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Are you concerned about the Earth's future? Are you interested in what is being done in Northern California and the world to address environmental issues? Do you want to act? Then tune in every other ...more

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February 04, 2024 00:54:36
California Against the Sea With Rosanna Xia of the LA Times

California Against the Sea With Rosanna Xia of the LA Times

Climate change is transforming what scientists call the land-sea interface, with crumbling cliffs, falling structures, tidal and storm flooding and loud homeowners demanding government...

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January 21, 2024 00:49:31
The Path to an Energy Efficient, Electric Future, with Amory Lovins

The Path to an Energy Efficient, Electric Future, with Amory Lovins

Energy has been with us for a long time and, over the past 100 years, fossil fuels have been cheap and plentiful.  Now we...

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January 08, 2024 00:49:34
What's in Your Water? Nitrate Pollution on California's Central Coast with Chelsea Tu of Monterey Waterkeeper

What's in Your Water? Nitrate Pollution on California's Central Coast with Chelsea Tu of Monterey Waterkeeper

Monterey Waterkeeper is part of a coalition of organizations seeking to reduce nitrate pollution in the region’s groundwater. Nitrate contamination, the result of over-application...

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December 24, 2023 00:58:20
Firepower and Global Security: Past, Present and Future, with Professor Simon Dalby

Firepower and Global Security: Past, Present and Future, with Professor Simon Dalby

According to Simon Dalby, Professor in the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, global politics over the past...

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December 10, 2023 00:53:14
Will Small Modular Reactors Save the Nuclear Industry? with Prof. Allison Macfarlane, former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Will Small Modular Reactors Save the Nuclear Industry? with Prof. Allison Macfarlane, former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear power is being touted as a way of providing clean energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and paving the way to a zero-emission future....

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November 26, 2023 00:48:38
Would the world beat a path to your door for a fully compostable plastic? with Raegen Kelly of Better for All

Would the world beat a path to your door for a fully compostable plastic? with Raegen Kelly of Better for All

Long-time listeners to Sustainability Now! know that we periodically turn to a focus on plastic, whose production is predicted to skyrocket over the next...

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