The Climate Minute

An act of duty and care: The Climate Minute

Joe Biden has assembled a powerful team to address climate change. Their nearly super-human responsibilities demand that we provide continuing support and honest feedback in order to force them to succeed.

The Gully and the M25: The Climate Minute

Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich are environmental leaders. We talk about the experiences of their lives that lead to this commitment.

How to spend a trillion: The Climate Minute

The new president had plans to spend upwards of $2 trillion dollars addressing climate change.  To do that effectively, honestly and equitably is no small task.  A recent proposal for a “National Investment Authority” may provide a pragmatic path forward.

Roots of distrust: The Climate Minute

Covid denial and climate denial seem bizarrely unexplainable, but a recent article plumbs the roots of the distrust of science from the 1920’s forward. Understanding why some people reject what seem to be obvious scientific facts is the first step toward building a better relationship between science and society.

Planning a Just Transition: The Climate Minute

Achieving the goal of 100% clean energy by 2035 will require thoughtful preparation and crisp execution. A new paper highlights the opportunity to shutter existing fossil fuel plants at minimum cost and with maximum care for the communities involved. All it takes is a little planning.

MBTA service cut are a climate issue: The Climate Minute

At a time when carbon emissions from transportation constitute growing fraction of the state's total, the COVID pandemic has cut ridership on the MBTA. In response, the T is proposing dramatic service cuts. These cuts will have long time implications for how we address climate change.

Food for Thought: The Climate Minute

How we think about climate determine what we do about climate. Listen in as Elizabeth and Dennis Kucinich shake up your thinking. If we focus on our past problems, then our future will be determined by our past. Humans should break out and view the future as a new 'thing' to create, and not as the solutions to our past mistakes.

A GEM of positivity: The Climate Minute

Positive and inspiring solutions to our environmental crises are being developed around the world.  “Global Environmental Media” is new content platform, GEM-TV, which will bring together global, national and local perspectives to help us find a sustainable future. Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich are among the co-founders of this new initiative. They dropped in to tell us more about their efforts.

How to build a toolkit: The Climate Minute

Your #GivingTuesday gift will support concrete, pragmatic and useful progress. Listen in to what it takes to make a Virtual Advocacy Toolkit, then give at https://www.massclimateaction.org/giving_tuesday_2020 

Ties that bind us: The Climate Minute

The availability of affordable, energy efficient housing ties climate, health and social justice together.  The Massachusetts Climate Action Network is focused on bringing efforts to bear. Listen in, and find how your Giving Tuesday can help address the overlapping crises we face.