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Climate Break — 268 episodes

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Building disability-inclusive disaster strategies, with Germán Parodi

2

Grazing Livestock on Solar Farms, with Stacie Peterson

3

The Future of Battery Storage, with Dr. Shirley Meng

4

Making Cheese with Microbes, with Matt Gibson

5

Building a Climate Workforce, with Julia Hatton

6

Recycling Solar Panels, with Pablo Dias

7

Approaching Climate Change Through Tribal Stewardship, with Geneva EB Thompson

8

Green Tech Hubs: Scaling Climate Technology Startups

9

Building Berkeley’s Clean Energy Campus, with Sally McGarrahan

10

Rerun: Staying Safe in Extreme Heat, with Dr. David Sklar

11

Backing Climate Champions in Local Elections, with Caroline Spears

12

Advancing Climate Solutions Through Legal Action, with Rob Bonta

13

Zero-Energy Cooling, with Martin Zhu

14

Electric Two-Wheelers, with Kevin To

15

Rerun: Advanced Air Mobility, with Adam Cohen

16

Rerun: Sequestering Carbon in Building Materials, with Dr. Sabbie Miller

17

Rerun: Clean Trucks, with Ruben Aronin

18

Energy Efficient Building Air Filters, with Phil Yuen

19

Forging Resilience with Chandra Middleton

20

Climate-Friendly Banking, with Charley Cummings

21

Used Cooking Oil for Aviation Fuel

22

Green Silicon Valley

23

Methane Reduction Through Governmental Collaboration, with Shivani Shukla

24

Native Seed Restoration, with Patrick Reynolds

25

Aquaculture and the Seaweed Industry with Kaira Wallace

26

Photosynthesis Through Artificial Leaves, with Dr. Peidong Yang

27

Advanced Air Mobility, with Adam Cohen

28

Rerun: Reframing Climate Action as Creation Care, with Becca Boyd

29

Rerun: Lithium-Ion Batteries for India's Clean Energy Future, with Dr. Rashi Gupta

30

Rerun: Unifying a Partisan Nation Around Nature, with Amelia Joy and Maya Cohn

31

Rerun: Evangelical Christians Taking Environmental Action, with Rev. Dr. Jeremy Summers

32

Rerun: Removing Dams on Rivers to Ensure Climate Resilience for Salmon, with Regina Chichizola

33

Rerun: Recyclable Resin for Wind Turbines, with Ryan Clarke

34

Plantd, with Nathan Silvernail

35

Rerun: Latino Climate Justice Framework, with Irene Burga

36

Rerun: Chaos Wheat, with Robin Morgan

37

Rerun: AquaFreezing to Slow Arctic Ice Loss, with Simon Woods

38

Sequestering Carbon in Building Materials, with Dr. Sabbie Miller

39

Rerun: Sustainable Wood from Mass Timber, with Dr. Paul Mayencourt

40

Rerun: Using AI for Climate Risk Assessment, with Dr. Ron Dembo

41

Unifying a Partisan Nation Around Nature, with Amelia Joy and Maya Cohn

42

Rerun: Climate Action through Community-Driven Philanthropy, with Jared Blumenfeld

43

Eliminating Single-Use Plastic Bags, with Jesse Langley

44

Rerun: Water Batteries, with Erik Steimle

45

Earth Species, with Aza Raskin

46

Rerun: COF 999 Carbon Capture, with Dr. Omar Yaghi

47

Rerun: Breeding Heat Resilient Coral to Restore At-Risk Coral Reefs, with Dr. Saskia Jurriaans

48

Rerun: Promoting Clean Energy through Pop Culture, with Klean Energy Kulture Co-Founders Michael Hawthorne Jr. and Corey Dennard

49

Lithium-Ion Batteries for India's Clean Energy Future, with Dr. Rashi Gupta

50

Evangelical Christians Taking Environmental Action, with Rev. Dr. Jeremy Summers

51

Using AI for Climate Risk Assessment, with Dr. Ron Dembo

52

Rerun: Educating Kids about Climate Change through Musical Storytelling

53

Rerun: How Fungi is Enhancing Soil Carbon Sequestration Underground, with Tegan Nock

