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2023 Archives


December 29, 2023 - 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 22, 2023 - Holiday Season Stories of Warmth and Light
The Power Of Stories / Native American Tales / Stories of the Night Sky and an English Wassail

December 15, 2023 - Ending the Fossil Fuel Era, Of Time and Turtles with Sy Montgomery, New FDA Rules for Cosmetics and more.
New FDA Rules for Cosmetics / Beyond the Headlines / Of Time and Turtles with Sy Montgomery / Ending the Fossil Fuel Era

December 8, 2023 - House Republicans Oppose Environmental Justice, A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World, Australia’s Climate Visas for Tuvalu and more
House Republicans Oppose Environmental Justice / Beyond the Headlines / UN Climate Summit COP 28 Update / A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World / Australia's Climate Visas for Tuvalu / Poetic Plea for The Marshall Islands

December 1, 2023 - Corporate Coopting at COP28? Environmental Racism in Birmingham, Deep-Freezing to Thwart Extinction and more
Corporate Coopting of COP28? / Beyond the Headlines / Environmental Racism in Birmingham / Bacon Bear / Deep-Freezing to Thwart Extinction

November 24, 2023 - Unmasking Secret Fracking Chemicals, China and US Restart Climate Diplomacy, Debunking Solar Energy Fears and more
Unmasking Secret Fracking Chemicals / Beyond the Headlines / China and US Restart Climate Diplomacy / BIRDNOTE®: There's More Than One Way to Climb a Tree / Debunking Solar Energy Fears

November 17, 2023 - A Native Perspective of the First Thanksgiving, Three Sisters Stew for a Plant- Based Feast, Sustainable Thanksgiving Fare from the Sea and more
Thanksgiving Feast Favorites / Three Sisters Stew for a Plant-Based Feast / A Native Perspective of the First Thanksgiving / Sustainable Thanksgiving Fare from the Sea / Listening on Earth: The Many Sounds of Wild Turkeys

November 10, 2023 - Greenwashing an Oil CEO, Sea Level Risk From Antarctica, A New Dinosaur and more
Greenwashing an Oil CEO / Beyond the Headlines / Sea Level Risk From Antarctica / Helping Bats Survive Klamath Dam Removal / A New Dinosaur

November 3, 2023 - Warming Supercharges Hurricane Otis, A Climate Skeptic House Speaker, Auto Workers in the EV Fast Lane and more
Warming Supercharges Hurricane Otis / A Climate Skeptic House Speaker / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote®: Return of the Extinct Little Blue Macaw / Auto Workers in the EV Fast Lane / Virtual Power Plants

October 27, 2023 - Rift Over Loss and Damage, Powering Maine’s Decarbonization, Hydrogen Hubs Hope to Power Clean Future and more.
Rift Over Loss and Damage / Greening Maine's Grid? / Advancing Hydrogen with Government Funded Hubs / BirdNote®: Spooky Shearwaters / Beyond the Headlines / Sacred Groves in China

October 20, 2023 - Biden Admin Fast-Tracks Border Wall, How to Make Your Home More Wildfire-Safe, Human Voices and the “Ecology of Fear”
Biden Admin Fast-Tracks Border Wall / Beyond the Headlines / How to Make Your Home More Wildfire-Safe / BirdNote®: Ducks—-Dabbling and Diving / The Impala Imperative / Human Voices and the "Ecology of Fear"

October 13, 2023 - New Climate Writings from Pope Francis, Kids Sue 30+ European Nations on Climate, Toxic Toll of the War in Afghanistan and more
New Climate Writings from Pope Francis / Kids Sue 30+ European Countries on Climate / Beyond the Headlines / Note on Emerging Science: Social Mammal Longevity / Toxic Toll of the War in Afghanistan

October 6, 2023 - Young Conservatives Tired of Climate Denial, Rocks from Another (Little) World, Living with Cougars on the Olympic Peninsula and more
Young Conservatives Tired of Climate Denial / Salt Water in the Mississippi / Rocks from Another (Little) World / Beyond the Headlines / Living with Cougars on the Olympic Peninsula

September 29, 2023 - The American Climate Corps, Fossil Fuels Richly Subsidized, Growing Shiitake Mushrooms In Your Own Backyard and more
The American Climate Corps / California Leads with Climate Disclosure Bills / Fossil Fuels Richly Subsidized / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote®: Strange Sounds / Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in Your Own Backyard / Listening on Earth: Eno River in North Carolina

