Climate change

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted a strategic plan to build the state’s offshore wind industry. Much of that will happen at the Port of Long Beach.

from KCRW Features

How do you get through the summer without air conditioning if you hate to sweat? Is toilet paper bad for the environment, and if so, what are you supposed to do about it?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

As temperatures rise this season, the city is creating more bus shelters and cooling centers, and mapping all public hydration stations on an app.

What is the city doing to protect more Angelenos from extreme heat?

As temperatures rise this season, the city is creating more bus shelters and cooling centers, and mapping all public hydration stations on an app.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

For State Farm customers facing canceled fire policies, the clock is ticking to find an alternative that doesn’t break the bank.

Scrambling CA homeowners consider ‘going without insurance’

For State Farm customers facing canceled fire policies, the clock is ticking to find an alternative that doesn’t break the bank.

from KCRW Features

As climate change threatens water supplies, Orange County is exploring turning brackish ocean water (from a natural aquifer) into drinkable tap water.

OC considers new tap water source: The ocean

As climate change threatens water supplies, Orange County is exploring turning brackish ocean water (from a natural aquifer) into drinkable tap water.

from KCRW Features

Care about our planet? Motivated to live greener? Looking to meet other climate-minded folks in the Los Angeles area?

Tonight in LA! Live Q&A with Parks Project

Care about our planet? Motivated to live greener? Looking to meet other climate-minded folks in the Los Angeles area?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

California’s early-season fires might be a sign of more intense blazes to come. A scientist explains how climate change is fueling natural disasters locally and nationally.

Fires, heat, and snow complicate life in a changing climate

California’s early-season fires might be a sign of more intense blazes to come. A scientist explains how climate change is fueling natural disasters locally and nationally.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Warming ocean temperatures affect albacore tuna’s migratory patterns, and that’s made it more difficult for local fishermen to make a living catching them.

Climate change forces 3rd gen fisherman to rethink this year

Warming ocean temperatures affect albacore tuna’s migratory patterns, and that’s made it more difficult for local fishermen to make a living catching them.

from KCRW Features

Filmmaker Peter Byck casts a lens on the maverick farmers and scientists working to solve the climate crisis.

In 'Roots So Deep,' adaptive and traditional farmers work together, taking their lead from nature

Filmmaker Peter Byck casts a lens on the maverick farmers and scientists working to solve the climate crisis.

from Good Food

Decades of erosion and climate change constantly shut down Highway 1 through Big Sur. The damage is worsening as more intense storms hit the coast.

Highway 1 in Big Sur: Doomed to be forever rebuilt?

Decades of erosion and climate change constantly shut down Highway 1 through Big Sur. The damage is worsening as more intense storms hit the coast.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

As climate change makes water warmer, toxic algae is killing fish and plants in lakes nationwide, including Lake Elsinore. New technology could save them.

Nanobubbles help Lake Elsinore cope with algae – and the climate

As climate change makes water warmer, toxic algae is killing fish and plants in lakes nationwide, including Lake Elsinore. New technology could save them.

from KCRW Features

Journalist Abraham Lustgarten and scientist-turned-activist Rose Abramoff discuss the impacts of climate research on human migratory patterns and activism.

Uprooted: Climate migration and scientist activism

Journalist Abraham Lustgarten and scientist-turned-activist Rose Abramoff discuss the impacts of climate research on human migratory patterns and activism.

from Life Examined

This is an episode of Outrage + Optimism we think you’ll enjoy, a podcast that explore the stories behind the headlines on climate change, talking to the change-makers turning…

Impatient for Change (from “Outrage + Optimism”) - Bonus episode

This is an episode of Outrage + Optimism we think you’ll enjoy, a podcast that explore the stories behind the headlines on climate change, talking to the change-makers turning…

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

A landslide on Topanga Canyon Blvd. blocks access to Pacific Coast Highway, leading to three-hour commutes and potential catastrophe in fire season.

Landslide road closure leaves Topanga Canyon in distress

A landslide on Topanga Canyon Blvd. blocks access to Pacific Coast Highway, leading to three-hour commutes and potential catastrophe in fire season.

from KCRW Features

This is an episode of TED Climate we think you’d enjoy, a podcast from the TED Audio Collective, which is back for a new season.

What to do when climate change feels unstoppable (from “TED Climate”) - Bonus episode

This is an episode of TED Climate we think you’d enjoy, a podcast from the TED Audio Collective, which is back for a new season.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Mexico City, home to 22 million people, is facing drought, drying reservoirs, and leaky infrastructure. Some parts of the city have no running water at all.

North America’s largest city is running out of water

Mexico City, home to 22 million people, is facing drought, drying reservoirs, and leaky infrastructure. Some parts of the city have no running water at all.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Yes, you can live your green values all the way to the grave.

What’s the greenest kind of funeral?

Yes, you can live your green values all the way to the grave.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Where should you start with greening your home, and how do you get it subsidized?

How to hack rebates to upgrade your home

Where should you start with greening your home, and how do you get it subsidized?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

What’s the best way to offset the planetary damage of your air travel?

Do carbon offsets help with airplane emissions?

What’s the best way to offset the planetary damage of your air travel?

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast

Here’s a hint: keep the conversation alive.

What do you do when you want to change a mind?

Here’s a hint: keep the conversation alive.

from The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast