How a Louisiana community came together to take down a petrochemical plant
In the heart of Louisiana, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, more than 150 petrochemical plants spew huge amounts of carbon into our atmo...
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We get it. You care about the climate crisis—but sometimes thinking about it is just too overwhelming. Well, we’re here to help with that. Host Dan Kwartler unpacks the problems and solution...
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20 of 75 episodesHow Copenhagen’s “food schools” are promoting sustainable eating habits
Food production makes up about 12% of our global emissions—that comes not only from the kinds of food we eat (like beef, which is one of the...
How you can fly more sustainably (today!)
The aviation industry is responsible for 3.5% of the world’s carbon emissions. That may seem like a small number globally, but this is a big...
How a special seaweed is lowering methane emissions—one cow burp at a time
Did you know that cows emit methane when they burp? Livestock account for over 12% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, but farmers and...
How Stripe (yes, the payment platform) is leading the charge for carbon removal
Even if we do everything we need to do to limit our carbon emissions—curb deforestation, stop driving so many miles, clean up our power grid...
How employers in Washington State solved a transportation crisis
How much time do you spend commuting to and from work in your car? And do you drive alone? In the US, the transportation sector emits more c...
How two Girl Scouts started the fight against deforestation in Indonesia
Ten years ago, Indonesia’s forests were being decimated due to a big spike in palm oil production…until two Girl Scouts decided to get invol...
The last coal plant shut down in England. Now what?
Did you know the UK just closed its last coal plant? Hooray! But after taking a moment to celebrate, Ryan and Anjali reflect on what to do a...
How Texas became America’s biggest producer of wind energy
This is the surprising story of how Texas – rich in oil and gas – became America's biggest producer of wind energy. For our first episode, R...
Making Cents Out of Watts: What’s Driving Up Your Energy Bills? | Climate One
This is an episode of a podcast we think you'll love, Climate One. A third of Americans say that they've skipped food, medicine, or somethin...
Coming September 22nd, 2025: Speed & Scale
Coming September 22nd, 2025: Speed & Scale TED has a new podcast. Here’s a new climate story: the biggest solutions to our climate crisis ex...
Decarbonizing aviation (from Climate Rising)
This is an episode from our friends at the Climate Rising podcast. This episode in our hard-to-abate series features aviation expert Robin R...
TED Climate: This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life | Tara Djokic
Exactly when and where did life on Earth begin? Scientists have long thought that it emerged three billion years ago in the ocean — until as...
TED Climate: How to build an equitable and just climate future | Peggy Shepard
Everyone has the right to a clean environment — but major disparities exist when it comes to who faces the consequences of pollution. Enviro...
TED Climate: The future of fashion — made from mushrooms | Dan Widmaier
Your closet is likely full of all kinds of materials — leather, cotton, nylon and polyester, to name a few — that contribute to fashion's su...
TED Climate: How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar
What if you could eat chicken nuggets without harming a chicken? It's possible through "cellular agriculture," says Isha Datar. In a talk ab...
TED Climate: Where on Earth will people live in the future? | Parag Khanna
From the return of nomadic living to a climate-disrupted world, author and global strategist Parag Khanna has some predictions for humanity....
TED Climate: The innovations we need to avoid a climate disaster | Bill Gates
The single most important thing for avoiding a climate disaster is cutting carbon pollution from the current 51 billion tons per year to zer...
TED Climate: What to do when climate change feels unstoppable | Clover Hogan
Today's youth have inherited a big, unprecedented climate problem to solve — and the eco-anxiety to go with it. Gen-Zer and activist Clover...
The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast: Green holidays, without being a Grinch
This is an episode from a show we think you might like: The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast. Holiday shopping season is upon us, but instead of h...