People Places Planet Podcast
147 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome to People Places Planet Podcast, the official podcast of the Environmental Law Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to ensure a healthy environment, prosperous economies, and vibrant communities, founded on the rule of law.
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NEPA, Explained
April 11, 2024 17:58 - 24 minutes - 55.9 MBWhen airports, buildings, highways, dams, power plants, and other federal activities are proposed, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements are invoked. Passed by Congress in 1969 and signed into law on January 1, 1970, NEPA fundamentally altered how lawmakers and regulators approach human impacts on the natural world. Despite significant success in involving the public in decision-making, NEPA regulations have been criticized for delaying projects and raising costs...
ELR Spotlight: A Primer on Climate Justice Litigation in the United States
April 05, 2024 17:48 - 20 minutes - 47.1 MBOver the last three decades, numerous studies have concluded that African American, Hispanic, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and working-class White communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental harms and climate risks. Several states have initiated litigation to address this environmental and public health issue. In this episode, Barry E. Hill and Emily Bergeron discuss their April 2024 ELR article Climate Justice Litigation in the United States—A Pr...
Diplomacy Required: Women, Water, and Peace
March 22, 2024 04:07 - 21 minutes - 48.7 MBThe theme of this year’s World Water Day is “Water for Peace”. With over 2 billion people around the world lacking clean water access, tensions can arise within communities and between countries. Further complicating the issue, around 40 percent of the global population lives in a transboundary river basin, making transboundary water cooperation essential to effective water resource management. This episode explores how the Women in Water Diplomacy Network is empowering global wome...
Unleash the Green: Legal and Policy Solutions for Green Startups
March 14, 2024 21:08 - 24 minutes - 56.6 MBGreen startups are imagining solutions to the climate crisis and leading the transition to a sustainable economy. Yet sustainable entrepreneurship remains incredibly daunting given market challenges, long pathways to commercial viability, and an ill-suited investor landscape. In this episode, host Sarah Backer sits down with Jesse Lazarus, Associate Attorney with the Energy and Climate Solutions practice of Wilson Sonsini, to discuss the legal and policy solutions that could enable ...
How Can Business Help Solve the Freshwater Crisis?
February 29, 2024 16:06 - 36 minutes - 83.9 MBBillions of people around the globe lack adequate access to clean water. This freshwater crisis will be exacerbated by climate change. Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis explores the rapidly expanding role of private businesses and markets in ensuring supply of clean, safe, reliable, and affordable water. In this week’s episode of People Places Planet, Phillip Womble, postdoctoral scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment at...
Cumulative Impact Analysis: Massachusetts, EPA, and Beyond
February 23, 2024 15:37 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBCommunities are exposed to pollution through the air, water, and land. Multiple sources of pollution and other environmental stressors can add up over time to cause adverse effects to human health and wellbeing. This is known as “cumulative impacts.” Environmental justice (EJ) communities tend to face greater cumulative impacts, as they are disproportionately exposed to multiple environmental, health, and social stressors. This episode of Groundtruth discusses new regulations in Mas...
Confidence in Climate Science: How Consensus Emerges in the Scientific Community
February 08, 2024 15:07 - 18 minutes - 42.7 MBBuilding scientific agreement is a meticulous process. In climate science, this process has faced a lot of outside scrutiny. In this episode, ELI’s Staff Scientist Dr. John Doherty joins Host Sarah Backer to discuss the responsibilities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and how they are communicating what we know about climate change. Relevant Resources: The Fifth National Climate Assessment Gives a Unique S...
Swamps, Science, and Sackett: ELI's Approach to Wetland Preservation
February 02, 2024 18:10 - 19 minutes - 45.5 MBWhat do Wetlands have to do with wellbeing? As vibrant and critical ecosystems, wetlands provide economic, cultural, and climate benefits to communities worldwide. Yet, wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate. ELI’s Wetlands Program is working to prevent these losses and reverse the trend. From breaking the news on national legal developments to spotlighting local leaders, ELI is the place for all things wetlands. In honor of World Wetlands Day, host Sarah Backer sits down wit...