54

AquaFreezing to Slow Arctic Ice Loss , with Simon Woods

55

Reframing Climate Action as Creation Care, with Becca Boyd

56

Rerun: Carbon Capture Mineralization, with Dr. Rob Jackson

57

Rerun: Identifying and Fixing Natural Gas Leaks in Cities, with Dr. Rob Jackson

58

Rerun: Public Utilities Commissions, with EarthJustice’s Jill Tauber

59

Rerun: How Native American Ecology Can Tackle Climate Anxiety, with Dr. Melinda Adams

60

Latino Climate Justice Framework, with Irene Burga

61

Rerun: Alleviating Urban Heat Traps, with Jeff Goodell

62

Rerun: Calculating Threats from Rising Temperatures Using Heat Indexing, with Professor David Romps

63

Rerun: Regenerating our Ecosystems with Good Fire, with Dr. Melinda Adams

64

Rerun: Eliminating Contrails to Increase Aircraft Sustainability, with Matteo Mirolo

65

Rerun: COF 999 Carbon Capture, with Dr. Omar Yaghi

66

Rerun: Locating Methane Leaks with Satellites, with Dr. Timiebi Aganaba

67

Recyclable Resin for Wind Turbines, with Ryan Clarke

68

Chaos Wheat, with Robin Morgan

69

How Curbside Charging Increases EV Accessibility, with Tiya Gordon

70

Rerun: Making Electric Heating Accessible and Affordable for Low-Income Residents, with Sarah Moskowitz

71

Water Batteries, with Erik Steimle

72

How Public Universities are Helping to Fight Climate Change, with Bruce Riordan

73

Rerun: Energy as a Service, with Bob Hinkle

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Rerun: Including Marginalized Communities in Policy Decisions, with Dr. Andrew Rumbach

75

Transforming Coffee Grounds into a Biodegradable Plastic Alternative, with Dr. Srinivas Janaswamy

76

Climate Action through Community-Driven Philanthropy, with Jared Blumenfeld

77

Rerun: Disability-Inclusive Climate Solutions, with Michael Stein

78

Out with Classic Refrigerants and In with Ionocaloric Refrigeration, with Dr. Drew Lilley

79

Clean Trucks, with Ruben Aronin

80

Breeding Heat Resilient Coral to Restore At-Risk Coral Reefs, with Dr. Saskia Jurriaans

81

Removing Dams on Rivers to Ensure Climate Resilience for Salmon, with Regina Chichizola

82

Rerun: Increasing Efficiency Through Power Line Reconductoring, with Umed Paliwal

83

Public Utilities Commissions, with EarthJustice’s Jill Tauber

84

Sustainable Wood from Mass Timber, with Dr. Paul Mayencourt

85

How Fungi is Enhancing Soil Carbon Sequestration Underground, with Tegan Nock

86

COF 999 Carbon Capture, with Dr. Omar Yaghi

87

Rerun: Local Textile Recycling with Material Return's Bobby Carswell

88

Rerun: Municipal Investment in Clean Energy Tech through Community Choice Aggregation, with Rob Shaw

89

Rerun: Adapting Ocean Governance for a World of Rising Seas with Dr. Nilufer Oral

90

Rerun: Optimizing Food Waste Recovery through Algorithms, with Maen Mahfoud

91

Rerun: Advancing Sustainable Steel Production, with Adam Rauwerdink

92

Rerun: Sustainable Investing for a Climate-Proof Economy, with Kirsten Spalding

93

Carbon Capture Mineralization, with Dr. Rob Jackson

94

Identifying and Fixing Natural Gas Leaks in Cities, with Dr. Rob Jackson

95

Staying Safe in Extreme Heat, with Dr. David Sklar

96

Standardizing Energy Efficiency, with Mark Kresowik

97

Rerun: Using Climate Journalism to Connect Weather Events and Climate, with Jonathan Vigliotti

98

Rerun: Resilience Hotspots: Nature's Role in Urban Climate Adaptation

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Rerun: Induction Ranges, No Rewiring Required, with Sam Calisch

100

How Native American Ecology Can Tackle Climate Anxiety, with Dr. Melinda Adams

101

Regenerating our Ecosystems with Good Fire, with Dr. Melinda Adams

102

Including Marginalized Communities in Policy Decisions

103

Promoting Clean Energy through Pop Culture, with Klean Energy Kulture Co-Founders Michael Hawthorne Jr. and Corey Dennard

