The Meaning of Green

Trash management, a meatball predicament, learning from the Danes, and a Labrador mix named Harry Potter

John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy

Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law

A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America

Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator 

The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition

Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity

Trabis, asparagus fests, Germany's "two voices" elections, the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, the Greens, and climate/energy progress 

Class, race, and leaf blowers, Monticello, strong vs. weak local powers, The Birds, and Cate Blanchett 

Brazil's singular Atlantic Forest, coffee, gold, a creature named Janis, and the intertwined histories of indigenous people, slaves, British railroads, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil

Who could lose the most from overturning pollution standards for air pollution, toxic chemicals, and lead in drinking water, a box of chocolates, and the dry cleaners of Palm Springs

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 2025, why we have the federal civil service, "ambition must be made to counter ambition", SpaceX threatens ocelots, and the Everly Brothers

Japan's 2024 elections, sea turtles, rice prices, recycling rules, Japan's energy insecurity, and the proximity principle

Trump voters on climate change, red state renewables, Republican tariffs that could lower our carbon footprints, and the March Hare's generous offer 

The potential impacts on swing state elections of climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act's largesse, extreme weather, state demographics, and surges in voter registration 

Why swing states rule in the US's presidential elections, legal experts' fears about election stealing in 2024, and how direct popular election failed in the US Congress

Yachts, inequalities reminiscent of the robber barons, and why we must target the rich with climate policies

Labour's victory in the UK, aggressive climate plans, a famous lettuce, and an introduction to carbon inequality

A guide to the European Parliament elections, the EU's climate and energy "moonshot," bicycling in Denmark, and the 10-50 rule

Panama's unprecedented elections, massive demonstrations over the environment and foreign influence, toucans, and a tragedy with echoes of the US's colonial presence in Panama

Why politicians have (at times) taken strong environmental action in the US, the UK, Brazil, Germany, and Japan, and why those who were killed at Bhopal "were the lucky ones"

Greens in Europe and in Australia, Lake Pedder, "Iron Pants" Muskie, the Clean Water Act, and excerpts from Nixon's secret Oval Office tapes

2024 and elections worldwide, the states in the US's national elections, and carbon inequality (or, the rich vs. everyone else)

Grass, leaf blowers, and environmental justice, with stops across the US and in Canada, Brazil, and the EU

Scotland and the rest of the UK leave coal behind, Net Zero, modern struggles between the unicorn and the lion, and my Scottish grandfather

Smoky skies, hiking the Oregon desert, wolves, tightening an air pollution standard, Aristotle, and the gospel of GDP

The Taj Mahal, forests in the US and Austria, an ecologist's lunch with coal executives, and a speech by Margaret Thatcher

The Brazilian Amazon forest and the Cristalino River take us on an unforgettable journey, while the violence of history and politics of the present shadow our steps

The most polluted city on earth, seeing Brazil's forests from many angles, the US government and Brazil's military coup, and George Santos's shoes

An historic African American school and a proposed mega-landfill, what happens when landfill protections fail, the proximity principle, and a fierce battle over clean air in Los Angeles

Water wars in the American West, US Supreme Court cases on climate change, and state-level renewable energy achievements

The US's messy political system, the states, and a butterfly that affected the course of US climate politics

Stories of abundance that fall short, and the disconnect between well being and economic growth

August surprise: Why the US climate and renewable energy policy window slammed open now

Season 3's finale highlights common themes from places visited in the US, Ukraine, Panama, Kenya, and Brazil

Wildlife as government cattle in Kenya, colonialism and conservation, experts Dr. Cynthia Moss, Dr. Winnie Kiiru, Dr. David Western, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Nobel Laureate Dr. Elinor Ostrom, and Kenyan musicians Winyo and Suzanna Owiyo

Elephant talk, populations decimated from ivory poaching, the Maasai as ecologists, and Waza

Community based management and biodiversity in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains

The Panama Canal's dependence on forests, a red phone, toucans, and US imperialism

Race, catadores, garbage transport, and innovation in Italy and Maine

The Berlin Wall fall effect, German citizens as renewable energy investors, and a soy field

Germany's energy transition, a pathbreaking court decision on intergenerational climate justice, and a coffee mug

Coal dust pollution, racism, and the many faces of power

Vulnerable communities fight for clean air in Appalachia and in Norfolk, Virginia

Magical water delivery systems in Brazil and in the US.

Carbon taxes around the world and public skepticism about economists' claims

Spillovers, farmers who resist, and the singing revolution

Season finale, part 1: unequal burdens, democracy in America, Earth rules, and global connections

S2 Ep 10 Sneak Peek: Irish-Native American lifelines by Dr. Vivian Thomson

Reimagining Thanksgiving and progress, achieving the good life, COVID-19 and air pollution in India, and "stuff"