Distributed power generation
• Is Canadian Hydropower an answer?
• Is Governor Baker having a Cape Wind Moment?
• VW's software has a bug!
• A tough interview for an Exxon hack.
• Come to the Statehouse September 29!
Check out live links at our blog, http://www.massclimateaction.net/blog.
Because we recognize the necessity of personal accountability for our actions, because we accept responsibility for building a durable future and because we believe it is our patriotic duty as citizens to speak out, we must insist that the United States put a price on carbon.
Thanks for listening.
…Ted McIntyre