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2022 Archives


December 30, 2022 - Wildly Magical: Stories of Animal Encounters
Care for the Common Critter / ‘It Could Be the Last One’: Stories of People Helping Rare Critters / Wildly Magical: Animal Encounters in the Galapagos / Native American Stories of Human and Animal Kinship

December 23, 2022 - Holiday Season Stories of Warmth and Light
The Power Of Stories / Native American Tales / Stories of the Night Sky and an English Wassail

December 16, 2022 - Averting the Biodiversity Crisis, Cloud Forest Bird Count, Holiday Décor from Your Own Backyard and more
Averting the Biodiversity Crisis / Cloud Forest Bird Count / Beyond the Headlines / I’ll Take Menhaden / The Climate Loses at the World Cup / Holiday Decor from Your Own Backyard / Listening On Earth: Tuba Christmas

December 9, 2022 - Drafting a Treaty for the Plastic Waste Crisis, Bipartisan Support for Offshore Wind, Ancient Stories of Sea Level Rise and more
A Treaty to Fight Plastic Waste / Beyond the Headlines / Green Voters Help Democrats / Bipartisan Support for Offshore Wind / Ancient Stories of Sea Level Rise

December 2, 2022 - Lobster Industry on the Hook to Save Right Whales, Climate Change and Your Health, Battle for the Sepik River and more
Lobster Industry on the Hook to Save Right Whales / Climate Change and Your Health / Maybe Like Dust Bowl Days? Low Water on the Mississippi / Beyond the Headlines / Battle For the Sepik River / Listening on Earth

November 25, 2022 - Low Ambition Climate Summit, Breakthrough for Loss and Damage, Cleaning Up Crypto and more
Low Ambition Climate Summit / Breakthrough for Loss and Damage / Beyond the Headlines / Living on Earth Gives Thanks / Note on Emerging Science: Eel-icit Affairs / Cleaning Up Crypto / “The Nutmeg’s Curse”: Join the next LOE Book Club!

November 18, 2022 - Plant and Planet-Centered Eating, Celebrating the "Seven Sisters," The Reign of Wolf 21 and more
Plant and Planet-Centered Eating / Vegan Generation Gap / Celebrating the "Seven Sisters" Native Crops / The Season for Sunchokes / The Reign of Wolf 21

November 11, 2022 - Climate at the Ballot Box, Ozone-Killing Chemicals Declining, Extreme Wildlife Loss and more
Climate at the Ballot Box / Climate Action Winner in the Golden State / Ozone-Killing Chemicals Declining / Extreme Wildlife Loss

November 4, 2022 - Toxic Air In Utero, New President to Protect Amazon, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us and more
New President to Protect Amazon / Beyond the Headlines / Toxic Air in Utero / The Ancient Call of the Sandhill Crane / An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

October 28, 2022 - Fishing for Plastic, Climate Disasters and Debt, Cool Season Gardening and more
Fishing For Plastic / Catapulting Spiders Avoid Cannibalism: Note On Emerging Science / Climate Disasters and Debt / BirdNote®: Bee Hummingbird / Beyond the Headlines / Cool Season Gardening

October 21, 2022 - California Wind Power Breakthrough, Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet, Fat Bear Week and the Salmon Behind It All, and more
California Wind Power Breakthrough / Beyond the Headlines / Parking Reform and Climate Change / Fat Bear Week and the Salmon Behind It All / Wishful Thinking: Leopards of the Olare Orok River / Saving Big Forests to Save The Planet

October 14, 2022 - Wetlands on the Line at Supreme Court, Building Codes and Hurricane Resilience, Protecting Coral Reefs with “Sponge Bobbie” and more
Wetlands On the Line at Supreme Court / Beyond the Headlines / Swamps, Bogs, Marshes and More! / Building Codes and Hurricane Resilience / Protecting Coral Reefs with “Sponge Bobbie”

October 7, 2022 - Hispanic Heritage Month: Powering Puerto Rico With the Sun, Many Hazards for Farmworkers, Ecological Farming, and more
Powering Puerto Rico with the Sun / President Biden’s Promises to Puerto Rico / Many Hazards for Farmworkers / Ecological Farming in Puerto Rico

