The Climate Minute

Make Infrastructure Green Again! The Climate Minute

Listen in as we suggests some tiny little improvements to the Adminstration's ideas on national infrastructure.

A long term and equitable price on carbon: The Climate Minute Podcast

We have two topics of interest today: Carbon pricing bills and the June 13th Lobbying Day . Massachusetts has two new bills that promote a gradually rising price on carbon. “Carbon price” is a buzzword that puts a monetary price on carbon pollution, or emissions from burning fossil fuels. Essentially, it is a “dumping fee” for putting pollution into the air. Though the phrase “gradually rising price” can be off-putting, the bills incentivize people to become more carbon neutral – a way of doing well by doing good.

Can Juliana beat TigerSwan? The Climate Minute Podcast

DAPL activists were the target of military style counter-terrorism methods at Standing Rock and elsewhere, conducted by the TigerSwan security company. Is this even legal? (And why are these organizations obsessed with Secret-Agent-007-James-Bondian names for their sad little enterprises?) On a happier note, a young woman named Juliana has frightened three big oil groups. At first they asked to be named defendants in the “Our Children’s Trust” lawsuit, but now that they might have to answer questions before God and the internet they’ve developed cold feet. Listen in.

An Irish Wake for the Paris Accords: The Climate Minute Podcast

In a shameful, unconscionable, historically damaging decision the Trump administration will pull the US out of the Paris Accord. Listen in as we process this unfortunate news and try to figure out how to react.

Paris, Bonn, Boston and Washington: The Climate Minute Podcast

Work on the Paris Accords continues with meetings in Bonn this week. Even though Governor Baker supports the US remaining, the question will be decided by our Tweeter-in-Chief. Will his demons or better angels prevail? Perhaps more importantly, will our leadership here in Massachusetts embrace a carbon price? The answer depends on you.

Mass Action: The Climate Minute Podcast

There is a lot of climate action at the state level. We discuss what’s been going on here in Massachusetts and around the country.

Carbon Pricing in MA: The Climate Minute Podcast

Listen in as we discuss carbon pricing proposals and how you can get involved in the MCAN legislative action team!

Solar for all in MA: The Climate Minute Podcast

We discuss how to provide "solar for all" and how to increase renewable energy in Massachusetts.

MCAN’s Local Clean Energy Toolkit: The Climate Minute Podcast

How can we effectively combat climate change? How can we push back against what is happening at the federal level? The answer - GO LOCAL!
We all know we need to get to 100% of our electricity coming from renewable energy. We also know we need to electrify everything - our cars, our heating, etc. How can we do that in the shortest amount of time, while making our communities better and creating jobs as we clean up our air and water?
Local clean energy projects and policies are key to get us to 100% renewable energy. That's why MCAN, in conjunction with our Mass Power Forward colleagues, has put together the Local Clean Energy Toolkit. It's finally ready (more or less)!
Based on experience from dozens of chapters and local volunteers like you, the materials included are intended to bring you all the way from "I'd like to do something locally that helps solve climate change" to "wow, we just won our first campaign!" Even better, each of these victories gets your community and our state closer to being completely clean. We built these materials so that you can build a team, make decisions about your next steps, and take action. If you want any of these in word so you can localize it for your community, email us. 

It’s both jobs and the planet, Mr. President! The Climate Minute Podcast

Comrade Trump wants you to believe that a healthy planet is incompatible with having good jobs. That is just more stream-of-consciousness lying from our delusional twitter-er in chief, along with his retrograde EO’s on national monuments and automobile efficiency. We point out the growth in clean energy jobs, and how you can take action against the craziness even in your own town. Listen in!