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An Hour Wasted with Tom Lehrer A Tribute to the Man and His Music
Tom Lehrer, the musical satirist par excellence of the 1950s and 1960s, died this past July at age 97. Many listeners and their progeny...
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Conserving California’s Lands and Coastal Waters: A Progress Report with Meghan Hertel, Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat at the California Natural Resources Agency
In October 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-82-20 which establishes a state goal of conserving 30% of California’s lands and coastal waters by...
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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”...
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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...
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"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...
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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...