From Dubai with Dedication: Navigating COP28 Climate Commitments
January 25, 2024 21:59 - 28 minutes - 65.5 MBA lot has been said about COP28. It has been described as a success, failure, and everything in between, but what actually happened? This week, host Sarah Backer is joined by Jennifer Huang, Associate Director of International Strategies at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and Kaveh Guilanpour, Vice President of International Strategies at C2ES. Jennifer and Kaveh discuss their experiences at COP28 in Dubai and evaluate the success of COP28 and the global stocktake...
Every Drop Counts: At the Confluence of Water and Law
January 19, 2024 15:03 - 32 minutes - 73.7 MBIt’s undeniable that we take water access for granted – until we don’t have it or until water quality degrades, anyways. With at least forty states anticipating water shortages this year, using water efficiently is more important than ever. This week, Sarah Backer is joined by Mary Ann Dickinson, Co-Chair of the Water and Planning Network for the American Planning Association, and Adam Schempp, Senior Attorney at ELI, to discuss water conservation strategies, the influence of law, a...
Can Fashion Ever Be Sustainable? Maybe.
December 20, 2023 17:16 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBConsumers are seeking out ethically made and climate-friendly apparel to gift this holiday season. But how do they know whether their purchases are truly sustainable or eco-friendly? This week’s podcast episode explores the rise of greenwashing claims and the role of the Federal Trade Commission in guiding the industry and holding companies accountable for deceptive marketing claims. Host Sarah Backer sits down with Carolyn Kennedy, a 2024 JD Candidate at the Georgetown University L...
The Enforcement Angle: David Uhlmann and OECA
December 13, 2023 14:37 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBThe EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) develops the Agency’s national strategy to enforce compliance with federal environmental statutes. Led by Assistant Administrator, David M. Uhlmann, OECA sets national enforcement priorities, and coordinates with EPA regions and the U.S. Department of Justice to address environmental noncompliance, which can include civil and criminal actions. In this episode, Mr. Uhlmann joins Justin Savage to discuss OECA’s national ...
Governing for Sustainability: A Conversation with Scott Schang and John Dernbach
December 06, 2023 14:49 - 29 minutes - 66.4 MBThe United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 integrated goals that address global challenges, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, the environment, peace and justice. Advancing the SDGs in the US would help to make the US a better place for all. In this episode, host Sarah Backer is joined by editors John Dernbach and Scott Schang to discuss their ELI Press-published book, Governing for Sustainability. The book provides a detailed set...
COP28 Special: The Global Stocktake and Climate Equity
December 01, 2023 17:18 - 25 minutes - 57.8 MBToday is the first day of COP28, where participants will discuss the first-ever global stocktake, an assessment of global action on climate change to date. The global stocktake report includes an inventory of climate-related data which evaluates whether the world is on track to achieve the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. The goal is for countries and other actors to use these technical findings to step up political actions and set more ambitious national targets and actions, t...
Eat Your T(of)urkey: How to Reduce Food Waste This Thanksgiving
November 21, 2023 21:09 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBAn estimated 312 million pounds of food will be wasted this Thanksgiving. In this week’s episode, host Sarah Backer is joined by ELI Senior Attorney Linda Breggin and Research Associate Elly Beckerman to discuss the food waste problem and some easy solutions for this holiday season—and throughout the year. Linda is the co-director of ELI’s Food Waste Initiative which conducts research and works with stakeholders to prevent food waste, increase surplus food donation, and recycle the ...
Groundtruth: Valuing Lived Experience and Fostering Meaningful Community Engagement
November 14, 2023 22:28 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBThe Biden-Harris administration has placed an unprecedented federal focus on environmental justice using a whole of government approach, including issuing executive orders demanding accountability and action from a broad list of federal agencies and requiring input from impacted communities. In this week’s episode of Groundtruth, Beveridge & Diamond Associate Hilary Jacobs meets with Ebony Griffin of Earthjustice for a focused conversation about environmental justice and community e...
Dr. Marshall Shepherd and “The Climate Moonshot”
November 09, 2023 17:31 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBIn this week’s episode of People Places Planet Podcast, host Sarah Backer sits down with Dr. Marshall Shepherd, ELI’s 2023 Environmental Achievement Award recipient and renowned scientist, to have a conversation in celebration of his work. They discuss Shepherd’s background, inspirations, and views on solutions for the climate crisis. He delves into topics like climate delayism and the need for a “climate moonshot,” providing a self-proclaimed “Weather Geek” perspective into extreme...