104

Eliminating Contrails to Increase Aircraft Sustainability, with Matteo Mirolo

105

Locating Methane Leaks with Satellites, with Dr. Timiebi Aganaba

106

Energy as a Service, with Bob Hinkle

107

Rerun: Using Solar Energy to Power Composting with Chris Seney

108

Disability-Inclusive Climate Solutions, with Michael Stein

109

Rerun: What Does Effective Climate Communication Look Like? with Dr. Candice Howarth

110

Rerun: Electric Vehicle Retrofitting with Dr. Aly El Tayeb

111

Sustainable Investing for a Climate-Proof Economy, with Kirsten Spalding

112

Increasing Efficiency Through Power Line Reconductoring, with Umed Paliwal

113

Rerun: Using Concrete for Carbon Removal with Dr. Erica Dodds

114

Mass Mobilization for Climate, with Dana Fisher

115

Rerun: Raising the Bar: Brewing a Greener Future with Concentrated Beer, with Gary Tickle

116

Generating Electricity from Air, with Jun Yao

117

Rerun: Equitable Policy for Energy Efficient Homes with Dr. Steve Cliff

118

Adapting Coffee Production for Climate Resilience, with Catherine Kiwuka

119

Improving Lithium-Ion Batteries: The Manganese Solution

120

Alleviating Urban Heat Traps, with Jeff Goodell

121

Rerun: Corporate Lobbying as an Ally in the Fight Against Climate Change

122

Converting Food Waste into Energy Through Anaerobic Digestion, with Brett Reinford

123

E-Mobilization and Renewable Energy in Kenya, with Daniel Ngumy

124

Designing Road Infrastructure to Promote Active Mobility, with Lina Lopez

125

Rerun: Cool surfaces: Reflecting heat and reducing emissions, with Ronnen Levinson

126

Using Climate Journalism to Connect Weather Events and Climate, with Jonathan Vigliotti

127

Advancing Sustainable Steel Production, with Adam Rauwerdink

128

Tracking Emissions with Remote Sensing, with Gavin McCormick

129

Rerun: Tackling the Plastic Crisis, with Martin Bourque

130

Calculating Threats from Rising Temperatures Using Heat Indexing, with Professor David Romps

131

Bidirectional Charging: Vehicles as a Portable Battery, with Ellie Cohen

132

Pedaling Towards A Sustainable Future, with Manuel de Araujo

133

Making Electric Heating Accessible and Affordable for Low-Income Residents, with Sarah Moskowitz

134

Restoring Urban Waterways to Create Climate Resiliency, with Nick Wesley

135

Solar Power On Farms, with Byron Kominek

136

Reducing Plastic Pollution with Bioplastics, with Raegan Kelly

137

RERUN: The Clean Energy Potential of Nuclear Fusion, with Annie Kritcher

138

Educating Kids about Climate Change through Musical Storytelling

139

Rerun: Sequestering Carbon using Compost and Grasslands, with Whendee Silver

140

Rerun: Recharging Aquifers with Flood Waters, with Daniel Swain

141

Rerun: Using Groundwater to Heat and Cool Buildings

142

Balancing the Grid: California's Shift to Renewable Energy Sources

143

Hip Hop 4 Change: Using Art Activism to Combat Climate Change

144

International Monetary Fund Reform, With Kelly Varian

145

RERUN: Community as antidote to climate despair, with Teo Grossman

146

Salt Marshes: Ecosystem Powerhouses in Climate Regulation and Biodiversity

147

Resilience Hotspots: Nature's Role in Urban Climate Adaptation

148

Green Ammonia: Pioneering a Sustainable Future in Food Production

149

RERUN: Could We Use CRISPR to Fight Climate Change? with Professor Kris Niyogi

150

Geothermal Power: Tapping Earth's Heat for a Carbon-Free Future

151

Matching Demand for Zero-Emissions Public Transportation in Scotland, with Ed Thomson

152

Carbon-Free Trucks on the Road to Zero Emissions, with Sophie Defour

153

Lithium mining in Southern California’s Salton Sea geothermal system, with Dr. Pat Dobson