September 22, 2023 - Big Emitters Silent at UN, Regenerative Farming Powered by Microbes, Wolves Bouncing Back and more
Big Emitters Silent at UN / Beyond the Headlines / Regenerative Farming Powered by Microbes / Tips for a Thriving Indoor Herb Garden / Wolves Bouncing Back / Wolf Song on the Rebound

September 15, 2023 - EPA Charged with Reverse Discrimination, Turning Up the Heat on Climate Finance, Protecting Mediterranean Sea Life and more.
EPA Charged With Reverse Discrimination / Turning Up the Heat on Climate Finance / Protecting Mediterranean Sea Life / Beyond the Headlines / Enduring Against Seemingly Impossible Odds

September 8, 2023 - Too Hot To Learn, Maui’s Toxic Landscape, Hydrogen Fueled Future and more
Too Hot to Learn / Maui's Toxic Landscape / BIRDNOTE®: Birds and Plants of Hawaii / Beyond the Headlines / Hydrogen Fueled Future

September 1, 2023 - U.S. Primed for Climate Troubles, Burning Sugarcane Pollutes Communities of Color, and The Troubling Decline in Fertility
U.S. Primed for Climate Troubles / Burning Sugarcane Pollutes Communities of Color / Troubling Trend of Fewer Babies

August 25, 2023 - Power to the People, Recycling and Unhoused Californians, The Hawk’s Way and more
Power to the People / Methane Supercharges Climate Change / Recycling and Unhoused Californians / The Hawk’s Way

August 18, 2023 - Youth Plaintiffs Win Montana Climate Case, Warming Climate and Children’s Health, Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future and more
Youth Plaintiffs Win Montana Climate Case / Warming Climate and Children’s Health / Taking the A Train to a National Park / Koala: A Natural History and Uncertain Future

August 11, 2023 - The Great Displacement, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us, and more
The Great Displacement / The Accidental Ecosystem / The Life of a Dead Whale Fall / An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

August 4, 2023 - Saving the Second Lung of the Planet, “Don’t Look Up” and the Absurdity of Climate Inaction, Jellyfish Age Backwards, and more
Saving the Second Lung of the Planet / Wishful Thinking: Leopards of the Olare Orok River / “Don’t Look Up” and the Absurdity of Climate Inaction / Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity

July 28, 2023
Overheated in Prison / Beyond the Headlines / Note on Emerging Science: Glass Frogs / The UAE Boosts Climate Pledge / Europe Votes to Restore Nature / Slip-Sliding Away / BIRIDNOTE®: Bird Habitat at Home / Mining Riches on the Ocean Floor

July 21, 2023 - A Call to Cool the Earth, Financial Sector in Climate Denial, California Targets Bogus Carbon Offsets and more
A Call to Cool the Earth / Beyond the Headlines / Finance and Climate Denial / California Targets Bogus Climate Offsets / Lowballing Sea Level Rise / Midnight in the Everglades

July 14, 2023 - Rethinking the Recycling Symbol, The Risks of ‘Chemical Recycling’, Restoring the “River of Grass” and more
Rethinking the Recycling Symbol / Beyond the Headlines / The Risks of 'Chemical Recycling' / Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore / Restoring the "River of Grass" / Sea Cucumbers Clean Up Fish Poop

July 7, 2023 - Landmark Youth Climate Trial, Antarctic Deep Ocean Currents Slowing, and A New War on Cancer
Montana Youth Climate Suit / Antarctic Deep Ocean Currents Slowing / A New War on Cancer – Part 1 / A New War on Cancer – Part 2

June 30, 2023 - PFAS Added to Plastic Containers, Shell Plastics Plant Pollutes, Bringing Back the Endangered Species Act, and more
PFAS Added to Plastic Containers / Shell Plastics Plant Pollutes / "Oh, Say Can You See?": Kingfisher on Long Island Sound / Beyond the Headlines / Bringing Back the Endangered Species Act

June 23, 2023 - EU Passes Deforestation-Free Products Legislation, An Introduction to Queer Ecology, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands and more

EU Bans Deforestation Products / An Introduction to Queer Ecology / BirdNote®: The Power Of Albatross Partnerships / Beyond the Headlines / Danger Days / Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