Weighing The Social Cost of Carbon with Cass Sunstein and Kip Viscusi
October 25, 2023 16:44 - 32 minutes - 74.9 MBIn this week’s episode of the People Places Planet podcast, Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein engages in an illuminating discussion with Vanderbilt Professor W. Kip Viscusi about the social cost of carbon—a hotly debated and frequently litigated number—that is used to quantify the harm caused by one ton of carbon emissions. They are joined by ELI Senior Attorney Linda K. Breggin and Vanderbilt Law student Kyle Blasinsky. This important number is used in developing a range of regul...
Hear from ELI’s Summer Interns: Substantive Due Process in Climate Litigation, Caribbean Climate Migration, and Community Gardening in California
October 11, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this week’s episode of People Places Planet Podcast, ELI’s three summer interns (Anna Guzman, Natalie Triana, and Alex Alvarez) sit down with host Sarah Backer to reflect on their experience as summer interns, share who they are, their interests, and what brought them to ELI. They delve into their independent research projects, which cover substantive due process claims in climate litigation, climate migration issues in the Caribbean, and community gardening in California. ★ ...
Not All Environmental Rights Amendments Are Created Equally: The Climate Science Behind Held v. Montana
September 13, 2023 17:04 - 22 minutes - 51.4 MBIn this week’s 'court watch' episode of the People, Places, and Planet podcast, Host Sarah Backer and guests ELI Staff Attorney Jarryd Page and Science Fellow John Doherty, dive into how the youth-led constitutional climate case of Held v. State of Montana incorporated climate science and the implications that Judge Kathy Seeley’s decision might have for future climate litigation. Jarryd and John both work for ELI’s Climate Judiciary Project (CJP). CJP collaborates with leading nati...
Farewell, Georgia Ray! A Special Behind-the-Scenes Episode
September 07, 2023 20:36 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBGeorgia Ray joined ELI as a Research Associate in August 2021 and has been the Host of People, Places, and Planet for the past year. At ELI, Georgia also worked on projects related to best practices for sustainable land-based aquaculture, wetlands for hazard mitigations, green technology, and the digital economy and the environment. In this episode, join our new podcast host, Sarah Backer, as she learns more about Georgia’s environmental interests and her favorite People, Places, Pl...
From Trash to Triumph: The Mount Growmore Initiative
August 30, 2023 15:43 - 43 minutes - 99 MBIn this week's episode of the People Places Planet Podcast, host Georgia Ray dives deep into an incredible transformation journey with her guests Debbie Sims, Suzi Ruhl, David Cash, and Bill Coleman. Together, they discuss the evolution of Bridgeport, Connecticut's once-neglected Mount Trashmore into the thriving Mount Growmore agricultural, wellness, and learning campus. Tune in to explore the significance of community-driven solutions, the power of inter-sectoral government collab...
Protecting Half the Land: Reimagining How We Interact with the Environment with Author Tony Hiss
August 16, 2023 19:42 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBPeople view and value the land in different ways, and these attitudes have significant implications for the environmental movement. In this episode of the People Places Planet Podcast, ELI Staff Attorney Jarryd Page interviews award-winning author Tony Hiss, who recently published a book titled Rescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth. The conversation covers the importance of biodiversity and land conservation for climate regulation, the role that industry pl...
The Fight for Forests: Green Militarization in Latin America
July 26, 2023 16:10 - 30 minutes - 70.6 MBEnvironmental laws and the judiciary can play a role in preventing deforestation across Latin America. In this episode, host Georgia Ray speaks with Kristine Perry, a Staff Attorney at ELI, and Juan Corredor-Garcia author of “War on Deforestation” about the ongoing court cases and military action playing a role in environmental protection. Read “Deforestación y Derecho” here and find Juan’s report – “War on Deforestation” – here. ★ Support this podcast ★
Sensing a Change in the Air: How Local Governments Can Respond and Adapt to Shifts in Air Quality Monitoring Technology
July 19, 2023 17:27 - 39 minutes - 90.6 MBRecent wildfire smoke events have highlighted the value of air quality measurement. But how does it really work, anyways? From the latest technologies and regulations to the unique challenges faced by local governments and tribes, this week's guests discuss the transforming landscape of air quality monitoring. Join hosts Georgia Ray and Ella Stack; and guests Chet Wayland from the EPA, Christopher Lee from Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center, and Miles Keogh from the National Assoc...
