Labor Unions and Environmentalists Join Forces to Defeat Trump
President Trump calls himself a "great environmentalist" while at the same time gutting environmental protections and questioning the science around climate change. He often explains his actions by cl...
16 Sep 202022min
Why the Trump Administration is Rolling Back a Climate Rule that Big Oil Actually Likes
Trump's EPA recently announced that it was rolling back yet another big Obama-era climate rule. This time, the target was a rule on oil and gas emissions of methane, the powerful greenhouse gas that i...
3 Sep 202024min
@ Interior: Victories and Defeats for Oil Industry
It took 40 years but this week the Trump administration announced that it would open up 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. The administration argues the decision wil...
20 Aug 202023min
2020: Our last chance to save the planet?
We are now three months away from an election that could determine A LOT, including what our future climate looks like. On this episode, we discuss the 2020 election through the prism of climate chang...
5 Aug 202029min
Major defeats for pipelines…and Trump.
Federal courts recently handed down major decisions against big pipelines that would transmit oil and gas around the country. And other big pipelines are facing legal challenges that may put them out ...
22 Jul 202042min
Trump issues final rules to weaken NEPA
This week, President Trump announced he was issuing final rules to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The new rules will limit public review of federal infrastructure projects to sp...
17 Jul 202015min
Living on Earth: Bill McKibben on the Divestment Movement
Harvard is one of the latest in a series of wealthy institutions around the world announcing steps towards pulling their investments in the fossil fuel industry. But Harvard's announcement has been ca...
3 Jul 202023min
Tracking Trump's Environmental Rollbacks
Harvard Law School is keeping tabs on the regulatory changes of the Trump Administration. What's the lasting legacy of the nearly 100 environmental rollbacks?
17 Jun 202020min