June 16, 2023 - Juneteenth: An Urgent Call for Climate Solutions + Robert Smalls’ Heroic Escape from Slavery
An Urgent Juneteenth Call for Climate Solutions / Finding Climate Hope in the Black Vote / Black Courage Upon the Sea: Robert Smalls' Heroic Escape From Slavery / Robert Smalls' Legacy and Liberating Nature

June 9, 2023 - The Double-Edged Sword of Disinfectants, Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, A World Without Plastic Pollution and more
The Double-Edged Sword of Disinfectants / Beyond the Headlines / A World Without Plastic Pollution / Deep-Sea Volcano Helps Forecast Eruptions / Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

June 2, 2023 - Supreme Court Strips Away Wetlands Protections, Environmental Justice in All of Government, Curbside Capture of Desert Rain, and more
Supreme Court Strips Away Wetlands Protections / Taking Stock of Climate Progress / Environmental Justice for All of Government / Beyond the Headlines / Curbside Capture of Desert Rain

May 26, 2023 - ExxonMobil Sued in Guyana, Less Water for the Dry West, The Great Displacement and more
ExxonMobil Sued in Guyana / Less Water for the Dry West / The Great Displacement / Beyond the Headlines / Note on Emerging Science: How Lizards Can Breathe Underwater / The Life of a Dead Whale Fall

May 19, 2023 - Power to the People, Restoring Finland’s Peatlands, Backyard Chickens and more
Power to the People / Environmental Justice for All of Government / Restoring Finland's Peatlands / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote®: Pigeons Love Cities - But We Loved Them First / Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them

May 12, 2023 - Amazing Animal Mothers, Bringing a Plastics Giant to Justice, Finding the Mother Tree and more
Amazing Animal Mothers / Bringing a Plastic Giant to Justice / Beyond the Headlines / Finding the Mother Tree

May 5, 2023 - Oceans Hotter Than Ever, U.S. Primed for Climate Troubles, Plastic Burning Pollution Flies Under the Radar and more
Oceans Hotter Than Ever / U.S. Primed for Climate Troubles / Plastic Burning Pollution Flies Under the Radar / Beyond the Headlines / No-Mow May / "What I Want to Believe About the Vireos" / BirdNote®: Wetland Birds Thrive

April 28, 2023 - A New Clean Power Plan, Cleaning Up a Copper Mine in Zambia, Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature’s Secrets to Longevity, and more
A New Clean Power Plan / Beyond the Headlines / UK Courts Force A Zambian Copper Mine Cleanup / BIRDNOTE®: The World's Most Abundant Bird / Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity

April 21, 2023 - Celebrating the Earth through Music, Poetry, and Storytelling
Celebrating Earth Day with John Denver / “Earth, Sometimes I Try to Play It Casual” / A Children’s Author On Inspiring Kids to Protect the Planet / Turtle Wisdom for Earth Day / Connecting With Ancient Sharks / The Little Gods of the Forest / Legends of the Forest / Earth Chats With the Moon / “Earth Prayer” / Earth Needs a Movement / Lament of the Earth

April 14, 2023 - Cleaning Up Toxic Air, Hidden Plastic Waste Polluting Global South, Revving Up U.S. EV Manufacturing, and more
Cleaning Up Toxic Air / Used Clothes Pollute Global South / Hidden Plastic Waste / Beyond the Headlines / Revving Up U.S. EV Manufacturing / Replanting The Klamath River

April 7, 2023 - Green Energy Gridlock, Righting Racial Wrongs, Koala: A Natural History and an Uncertain Future and more
Green Energy Gridlock / Koala: A Natural History and Uncertain Future / The Next Event in the Living on Earth Book Club / Beyond the Headlines / Righting the Wrongs of Environmental Racism

March 31, 2023 - Microplastics – “A Poison Like No Other,” Climate Scientists Sound the Alarm, Nat’l Audubon Keeps Enslaver’s Name and more
Dire Climate Warning From IPCC / Beyond the Headlines / Natl Audubon Keeps Enslaver’s Name / Microplastics – “A Poison Like No Other”