September 30, 2022 - Steady Light for Solar, Extinction Threatens 1 in 6 U.S. Trees, The Grand Canyon of the Atlantic Ocean, and more
Climate Spending Czar / Steady Light for Solar / Beyond the Headlines / Our Next Event in the LOE Book Club / Extinction Threatens 1 In 6 U.S. Trees / The Grand Canyon of the Atlantic Ocean

September 23, 2022
Victory in Cancer Alley / Federal Funds For Environmental Justice / Upcoming Live Event on the Climate Debt Crisis / Fiona and Landslides / Beyond the Headlines / Methane Supercharges Climate Change

September 16, 2022 - The Green King, Greening the Golden State, “Forever Chemicals” Are Now Everywhere, Too – and more
The Green King / Beyond the Headlines / Greening the Golden State / Upcoming Sept 23 Live Event with Jane Goodall! / ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Now Everywhere, Too

September 9, 2022 - Extreme Weather and Climate Science, Renters and Climate Change, Green Voters and the 2022 Midterms and more
Extreme Weather Events and Climate Science / Beyond the Headlines / Renters and Climate Change / Note on Emerging Science: Tigers on the Rebound / Green Voters and the 2022 Midterms

September 2, 2022
Mapping Cancer-Causing Air / Whistleblowers Say EPA Endangers Public Health / BirdNote®: Skylark – With Aretha Franklin / Guardians of the Trees

August 26, 2022 - Plastic Planet, Fast Food With a Side of Phthalates, A New African Voice on Climate and more
The Climate and Plastic / Captive Audience / Fast Food with a Side of Phthalates / Rising Seas Threaten Landfills / A New African Voice on Climate

August 19, 2022 - Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet, Widespread Youth Anxiety About Climate, 150-Year-Old Mining Law Robs Public Lands Riches and more
150-Year-Old Mining Law Robs Public Lands Riches / BirdNote®: Insects Are Essential / Widespread Youth Anxiety About Climate / Climate Anxiety Therapy / Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

August 12, 2022 - Democrats Deliver on Climate, Medical Plastic Linked to Breast Cancer Relapse, The Reign of Wolf 21 and more
Democrats Deliver on Climate  / Medical Plastic Linked to Breast Cancer Relapse / Beavers Move Into the Arctic / The Reign of Wolf 21

August 5, 2022 - Underwater Wild: My Octopus Teacher’s Extraordinary World, Plastics and Autism, Bald Eagle in Central Park and more
Plastics Linked to Rising Rates of Autism / Note On Emerging Science: Polar Bears Use Tools to Hunt Walruses / Bald Eagle in Central Park / Underwater Wild: My Octopus Teacher's Extraordinary World

July 29, 2022 - Extreme Drought Causes Famine in East Africa, The Health Toll of L.A.’s Oil Rigs, A Leg Up for a Baby Giraffe and more
Sen. Manchin Supports Climate Bill / Extreme Drought Causes Famine in East Africa / Migratory Monarch Butterflies Now Endangered / The Health Toll of L.A.’s Oil Rigs / Beyond the Headlines / A Leg Up for a Baby Giraffe

July 22, 2022 - Biden Punts On National Climate Emergency, Blue Trees to Raise Awareness About Deforestation, The James Webb Space Telescope and More!
Biden Punts on National Climate Emergency / Beyond the Headlines / Blue Trees Against Deforestation / Big Dog, Soft Mouth / BirdNote®: Identify Bird Sounds On Your Phone / Spectacular Images From Deep Space

July 15, 2022 - Biden Boosts Solar Production, A Seaweed Diet for Cows, A Trip to Grand Teton National Park and More!
Defense Production Act for Domestic Solar / Beyond the Headlines / New Science Advisor Arati Prabhakar / Feeding Seaweed to Cows for Lower Emissions / BirdNote®: Brewer’s Sparrow, Sageland Singer / Grand Teton and Wild Weather Out West

July 8, 2022 - Getting Plastics Out of the Parks, The Sounds of Mars, New Telescope to Unlock Mysteries of the Universe, and more
Getting Plastics Out of the Parks / Beyond the Headlines / Saved By the Natural World / The Sounds of Mars / New Telescope to Unlock Mysteries of the Universe / “How to Love the Stars”

July 1, 2022 - Supreme Court Limits EPA Power, Saltier Soils in a Warming World, Climate and Punishment and more
Supreme Court Limits EPA Power / Beyond the Headlines / Saving the Mekong River / Saltier Soils in a Warming World / Climate and Punishment