154

Corporate Lobbying as an Ally in the Fight Against Climate Change

155

The “30 by 30” Conservation Movement, with Jennifer Norris

156

Raising the Bar: Brewing a Greener Future with Concentrated Beer, with Gary Tickle

157

Educating Girls to Address Gendered Impacts of Climate Change

158

Learning from Luxembourg's Approach to EVs with Minister of Mobility Francois Bausch

159

Climate Change Litigation on Behalf of Young People, with Julia Olson (extended version)

160

Tackling the Plastic Crisis, with Martin Bourque

161

Hydrogen Fuel’s Potential to Decarbonize Aviation

162

Using Mobile Apps to Improve Air Quality Awareness in Ghana, with Dr. Collins Gameli Hodoli

163

Using Paleo Valleys to Recharge Aquifers, with Dr. Rosemary Knight

164

Electrifying Motorcycle Taxis in Africa to Reduce Emissions and Save Drivers Money

165

Prescribed Burns with Bill Tripp

166

Rerun: Using Windows to Capture Solar Power with Professor Stephen Forrest

167

Climate Change Litigation on Behalf of Young People

168

Shifting Public Opinion with Warning Labels on Gas Pumps, with Rob Shirkey

169

Cool surfaces: Reflecting heat and reducing emissions, with Ronnen Levinson

170

Improving on 100% Renewable Portfolio Standards through Hourly Matching, with Jan Pepper of Peninsula Clean Energy

171

Growing a Conservative Youth Environmental Movement, with Karly Matthews from the American Conservation Coalition

172

Municipal Investment in Clean Energy Tech through Community Choice Aggregation, with Rob Shaw

173

The Clean Energy Potential of Nuclear Fusion, with Annie Kritcher

174

Recharging Aquifers with Flood Waters, with Daniel Swain

175

How International Trade Policy Can Boost Climate Action, with Joseph Shapiro

176

State Wildlife Management and Resilience, with Chuck Bonham

177

Sequestering Carbon using Compost and Grasslands, with Whendee Silver

178

Optimizing Food Waste Recovery through Algorithms, with Maen Mahfoud

179

Collaborating with farmers on climate-friendly practices, with Alameda County Resource Conservation District

180

Community as antidote to climate despair, with Teo Grossman

181

A role for hydrogen in decarbonization? with Nick Connell

182

Using Oyster Reefs to Protect Shorelines, with Claire Arre

183

Induction Ranges, No Rewiring Required, with Sam Calisch

184

Protecting Drinking Water from Agricultural Pollutants with Des Moines Water Works

185

Using Groundwater to Heat and Cool Buildings

186

RERUN: Transforming Food Waste Into Vegan Leather with Polybion's Axel Gómez-Ortigoza

187

Rebroadcast: Building Tribal Communities' Energy Independence with Indigenous Energy Initiative

188

Local Textile Recycling with Material Return's Bobby Carswell

189

Could We Use CRISPR to Fight Climate Change? with Professor Kris Niyogi

190

How Carbon Emission Registries Can Help Organizations Reduce Their Emissions with Dan Krekelberg

191

Electric Vehicle Retrofitting with Dr. Aly El Tayeb

192

What Advanced Clean Cars II Means for Zero Emission Vehicles with Dr. Steve Cliff

193

Why Smart Land Use Can Reduce the Need to Drive with Dr. Steve Cliff

194

Equitable Policy for Energy Efficient Homes with Dr. Steve Cliff

195

California's Plan to Decarbonize Trucks with Dr. Steve Cliff

196

How to Think About the Transition to Zero Emission Commercial Vehicles with CALSTART's Cristiano Facanha

197

Designing Cities for a Car Optional Future with Mobycon's Lennart Nout

198

What Can California’s Experience Tackling Climate Change Teach the Federal Government? With Richard Corey

199

Building Tribal Communities' Energy Independence with Indigenized Energy Initiative

200

Using Concrete for Carbon Removal with Dr. Erica Dodds

201

Adapting Ocean Governance for a World of Rising Seas with Dr. Nilufer Oral

202

Zero Emission Zones with Arjan Oranje

203

Using Cryptocurrency to Reward Sustainable Transportation with Paulo Humanes

204

Using Solar Energy to Power Composting with Chris Seney

205

Using Geothermal Technology to Replace Natural Gas in Homes with HEET

206

What Does Effective Climate Communication Look Like? with Dr. Candice Howarth

207

What is Environmental Justice? with Dr. Robert Bullard

208

How do Oyster Reefs Protect Shorelines with Claire Arre

209

How to Protect Water Supply from Agricultural Pollutants with Des Moines Water Works

