
Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org
Hosted by Ronnie Lipschutz · Ronnie Lipschutz
5.0from 2 ratings
- 170
- Episodes
- 61
- Transcribed
- 2
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org
Are you concerned about the Earth's future? Are you interested in what is being done in Northern California and the world to address environmental issues? Do you want to act? Then tune in every other Sunday to "Sustainability Now!" on KSQD.org to hear interviews with scientists, scholars, activists and officials involved in the pursuit of sustainability. Sustainability Now! is underwritten by the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation in Santa Cruz, California
- Publisher
- Ronnie Lipschutz
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Aug 2019
- Latest episode
- 26 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
61 of 170 episodes have a transcript.

26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Spark Community Utility: A City-Led Path to Clean, Resilient, Affordable Energy, with Bob Krause

28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fire and Ice on the Roof of the World, with Jonathan Mingle, Independent journalist and science writer

14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rancho Coyote Viejo--A Pilot Land Access Project for Farmers, with Josefina Lara Chavez, Executive Director of RegenerationLA
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The Spark Community Utility: A City-Led Path to Clean, Resilient, Affordable Energy, with Bob Krause
Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so IOUs were created back in the twenties by, um, the Railroad Commission, which became the California Public Utilities Commission. And they were granted service territories. And in return, they're regulated by the CPUC. Initially, these service territories among IOUs, they don't overlap. […]
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- Bob Krause
- Jonathan Mingle
- Josefina Lara Chavez
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- Jason Rylander
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