June 24, 2022 - Pregnancy and Heat Waves, Putting Coal Miners Back to Work, UN Climate Talks on the Hot Seat
UN Climate Talks On Hot Seat / Beyond the Headlines / Pregnancy and Heat Waves / Putting Coal Miners Back to Work / Note on Emerging Science: A Sign of SIDS Risk / Gotta Getta Fish! / Hiking in 6-Inch Heels

June 17, 2022 - Celebrating Juneteenth, Farming While Black and more
Juneteenth and African Foodways / One in Five Deaths from Fossil Fuels / Redlined Real Estate and Extreme Urban Heat / Why I Wear Jordans in the Great Outdoors / Farming While Black: A Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land

June 10, 2022 - Green Light For Solar Panels, The ‘Danger Season’, 1,001 Voices on Climate Change and more
Green Light for Solar Panels / Beyond the Headlines / The 'Danger Season' / Landmark Decision For Climate Action / Join us for a Juneteenth Celebration! / 1,001 Voices on Climate Change

June 3, 2022 - Climate Hopes Up Down Under, Cutting Up Credit Cards to Stop Coal, Taking the A Train to a National Park and more
Down Under Climate Hopes Up / Cutting Up Credit Cards to Stop Coal / Join us for a Juneteenth Celebration! / Taking the A Train to a National Park / Beyond the Headlines / Gardening on a Budget

May 27, 2022 - Toxic Pet Collars, Justice For Oil Spill Victims in Nigeria, the Sounds of Mars and more
Toxic Pet Collars / Beyond the Headlines / “Trust”: Great Blue Heron / Justice for Oil Spill Victims in Nigeria / Albatross Divorce Amid Warming Waters / The Sounds of Mars / Safeguarding the Cedars of Lebanon

May 20, 2022 - Climate Risk from ‘Zombie’ Rules, Self-Immolation for the Climate, Mass Shooting and Eco-Fascism and more
Climate Risk From ‘Zombie’ Rules / Self-Immolation for the Climate / Beyond the Headlines / Mass Shooting and Eco-Fascism / Beautiful Mountain Bluebird

May 13, 2022 - Drought Threatens Hydropower, “SmartICE” Helps Inuit People Adapt, How to Save the Climate and more
Drought Threatens Hydropower / BirdNote: The Zone-tailed Hawk / Beyond the Headlines / “SmartICE” Helps Inuit People Adapt / Invasive Jumping Worms / How to Save the Climate

May 6, 2022 - Whistleblowers Say EPA Endangers Public Health, No Mow May to Help Pollinators, The Hawk's Way Book, and more.
Whistleblowers Say EPA Endangers Public Health / Beyond the Headlines / No-Mow May / The Hawk’s Way

April 29, 2022 - EV Sales Stuck in the Slow Lane, 150-Year-Old Mining Law Robs Public Lands Riches, “An Interview with the Ocean” and more
How Purpose Trusts Can Support Corporate Sustainability / Beyond the Headlines / Electric Vehicle Sales Stuck in the Slow Lane / 150-Year-Old Law Robs Public Lands Riches / 200 New Freshwater Fish Species Discovered / An Interview with the Ocean

April 22, 2022 - The Way Forward For People And Our Planet: An Earth Day Special
Greening the Economy / A Living Earth Called “Gaia” / Ecological Conversion and Solidarity

April 15, 2022 - A New Telescope to Unlock Mysteries of the Universe, Massive Government Animal Culling, Climate Risk Disclosure Mandate and more
Climate Risk Disclosure Mandate / Beyond the Headlines / Massive Government Animal Culling / New Telescope to Unlock Mysteries of the Universe / “How to Love the Stars” / The Living on Earth Book Club is Back!

