Latest Episodes
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What's Happening with Climate Law across the World, the United States and California? with Professor Alice Kaswan, USF School of Law
What’s up with climate change and climate law? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is going to cancel the “endangerment finding”...
155
Save the Valley Dragons! Restoring the Blunt-Notes Leopard Lizard to the San Joaquin Desert with Dr. Michael Telemeco and Dr. Michael Westphal
Who knew there was a desert in the San Joaquin Valley inhabited by the “valley dragon,” aka, the “blunt-nosed leopard lizard.” The lizards have...
125
"What's in Those Plastics, Anyway?" with Professor Susannah Scott of UC Santa Barbara
The world is awash in plastic. According to a study published in 2020, total production of plastics since 1950 is now over 10 billion...
153
After the Floods--The Search for Resilience in Ellicott City, with Professor Ken Conca, American University
As the recent deadly floods in Central Texas remind us, Nature bats last. There seem to be a growing number of severe weather-related disasters...
152
The False Promise of Deep-Sea Mining with Professors D.G. Webster and Susan Park
The United States has indicated that it will begin to explore commercial mining of mineral nodules on the international seabed, in violation of the...
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Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation with Hugh Warwick (rerun)
Do you remember the Northern Spotted Owl, icon of the old-growth Redwood Wars of the 1990s? Well, the Northern Spotted Owl is, once again,...