Of Fish and Farms: Investigating Land-Based Aquaculture's Promises
July 14, 2023 16:06 - 47 minutes - 108 MBFish consumption is on the rise worldwide, and with it, fish farming. Land-based aquaculture and recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) offer a lot of environmental promise, but do they live up to the hype? In this episode host Georgia Ray discusses the findings of a new ELI report, Fish Forward. Georgia is joined by Elissa Torres-Soto, Irene Jandoc, and Cynthia R. Harris as they explore the ways to measure the effectiveness of RAS facilities in Maine, the regulatory environment, a...
Sedimentary, My Dear Watson: How Coastal Resilience is Affected by Sediment Placement Regulation
June 28, 2023 19:30 - 34 minutes - 79 MBDid you know that sediment could be a critical resource for coastal resilience? In this episode of the People Places Planet Podcast, host Georgia Ray speaks with Derek Brockbank of the Coastal States Organization (CSO) and Dr. Nicole Elko of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) about sediment placement regulations and the beneficial use of dredged material. Brockbank and Dr. Elko recently published a report that provides a comparative analysis of state and f...
Discussions with ELI’s Spring Interns: The Nagoya Protocol and India’s Green Hydrogen Investments
June 14, 2023 21:03 - 31 minutes - 71.4 MBAt the Environmental Law Institute, interns have the opportunity to develop independent research projects based off their interests. In this episode of the People Places Planet Podcast, ELI’s spring interns, Jenny Tseng and Abhi Vishwanath, join host Georgia Ray to share more about who they are, their independent research work on The Nagoya Protocol and India's Green Hydrogen Investments, and broader projects that they have worked on at the organization. ★ Support this podcast ★...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Scott Fisher, Local Stewardship Award Winner
June 02, 2023 18:18 - 14 minutes - 34.1 MBLanguage changes how we perceive the world around us, and Scott Fisher is no stranger to that concept. Conversant in the Hawaiin language, Scott’s work centers community involvement with the intention of cultivating a loving and caring relationship of the land. His work at the Hawaiʻi Land Trust (HILT) combines sustainable indigineous land management techniques and research on natural bioshields. In this miniseries, ELI’s Georgia Ray sits down with each of the 2023 National Wet...
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Bingqing Liu, Scientific Research Award Winner
May 31, 2023 17:43 - 12 minutes - 28.7 MBFrom remote sensing to carbon sequestration, Bingqing Liu has the research to back it up. Dr. Liu’s work at The Water Institute is taking a deep look at how coastal restoration projects along Louisiana's coast can mitigate climate events and the carbon capturing potential of local ecosystems. In this miniseries, ELI’s Georgia Ray sits down with each of the 2023 National Wetlands Awardees. ★ Support this podcast ★
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Rebecca Swadek, Wetlands Program Development Award Winner
May 26, 2023 17:21 - 13 minutes - 31.9 MBNew York City might not be the concrete jungle you think it is. Rebecca Swadek has secured over $22 million in city and grant funding to implement wetlands projects across the city and has co-authored a thirty-year plan for the continued protection, restoration, and care of the city wetlands. In this miniseries, ELI’s Georgia Ray sits down with each of the 2023 National Wetlands Awardees. ★ Support this podcast ★
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Matthew Hough, Promoting Awareness Award Winner
May 25, 2023 19:53 - 11 minutes - 26.3 MBPromoting awareness is never easy–especially when you're talking to an uninformed and sometimes resistant public. Despite the difficulty, Matt Hough has been instrumental in galvanizing support for wetlands in Kansas leading to conservation efforts totaling approximately 78,000 wetlands acres in just 11 years. In this miniseries, ELI’s Georgia Ray sits down with each of the 2023 National Wetlands Awardees. ★ Support this podcast ★
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Charlotte Michaluk, Youth Leadership Award Winner
May 24, 2023 15:10 - 11 minutes - 25.7 MBCharlotte Michaluk has been a successful, data-driven advocate for wetland conservation and a continuous force in educating the community, notably through her wetland monitoring curriculums—all before the age of 18. In this miniseries, ELI’s Georgia Ray sits down with each of the 2023 National Wetlands Awardees. ★ Support this podcast ★
2023 National Wetlands Awards: Adam Davis, Business Leadership Award Winner
