The climate crisis is inconvenient (existentially serious), but the news doesn't have to be. Join Lucia and Elena each week as they break down top environmental stories. There'll be some roses and some thorns, but mostly an (existentially good time)!
First and foremost, you better get ready because we're talkin' jeans. Big jeans, small jeans, sustainable jeans. We're obsessed and you'll hear all about it. Later on, we get down to business and discuss clean water insecurity for First Nation communities in Canada, why all the trash we throw out is an important climate issue, and the big deal Deb Haaland appointment. Then you've guessed it, we finished up with some jean talk.
22 Feb 2021
Everyone loves conservation, nobody likes PFAS, and what's going on with Texas
Tune in this week to hear us talk about all the snow piling up in Chicago and learning how to snowboard (finally! Come on, guys!) for the first 3-5 minutes, but then ... we discuss last week in Texas and why millions lost power, heat, and water. We also take a look at Biden's bold conservation plan - one that is shockingly full of bipartisan support - and new action in Minnesota this month to confront PFAS contamination across the state
17 Feb 2021
The mayor of Centreville (loves?) sewage water, slithering thieves are coming for your catalytic convertor, and hope for green jobs
On this week's episode, Lucia and Elena discuss the recent Uttarakhand glacier disaster in India, the environmental racism playing out in Centreville, Illinois due to old infrastructure that's washing poopy water onto everyone's lawns and contaminating the water supply (unless you're the Mayor, then it's making the water more delicious), the thieves slithering under cars to steal catalytic converters, and Biden's proposal to create green jobs with a new Civilian Conservation Corps. Articles covered this week:
Glacier Bursts in India, Leaving More Than 100 Missing in Floods (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/world/asia/india-glacier-flood-uttarakhand.html)
'If white people were still here, this wouldn’t happen': the majority-Black town flooded with sewage
Thieves Nationwide Are Slithering Under Cars, Swiping Catalytic Converters (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/climate/catalytic-converter-theft.html)
Biden's new conservation corps stirs hopes of nature-focused hiring spree (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/09/biden-new-conservation-corps-new-deal)
26 Jan 2021
Butterflies, Biden, and truckload of Bad chemicals
Woah! Has it already been four years? Literally bang our heads against a wall. Biden is in office, but will he be the environmental savior we absolutely need him to be? Or will the Earth crash and burn? Listen here as Lucia and Elena discuss what's good, what's bad, and why the Monarch butterfly isn't on the endangered species list.
24 Dec 2020
Women (love?) natural gas, but the hog industry is disgusting
Lucia and Elena start off on a high note and discuss how unethical and heartless the hog industry is before exploring some fishy, fake websites for women supporting the oil and gas industry. The two then end on electric cars (our favorite!) and how Russia might as well win the climate crisis.
Articles covered this week:
These Ladies Love Natural Gas! Too Bad They Aren't Real (https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/12/these-ladies-love-natural-gas-too-bad-they-arent-real/)
The North Carolina Hog Industry's Answer To Pollution: A $500m Pipeline Project (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/11/north-carolina-hog-industry-lagoons-pipeline)
The Price of Electric Car Batteries Has Dropped 89% In 10 Years (https://www.fastcompany.com/90586803/the-price-of-electric-car-batteries-has-dropped-89-in-10-years)
How Russia Wins The Climate Crisis (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/16/magazine/russia-climate-migration-crisis.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes)
16 Dec 2020
Water on Wall Street and Exploding Oil
This week Lucia and Elena talk about the move to make water futures a commodity traded on Wall Street and what that means for our water future, the millions of abandoned oil wells all around the United States and the risks they pose, the Archbishop taking a stand as a climate leader, and United's climate commitment.
Articles covered this week:
California Water Futures Begin Trading Amid Fear of Scarcity (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-06/water-futures-to-start-trading-amid-growing-fears-of-scarcity)
The Number of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Is on The Verge of Exploding. What Happens Now? (https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/12/the-number-of-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-is-on-the-verge-of-exploding-what-happens-now/)
The First African American Cardinal Is a Climate Change Leader (https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26112020/first-african-american-cardinal-climate-change-believer/)
Carbon offsets ‘do almost nothing’: United Airlines will fund plant to clean the air (https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-united-airlines-cut-emissions-carbon-capture-20201210-zrxpwseytbd5fakmxjj7pi544y-story.html)
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