Episodes
April 5, 2024
Phasing Out Unnecessary PFAS in California
SB 903 has been introduced to the California legislature and would provide a comprehensive approach to phasing out unnecessary uses of over 14,000 toxic, “forever” chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
March 8, 2024
HALEVAI – Electrifying and Revolutionizing the Marine Industry
HALEVAI is a new American boat manufacturer focused on creating and building sustainable and high-performance electric boats. Founded in 2020, their mission is to create safer, cleaner, and more cost-effective boating experie...
Feb. 23, 2024
Millions at Risk from Vinyl Chloride on American Railways
On February 3, 2023, five train cars containing 887,400 pounds (115,000 gallons) of vinyl chloride¹ ² ?, the key building block for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, derailed and were subsequently burned, setting off a major ...
Jan. 26, 2024
This is Our Home, a New Book by Trent Romer
There are grave environmental issues plaguing our world, from pollution to climate change. These global crises can often leave us feeling powerless, questioning: How can one person make a real impact? Drawing from his persona...
Jan. 19, 2024
Boston Public Schools: Leader in the Green Schools Movement
Boston Public Schools (BPS) has a robust, comprehensive sustainability program that encompasses all aspects of a green, healthy school environment. Our guest today is Katherine Walsh, Sustainability, Energy, and Environment P...
Jan. 12, 2024
Encore: Disposable Single-Use Plastics are Done in a Decade in CA
California’s new Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54) may be the most consequential Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation in a generation. By 2032, the law requires a 25% reduction of single-use ...
Jan. 5, 2024
Encore: How to Protect Your Family From PFAS Chemicals in Your Water
New laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found four water filters that reduce the detected “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in sampled drinking water by nearly 100 percent. The results come as the...
Dec. 15, 2023
Water for All – Global Solutions for a Changing Climate
David Sedlak’s new book, Water for All, gives a fresh look at the world’s water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve them. Our twentieth-century systems for providing the water that grows ...
Dec. 8, 2023
45 Colorado Public School Districts to Monitor IAQ with Attune
After receiving praise from President Biden for working to address the indoor air quality crisis in Denver Public Schools, Attune deployed its IAQ monitoring systems in 45 school districts and 369 school buildings across the ...
Nov. 17, 2023
Zero Waste in Boston Public Schools
Today’s guest is Ginny Leary, the Zero Waste and Sustainability Project Manager for Boston Public Schools (BPS). We will discuss how BPS strives to reduce the amount of waste generated by building occupants and reduce the amo...
Nov. 3, 2023
Disneyland on the Mountain
It was going to be Disneyland at the top of a mountain. A vacation destination where guests could ski, go ice skating, or be entertained by a Disney Imagineer-created band of Audio-Animatronic bears. In the summer, visitors c...
Oct. 27, 2023
Encore Encore We Need Fresh Air: School Air Quality Seriously Impacts Students
Founded by Roger Silveira, We Need Fresh Air is an organization dedicated to improving student achievement one breath at a time. Replacing HEPA filters or installing new school ventilation systems is not enough. School distri...
Oct. 20, 2023
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Schools
Today we will talk with two experts on IAQ in schools about the magnitude of the problem in American schools and what can be done. In recent years, comparative risk studies performed by EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) have...
Sept. 8, 2023
Is Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Racist?
Environmental justice (EJ) communities are on the frontlines of the adverse impacts of climate change and are disproportionately exposed to a wide range of polluting industries, including fossil fuel infrastructure like coal ...
Sept. 1, 2023
Cleancult and Boxed Water – Confronting the Plastic Crisis
Today we’ll be joined by the CEO of Cleancult, Ryan Lupberger and the CRO of Boxed Water, Robert Keonen, to discuss their companies’ strategies to eliminate plastic waste from waste stream with sustainable packaging solutions...
Aug. 25, 2023
The Human Health Impacts of PFAS: Guidance for Doctors & Patients
Testicular cancer. Kidney cancer. Liver damage. These are just a few of the effects of PFAS on human health. Today we’re joined by Dr. Scott Bartell, Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health at UC Irvine, to discuss w...
July 28, 2023
How to Protect Your Family From PFAS Chemicals in Your Water
New laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found four water filters that reduce the detected “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in sampled drinking water by nearly 100 percent. The results come as the...
July 21, 2023
Recent CA Wildfires Attributable to Human-caused Climate Change
A new study by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist and collaborators shows that nearly all the recent increase in California summer wildfire burned area is attributable to human-caused (anthropogenic) cl...
July 14, 2023
State-Level Legislation Concerning K-12 Climate Change Education
The Center for Green Schools, in partnership with the Campaign for Environmental Literacy, released a new report highlighting the need for state-level legislation that enhances and broadens climate change education in all K-1...
June 23, 2023
Lomakatsi Restoration Project Builds Climate-Resilient Regions
The Lomakatsi Restoration Project in Alturas, California recently won the $20,000 Edge Prize — a new prize celebrating exceptional projects from Alaska to California which work towards creating resilient communities in the fa...
June 16, 2023
WA State Leads the Nation in Banning Toxic Chemicals
In May 2023, Washington State Department of Ecology Director Laura Watson signed new rules that, for the first time ever, ban toxic chemicals—including PFAS, phthalates, flame retardants, and bisphenols—put in plastic electro...
June 9, 2023
The Future of Transportation
As auto and oil industry companies bet on an EV filled future, many are now directly sourcing raw materials (such as lithium) for EV batteries themselves. And while the future of transportation is definitely going green, will...
June 2, 2023
Minnesota Leads the Nation in Protecting Residents from PFAS Chem
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law the first-ever ban in the U.S. on PFAS “forever chemicals” in cookware, dental floss, and menstrual products as part of the broadest PFAS policy package in the country. The new law ...
Jan. 6, 2023
CA Assemblymember Laura Friedman Discusses PFAS & Climate Change
California Assemblymember Laura Friedman authored a bill signed into law in 2022 that will prohibit the entire class of PFAS, a.k.a. “forever chemicals,” from cosmetic products sold in the state of CA. We will discuss the exp...