210

Carbon Farming with Ian Howell

211

Wildfire Resilience in California with Chuck Bonham

212

Short: What W.Va v EPA means for US Climate Action, with Dan Farber

213

What Does W. Virginia V. EPA Mean for Environmental Policy? with Dan Farber and Ken Alex

214

Why does Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Matter for Energy Policy

215

Environmental Racism with Dr. Robert Bullard

216

What U.S.-China diplomacy relationship means for fighting climate change with Kevin Rudd - California China Climate Institute

217

Electric Vehicle-Grid Integration with Dr. Carla Peterman - California China Climate Institute

218

The Importance of Merging Humans and Nature with Dr. Liz Hadly - California China Climate Institute

219

Climate 101 S1E1 - Lessons from California: Where we’ve gone wrong that other states can learn from, as well as where we’ve gone right

220

Climate Disaster Mitigation Through Political Action with Dr. Michael Mann - California China Climate Institute

221

Decarbonization in the Short Term with Christiana Figueres - California China Climate Institute

222

How Policy Change Boosts Electric Vehicle Transformation in Europe with Laurence Tubiana - California China Climate Institute

223

International Climate Finance with Mary Robinson - California China Climate Institute

224

How Environmental Voters Can Influence Climate Policy with Dr. Martin Rees - California China Climate Institute

225

What You Need to Know About COP26

226

President Biden has Signed the Infrastructure Bill. What will Happen Next?

227

President Biden has Signed the Infrastructure Bill. What will Happen Next? (Extended Version)

228

How Seaweed Helps Scientists Reduce Methane Emissions

229

Corporate Climate Policy Advocacy with Bill Weihl

230

Large-scale Solar with Shannon Eddy

231

Regenerating food systems with Grizzly Corps

232

Nature-based Solutions with Dr. Deborah Brosnan

233

To Keep the Warming Limited with Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan

234

Cap-and-Trade Market for Carbon Credits with Mary Nichols

235

Shifting to Renewable Energy with Hal Harvey

236

Prescribed Burns with Bill Tripp

237

The American Conservation Coalition with Karly Matthews

238

President Biden's Infrastructure Bill with Ken Alex and Ethan Elkind

239

Rooftop Solar with Bernadette Del Chiaro

240

Zero Emission Aviation with Val Miftakhov

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Zero Emission Aviation with Val Miftakhov (Extended Version)

242

Electric Vehicles with Scott Moura (Extended Version)

243

Batteries with Scott Moura

244

Plant-Based Meat with Ricardo San Martin

245

Youth Climate Justice with Candice Youngblood

246

Earth Day with Ken Alex and Ethan Elkind

247

Sustainable Biofuel with Yuxin Wu

248

Agroecology with Clara Nicholls

249

Climate Change Warning Labels with Robert Shirkey (Extended Version)

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Climate Change Warning Labels with Robert Shirkey

251

Zero Waste with Jenny Chiu (Extended Version)

252

Zero Waste with Jenny Chiu

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Urban Farming with Paul Bernstein

254

Recycling with Deborah Raphael

255

Offshore Wind Turbines with Yuxin Wu

256

Policy in Purple States with Janet Napolitano

257

EV Charging Vehicle-to-Grid Integration with Scott Moura

258

Building Decarbonization with Bronwyn Barry

259

Climate Migrant Policy with Janet Napolitano

260

Margaret Gordon - Neighborhood Climate Data Margaret Gordon

261

Gov. Jerry Brown's Advice for President-Elect Biden on Climate Change

262

Gov. Jerry Brown on Why Nations Will Want to Cooperate on Climate Action

263

Gov. Jerry Brown on President-Elect Biden and Climate Equity

264

Introduction to Climate Break

265

Whendee Silver - Compost and Grasslands

266

Autonomous Vehicles with Scott Moura

267

Noah Deich - Carbon Sequestration Technologies

268

Isha Clarke - Youth Climate Activism