March 24, 2023 - EPA Proposes Strict Limits for PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water, Greenwashing and “Chemical Recycling,” Mapping the Ocean Floor to Better Predict Coastal Flooding, and more!
EPA and Strict PFAS Water Regulations / Beyond the Headlines / Greenwashing Energy from Plastic / Insects Need More Protection / Mapping the Seafloor to Predict Coastal Flooding

March 17, 2023 - Jane Goodall on Helping People to Help Nature, Broken Promise for the Arctic, Saving the Second Lung of the Planet and more
Broken Promise for the Arctic / Beyond the Headlines / EPA Drops the Ball in East Palestine / The Next Chapter of the Living on Earth Book Club / Saving the Second Lung of the Planet / Jane Goodall on Helping People to Help Nature

March 10, 2023 - The Human Toll of Pollinator Loss, Nature on the Federal Balance Sheet, Indonesia Squelching Biodiversity Research and more
Nature on the Federal Balance Sheet / Beyond the Headlines / Indonesia Squelching Biodiversity Research / The Human Toll of Pollinator Loss / New Exoplanet Revealed / Heat Pump Challenges

March 3, 2023 - Dioxin Concerns After Train Crash, CO2 Pipeline Safety Risks, Climate Change and Mating, and more
Dioxin Concerns After Train Crash / Dolphins May Use Corals for Skin Care / CO2 Pipeline Safety Risks / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote®: Sound Escapes – Learning to Be a Deep Listener / Cliff Hanger / Climate Change and Mating

February 24, 2023 - Chemical Concerns of the Ohio Train Disaster, Workers Left in the Dark About Chemical Risks, The Power of Black History and more
Chemical Concerns of the Ohio Train Disaster / Beyond the Headlines / Workers Left in the Dark About Chemical Risks / Dolphins and People: Fishing Buddies / Last Reminder! The Next Chapter of the Living on Earth Book Club / The Power of Black History

February 17, 2023 - Big Oil Bid in Alaska, High Levels of PFAS in Wild Freshwater Fish, Toxic Black Hair Products and more
Big Oil Bid in Alaska / Beyond the Headlines / Note on Emerging Science: Electric Honeybees / High Levels of PFAS in Wild Freshwater Fish / The Next Chapter of the Living on Earth Book Club / BirdNote®: Red-Crowned Cranes Dance on Hokkaido / Black Hair Care Products & Toxic Exposure

February 10, 2023 - Great Salt Lake Going Dry, Poor Schools Caught in Red Tape for Green School Buses, Black History: George Washington Carver and more
Great Salt Lake Going Dry / Environment & President Biden's State of the Union / Red Tape for Green Buses / Recycling and Unhoused Californians / The Next Chapter of the Living on Earth Book Club / Black History: George Washington Carver

February 3, 2023 - Designing Whale-Safe Lobstering Gear, EV Price Cuts, The Nutmeg's Curse and more
Hope From Baby Right Whales / Designing Whale-Safe Lobstering Gear / Beyond the Headlines / EV Price War / The Nutmeg's Curse / Ice Fishing on a Tidal River

January 27, 2023 - Big Oil Under Fire in Puerto Rico, Recovery and Resilience in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria, Hurricanes as a Driver of Evolution, and More!
Big Oil Under Fire in Puerto Rico / Rebuilding With Resilience in Puerto Rico / Science Note: Hurricanes, Lizards, and Leafblowers / Beyond the Headlines With Peter Dykstra / Listening on Earth: Coquí Chirps

January 20, 2023 - Oil Chief to Lead Climate Talks, Sugarcane Burns Pollute Black Floridians’ Air, Dolphin Casualties of Russia’s War and more
Controversial Oil CEO to Lead UN Climate Treaty / Burning Sugarcane Pollutes Communities of Color / Beyond The Headlines / Marine Mammal Casualties of Russia’s War / Listening on Earth: Dolphins Talk

January 13, 2023 - Pink Snow and the Climate, Extreme Weather and the Jet Stream, Saving Bats From Deadly Cold and more
Pink Snow and the Climate / Extreme Weather and the Jet Stream / Beyond the Headlines / BirdNote®: White-Browed Coucal / Rescuing Bats from Extreme Cold

January 6, 2023 - Environment and the Law in 2023, Midnight in the Everglades, The Accidental Ecosystem and more
Environment and the Law in 2023 / Auld Lang Syne / Midnight in the Everglades / The Accidental Ecosystem / Baby Oysters Listen for Safety


 

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