In 2022, the EPA started investigating environmental justice concerns in Louisiana's Cancer Alley. But the inquiry closed when the state's Attorney General sued, claiming 'reverse discrimination.'

Monique Harden of Deep South Center for Environmental Justice explains: loe.org/shows/segments…

Thanks to the country's geography, the United States is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, and blizzards. And climate change is only making it worse.

How can we prepare for these disasters? Learn more: loe.org/shows/segments…

'These endocrine-disrupting chemicals are found everywhere.”

- Professor Shanna Swan spoke with us about the compounds helping fuel fertility declines, the environmental injustices of the issue, and her 2021 book “Count Down.'

Listen here: loe.org/shows/segments…

Recycling in California relies heavily on unhoused residents, but the state has rarely supported their informal labor.

Reporter Isabella Zavarise digs into the story to learn more.

Listen here: loe.org/shows/segments…

'We need to invest in solutions that are going to mature today and solutions that are going to mature in 10 and 20 years. We’re still going to be fighting this for a long time.”

-Skidmore College's Kristofer Covey on methane & climate

Listen here: loe.org/shows/segments…

In-person #event alert! Author of The Great Regeneration, Dorn Cox will be speaking about his book as part of Living On Earth's Book Club! 📚️

🗓️ 14 Sep
⏰ 6 - 7pm EDT
📍: Dover Public Library, NH, 🇺🇸
🎟️: l8r.it/GdOj

'This is what I found was the greatest gift of falconry. Just like friendships with different people, relationships with individuals of other species have lessons to teach us.'

- Sy Montgomery on her book “The Hawk's Way'

Listen here: loe.org/shows/segments…

9/14 is our next live book club event with School for the Env. NH Public Radio & Dover Public Library

Author #DornCox shows how regenerative agriculture can combat climate change and food scarcity - tune in live, on Zoom or in person!

Register here: ow.ly/7mtA50PC469

Tonight! Will we see you there? 👀

Happy Earth Day! Thanks to Jenni Doering for inviting me to share a poem and talk a bit about our amazing planet on Living On Earth's Earth Day program! loe.org/shows/segments…

Join us for our free live event this Wednesday, where 'Soil' by Camille T. Dungy is the latest chapter in the Living on Earth Book Club.

In partnership with Soul Fire Farm, School for the Env., and Orion Magazine, we'll see you on Zoom at 7pm EDT!

Learn more: umassboston.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Coming up on 3/2: our next book club event with School for the Env. and ifaw!

Danielle Clode joins us to discuss her new book #Koala , so tune in live on Zoom! Learn where these enigmatic animals come from and what their future may hold.

Sign up here: umassboston.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Resilience and rebuilding in #PuertoRico on this week’s episode ... out now!

▶ Listen on your local public radio station, loe.org, or click below to find us on your favorite podcast app! kite.link/LivingOnEarth

Alongside the devastating human toll of Russia’s war on Ukraine, marine scientists have documented recent mass strandings of dolphins and porpoises in the Black Sea, likely due to military sonar, explains Alix Kroeger.

Listen here: loe.org/shows/segments…

What does it mean for #COP28 that oil executive Sultan Al Jaber will be the session president of this year’s UN climate treaty negotiations? We talk with mayboeve from 350 dot org to find out.

Listen here: loe.org/shows/segments…

Living on Earth’s Don Lyman spent a night in Florida’s Everglades, investigating what tasty treats alligators like to capture in their gaping jaws. 🐊

He shares his story in this week's show -- listen here:
loe.org/shows/shows.ht…

From Steve Curwood & me on Living On Earth: Some passings in science & envir in 2022, incl the Exxon Valdez skipper, an uber-climate denier, Earth First!'s co-founder, and a fictional science goddess who won't be born for another 200 years.
loe.org/shows/segments…

Welcome in the weekend with the first LoE broadcast of 2023!

Tune in for stories on alligators in the Everglades, environmental law in 2023, and 'The Accidental Ecosystem' from author Peter Alagona.

Listen now on loe.org, or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧

Tonight: Author Amitav Ghosh discusses 'The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.'

Tune in to learn how colonialism and resource extraction have led us to the climatic tipping points and global crises we face today:
umassboston.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Does passage of the U.S. climate bill signal to the world a better way to invest in climate resilience?

We addressed this and more at our climate debt event in partnership with Living On Earth. Listen to the full discussion here: propub.li/3yBf6mH propub.li/3S4mkXh