Dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara. Former chair of the Environmental Committee for the German parliament.
Ernst Von Weizsacker on KCRW
More from KCRW
Press Play Oscars Edition: Barry Jenkins, Black Panther, and more
NewsThe 91st Academy Awards are coming up on Sunday.
Are border talks a 'waste of time?'
NationalDemocrats seem unlikely to give in to President Trump’s wall funding demands, making another government shutdown likely.
Cory Booker joins a crowded 2020 race
NationalThere are so many Democrats wanting to be president in 2020. Cory Booker is the latest to announce.
Fact Check: Trump’s State of the Union Address
PoliticsPresident Trump is delivering his State of the Union address Tuesday night, a speech that had been delayed during the government shutdown.
Climate Change, the Green New Deal and ‘socialism’
NationalThe Green New Deal targets climate change--but that’s not all.
Bullet Train Plans Go Off the Rails
CaliforniaPlans for the high-speed rail project originally meant to connect L.A. and San Francisco - are now derailed. At least, so it seems.
California’s ‘anti-California’
CaliforniaHuntington Beach – Surf City USA – is paddling away from mainstream California.
'I’d rather do it much faster'
PoliticsPresident Trump decides he’s done waiting for Congress to fund his border wall. He’s doing it himself, or at least trying to, anyway.