Climate One

Series produced by Climate One

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Addressing the climate crisis begins by talking about it.

Climate One presents empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the climate crisis -- the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.

We’re living through a climate emergency; finding solutions starts by talking about it. Climate One is a weekly public radio program focused on elevating critical conversations around climate change. Since climate touches all aspects of our lives, we bring together diverse perspectives in empowering conversations: one week we might talk with Jane Goodall or Bill McKibben or an oil industry exec – sometimes on the same panel – and the next week we might hear first-hand stories from people who narrowly escaped a fire or a flood, and the next we might focus on democracy and climate justice. In all of this, we aim to connect the personal to the systemic, and empower conversations to continue beyond our show.


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349 Pieces

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Billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act have started flowing into renewable energy projects and manufacturing. That’s bringing jobs an...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 15
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The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for th...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
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No elemental force has done more to shape life on this planet than water, from originating the earliest forms of life, to sculpting our landscapes,...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Nevada Public Radio, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
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Our food and agricultural systems are helping fuel the climate emergency. But climate isn’t the only harm; these systems also impact local economi...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Nevada Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 11
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Who cleans up and rebuilds our communities after floods, fires, and hurricanes? COVID redefined America's definition of “essential workers,” but ma...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Nevada Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
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Extreme heat kills more people per year than any other climate disaster. It preys on the poor, exacerbates racial inequalities, and there is a grow...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Nevada Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
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Land use, pollution and the climate crisis are driving what may be the largest mass extinction event since the dinosaurs. The World Wildlife Fund e...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, Nevada Public Radio, KGUA and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Many on the left say that the growing climate crisis is the inevitable result of unbridled capitalism – industries seeking profits above all else. ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KICI Iowa City, WGCU, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
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Making the necessary changes to address climate disruption will take massive collective action. But sometimes, a single individual can make an extr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City, WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8
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Amy Westervelt has made a career out of exploring the underbelly of the oil industry through complex and compelling storytelling. Through her inves...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
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From the Boston Tea Party to the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter, activists have long sought to bring pressing issues into the public c...

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  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Hollywood has been slow to include climate in its stories. Executives fear it won’t sell – that it’s too overwhelming or depressing. Apple TV+ has ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
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Thousands of renewable energy projects are ready to be built and start producing fossil-free power, but they’re stuck in a long limbo for one essen...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGUA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
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Studies estimate that global bitcoin mining uses more electricity than most countries, and that bitcoin mining may be responsible for about 65 mega...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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It’s easy to write off people outside our own ideological bubbles, even when we may have many goals in common. But as the effects of the climate cr...

Bought by KUOW, Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 12
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Biden’s policy wins have secured vast amounts of funding for the energy transition, and that money is just beginning to flow, with new programs bec...

Bought by KZYX, Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
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Our brains have evolved over millions of years to deal with immediate and direct challenges, but they’re not so great at processing large existenti...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
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According to the United Nations Development Program, 54 countries, accounting for half the world’s population, face such critical debt burdens that...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUNM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
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Every place we inhabit has its own tapestry of sound, whether you’re hiking through the woods or sitting in a cafe with a friend. And not only are ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
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Not long ago, it was said that “hydrogen is the fuel of the future - and always will be.” Now, with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law tagging $9.5 ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11