May 23, 2023 21:18 - 15 minutes - 34.4 MBPhilanthropic and government resources alone can’t afford to restore all our wetlands. Over the past two decades, Adam Davis’ thought leadership has increased private capital available for large-scale, multi-benefit wetland restoration projects nationally. In this miniseries, ELI’s Georgia Ray sits down with each of the 2023 National Wetlands Awardees. ★ Support this podcast ★
Groundtruth: Cultural Burns as Tools for Wildfire Prevention and Indigenous Healing
May 17, 2023 20:52 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBIndigenous people used prescribed burns in forests for thousands of years to manage land, reduce wildfire risk, and support cultural practices. Noa Ervin and Claire McLeod of Beveridge & Diamond interview Deniss Martinez, PhD Candidate at the University of California Davis, focusing on how colonial governments and land management agencies have suppressed these practices, and highlight the recent progress in restoring Indigenous fire management. ★ Support this podcast ★
Youth Leadership for Wetlands Protection
May 11, 2023 14:15 - 32 minutes - 74 MBWetlands are critical infrastructure for coastal areas and species, but they are also integral to the culture of local communities. This week’s episode features Louisiana 4-H’s Wetlands Youth Ambassadors, young leaders working to protect and restore the state’s wetlands. The ambassadors share their personal experiences growing up near and in coastal wetlands, discuss the challenges and opportunities facing Louisiana's wetlands, and their work to raise awareness about the importance ...
The Enforcement Angle: Driving California Toward Carbon-Neutrality with Dr. Steven Cliff
May 03, 2023 14:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) is playing a major role in setting air quality standards across the country and world. Led by Dr. Steven Cliff, the agency works closely with scientists, industry, and other regulatory bodies to create a carbon-neutral California by 2045. In this episode, Dr. Cliff joins Justin Savage and Maureen Gorsen of Sidley Austin LLP to discuss how CARB’s work is considering environmental justice, rethinking and electrifying their transportation infra...
Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Resilience with Lawyers and Authors Susan Crawford and Robert Verchick
April 26, 2023 14:00 - 36 minutes - 82.4 MBIn this podcast episode, Jeffrey Peterson interviews Susan Crawford and Robert Verchick, two noted lawyers who have new books on climate adaptation and coastal resilience published in April 2023. The interview covers a wide range of topics, including the challenges posed by sea-level rise, the importance of social justice in climate adaptation, and the role of law in addressing climate change. ★ Support this podcast ★
Drinking Water in LA County
April 19, 2023 16:00 - 39 minutes - 91.5 MBDrinking water in the United States is among the world’s cleanest and most heavily regulated, yet entire grocery store aisles are dedicated to bottled water. Why is this? In this episode, ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with Cindy Donis, a community organizer for East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, and Gregory Pierce, director of the Human Right to Water Solutions Lab within UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation. Cindy and Gregory offer background on drinking water contamination...
The Youth Review: Government-to-Government Consultation with Tribal Nations During Constant Environmental Change
April 05, 2023 17:10 - 34 minutes - 78.1 MBAs sovereign nations, a unique relationship exists between Tribal Nations and the U.S. federal government, which is grounded in the U.S. Constitution. An integral component of this relationship is a process known as “government-to-government consultation,” or, colloquially, a “G2G.” In this episode, ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with Meghan Gavin, a lawyer and partner at Cascadia Law Group, to learn about G2G consultation with Tribes in Washington state, the power dynamic surrounding gov...
The Enforcement Angle: Corporate Compliance Monitors
March 29, 2023 14:00 - 45 minutes - 63.2 MBIncreasingly, independent third parties—better known as “corporate compliance monitors”--are appointed to oversee a company’s compliance following the settlement of a criminal or, sometimes, civil enforcement case. Justin Savage of Sidley Austin LLP, speaks with Ike Adams, a Partner at Sidley Austin, and Michele Edwards and Brad Wilson, both with StoneTurn, a global advisory firm. The trio discuss corporate compliance monitorships, which has been a perennial hot topic in DOJ enforce...