April 8, 2022 - Shutdowns in the Solar Industry, Resilience Workers for Climate Disasters, Poetry for the Extinction Crisis and more
Shutdowns in the Solar Industry / Beyond the Headlines / Troubles for Climate Disaster Resilience Workers / The Climate Resilience Workforce Act / BirdNote®: The Sociable Weaver’s Colonial Nest / Draining Summer Lake / ‘Dear Specimen’: Poetry for the Extinction Crisis

April 1, 2022
BPA Asthma Risk for Girls / Conflict Oil and Gas / Beyond the Headlines / The Quest for Climate Justice

March 25, 2022 - Nuclear and Net Zero, Record Heat Wave in Antarctica, Trump's Zombie Border Wall, and more
Natural Gas for Europe / Beyond the Headlines / Nuclear and Net Zero / Record Heat Wave in Antarctica / Trump’s Zombie Border Wall / Not Just Maple Syrup: Birch, Beech and Other Sappy Trees

March 18, 2022 - Heat Pumps for Peace in Europe, Aid and Empathy for Climate Refugees, The Comeback Monarch and more
Heat Pumps for Peace / Aid and Empathy for Climate Refugees / Beyond the Headlines / A Patent-Free Covid Vaccine / The Comeback Monarchs / Bald Eagle in Central Park

March 11, 2022 - Nations Vow to Curb Plastic Waste, Redwoods Returned to Tribes, Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America and more
Nations Vow to Curb Plastic Waste / Beyond the Headlines / Deep Sea Corals Resilient to Impacts / Redwoods Returned to Tribes / The Impala Imperative / Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America

March 4, 2022 - SCOTUS Could Shackle EPA, IPCC’s "Atlas Of Human Suffering," Ice Fishing On A Tidal River and more
SCOTUS Could Shackle EPA / Florida-Sized Glacier Could Unleash 2+ Feet of Sea Level Rise / Rising Seas Threaten Archaeological Treasures / IPCC’s “Atlas of Human Suffering” / Climate in the State of the Union / Ice Fishing on a Tidal River

February 25, 2022 - Carbon in the Congo, A Trip into Black History with George Washington Carver, UN Plastics Treaty and more
Plastics Treaty / Beyond the Headlines / Carbon in the Congo / Culture of the Congo Peatlands / Note on Emerging Science: California Condors Reproduce Asexually / Black History: George Washington Carver

February 18, 2022 - Black History on the Mississippi, Green Voter Opportunities, Love Chokes National Parks and more
Green Voter Opportunity / Beyond the Headlines / Love Overwhelms National Parks / Black History on the Mississippi

February 11, 2022 - Congress and Climate Action, Forest-Friendly Chocolate and More, Beavers Move Into the Arctic
Congress and Climate Action / In Honor of Black History Month: Harriet Tubman and the Barred Owl / Forest-Friendly Chocolate and More / Green Walls For Life, Air and Energy / Beyond the Headlines / Beavers Move Into the Arctic / Sounds of Winter

February 4, 2022 - Biden Oil & Gas Leases Blocked, Sustainability and the Beijing Olympics, Winter Olympics in a Warming World, and more
Biden Oil and Gas Leases Blocked / Sustainability and the Beijing Olympics / Winter Olympics in a Warming World / Beyond the Headlines / A Fight Over Rights of Nature in Florida / Boundary Waters Mining Leases Canceled

January 28, 2022 - Unprecedented Fires In Patagonia, Warming Climate and Children’s Health, “Don’t Look Up” and the Absurdity of Climate Inaction and more
Unprecedented Fires in Patagonia / Warming Climate and Children’s Health / Beyond the Headlines / “To Fly, To Live:” Osprey of Long Island Sound / “Don’t Look Up” and the Absurdity of Climate Inaction

January 21, 2022 - Biden's First Year, Financing Net Zero Carbon, Climate Anxiety Therapy and more
Climate Anxiety Therapy / Beyond the Headlines / President Biden’s First Year / Financing Net Zero Carbon / After the Indian Farmer Protests / Ice Visions

January 14, 2022 - "Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet," Lead Pipes and Mental Health, Mapping Cancer-Causing Pollution and more
Lead Pipes and Mental Health / Beyond the Headlines / Mapping Cancer-Causing Air / Fishing for Data on Chemical Runoff / Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

January 7, 2022 - Remembering Naturalists E.O. Wilson and Tom Lovejoy, Winter Wildfires in a Changing Climate, and more
Winter Wildfires in a Changing Climate / Note On Emerging Science: Polar Bears Use Tools to Hunt Walruses / Beyond the Headlines / Remembering Naturalist E.O. Wilson / Remembering Naturalist Tom Lovejoy / A Call to Climate Action from Desmond Tutu / Adiós Al Color


 

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