Global Perspectives on International Law Education and Practice with Visiting Attorney Tomkeen Mobegi
March 16, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes - 117 MBGlobal sustainable development requires attention to environmental, developmental, and social priorities. ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with ELI Visiting Attorney Tomkeen Mobegi, an international law expert whose past work has focused on climate change, environmental governance, and human rights and development in the Global South. Tomkeen shares his perspective on intersectional and international legal education, the importance of international treaties, and the unique approach of the U...
Women & Water
March 08, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 63.8 MBInternational Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to bring attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. One women’s issue that is often overlooked is access to clean water. In this episode, ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with Elizabeth Koch, ELI’s Senior Manager of International Programs, and Jessica Troell, Director of ELI’s International Water Program, about two ELI initiatives pertaining to women and ...
The Enforcement Angle: DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division
March 01, 2023 15:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBThe U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division is tasked with enforcing the United States’ civil and criminal environmental laws. In this episode, Justin Savage and Nicole Noelliste of Sidley Austin LLP talk with Todd Kim, the Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ ENRD, and Kate Konschnik, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of ENRD. The episode is part of The Enforcement Angle series, featuring conversations about state and federal enforcement of ...
Red, White & Blue = Green? Parallels Behind U.S. and French Environmental Law
February 23, 2023 17:00 - 26 minutes - 61.5 MBMany view the early 1970s as the dawn of environmental law here in the United States. President Nixon signed NEPA into law on January 1, 1970. By December of that same year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was formed. Across the Atlantic, France was similarly focused on the environment, and created the Ministry of the Environment in 1971. Was this pure serendipity or were there cultural and historical factors at play that contributed to that almost concurrent establishment?...
The Enforcement Angle: The New Mexico Environment Department
February 08, 2023 16:00 - 33 minutes - 61 MBWith its deeply forested mountains, unique rock formations, vast plains, and moonlike deserts, New Mexico—the fifth largest state of the nation—boasts a unique landscape. Tasked with protecting and restoring the environment while fostering a healthy and prosperous New Mexico for present and future generations, the New Mexico Environment Department covers a lot of ground. In this episode, Justin Savage, a Partner and the Global Co-Leader of the Environmental practice at Sidley Austin...
National Wetlands Award Feature: Wetlands Watch
February 01, 2023 22:01 - 32 minutes - 73.9 MBFebruary 2 is World Wetlands Day! Wetlands are critically important ecosystems contributing to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, freshwater availability, and world economies. Sadly, nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands have been degraded since the 1700s, and we are losing wetlands three times faster than forests. Urgent action is therefore needed to reverse wetland loss and protect existing wetlands. In this episode, we speak with Ross Weaver, the Program Assistant Dire...
ELI 2022 Year in Review
January 19, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 54.5 MBThe Environmental Law Institute has been making law work for people, places, and the planet for more than 50 years. And the year 2022 was no different. In this episode, John Pendergrass, ELI’s Vice President of Programs and Publications, and Sandy Thiam, Associate Vice President of Research & Policy and head of the Judicial Education Program, share highlights from our research department in 2022. Jay and Sandy also offer a preview of what’s in store for 2023. Tune into other po...
Ocean Circulation, Science Communication, and Climate Policy — A Conversation with John M. Doherty
December 28, 2022 17:30 - 14 minutes - 34.3 MBAs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts future warming, climate scientists play a crucial role in understanding what ecosystem functions and services are impacted by climate change. Without effective climate science communication, coordination and collaboration among federal agencies, NGOs, scientists, and legislators, environmental policymaking processes will be incredibly difficult. In this episode, ELI’s Georgia Ray speaks with ELI Science Fellow John Doherty ab...
The Youth Review: Electric Vehicles and Just Energy Transitions
December 13, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutes - 67.9 MBThe significant environmental and human health benefits that are linked to electrifying transportation cannot be downplayed. Electric vehicles (EVs) do not produce tailpipe emissions, and, when charged using electricity generated from renewable sources like solar and wind, result in no operational upstream emissions either. But as more EVs reach the roads, governments will need to address a host of new environmental and social challenges. In this episode, ELI’s Georgia Ray and Jack ...