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- Susan Joy Hassol – The Common Language of Climate Change – 028
- Dr. Jessica Hellmann – Geoengineering Caution-027
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- Dr. Benjamin Santer-Part II -Episode 026
- Dr. Benjamin Santer – Episode 025
- Todd Churchill – Beef Nature's Way – 024
- Environmental Justice -Tina Johnson – Episode 022
- Climate Finance and Policy – Dr. Sandra Guzman – Episode 021
The Geoversiv Earth Intelligence podcast is your window into the frontier work of imagining, designing, forging, and securing a future of sustainable health and resilience, open to all. Legendary investigative journalist and long-time television news anchor Don Shelby is the host and executive producer of Geoversiv Earth Intelligence. The lead contributors are Myra Jackson and Joe Robertson.
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Ep 29: Nancy MacLean on ‘Democracy in Chains’
Nancy MacLean is the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Her book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, a finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction, was described by Booklist as “perhaps the best explanation to date of the…
Ep 27: Dr. Jessica Hellmann on ecosystems, resilience, and financing the future
Jessica Hellmann is the director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and the Ecolab Chair in Environmental Leadership. Hellmann also is the Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior in the College of Biological Sciences. She served as research director of the …
Ep 26 – Dr. Benjamin Santer, Part 2: Climbing toward the light
In Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Benjamin Santer, we examine what happens when access to science is denied, and the responsibility each of us has to resist disinformation and demand that reason and evidence inform the decisions that shape our world. How well do we know our planet? As climate disruption imposes more…
Ep 25 – Dr. Benjamin Santer, Part 1: Finding climate fingerprints
Dr. Benjamin D. Santer is one of the most decorated and published climate scientists in the world. Most of his historic work has taken place at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. He holds a Ph.D. in Climatology from the University of East Anglia, England. He spent five years at the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology in…
Ep 22 – A discussion about Environmental Justice with Tina Johnson
Tina Johnson is the director of the National Black Environmental Justice Network and is Principal of Johnson Strategy & Development Consultants, which works with a broad international network including groups from Europe and the U.S, top NGOs, governments, international foundations, and businesses. She specializes in U.S. and international Climate Change Policy, diplomacy, international climate change…
Ep 21 – Sandra Guzmán talks sustainable finance
Sandra Guzmán is an international specialist in low carbon development and climate finance. She is former General Director of Climate Change Policies at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico. She is Founder and Coordinator of International Alliances at the Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds a PhD in…
Ep 20 – Stephen Polasky on Natural Capital
Dr. Stephen Polasky is one of the leaders of the Natural Capital Project’s environmental service mapping and valuation effort. At the University of Minnesota, Steve Polasky holds the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Ecological/Environmental Economics. His research interests include biodiversity conservation, environmental services, integrating ecological and economic analysis, renewable energy, and game theory. He was the senior…
Ep 19: Michael Mann, Part 2 – on avoiding the costs of climate pollution
This is Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Michael Mann. We have condensed and summarized the discussion below, with some passages fully quoted. For the full interview, please listen. Joe Robertson: Dr. Mann, we talked last time about damage and destabilization from climate change, that people are already having terrible experiences of extreme impacts.…
Ep 18: Michael Mann on the new climate war
Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State , with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC). Dr. Mann was a Lead Author on the “Observed Climate Variability and…
Ep 17: Rachel Kyte on the big questions for a new diplomacy
Our guest in this episode is Dean Rachel Kyte, the current and 14th Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She is the first woman to lead the nation’s oldest graduate-only school of international affairs. She is a member of the Food System Economics Commission and was previously Special Representative of the United Nations…
Ep 16: Jonathan Foley on Project Drawdown & mobilizing climate solutions
Dr. Jonathan Foley is Executive Director of Project Drawdown. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed scientific articles, including many highly cited works in Science, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. has been featured by hundreds of prestigious venues, including the Aspen Institute, the World Bank, the National Geographic Society, the Chautauqua…
News Brief: Texas grid failure leads to crisis
Unusually cold weather shut down a large percentage of generation capacity in Texas. Sub-freezing temperatures caused operating failures throughout the Texas electrical grid. Natural gas lines and water supplies have been disrupted. Millions of people have been left without heat. The death toll is rising. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is getting a…
Ep 15: Interview with Robert Bryce, on electricity poverty
Electricity makes modern human existence possible. Lack of access to electricity locks people and communities into poverty that is hard to escape. In Episode 15 of Earth Intelligence, we welcome Robert Bryce, whose work highlights the liberating power of electricity and the challenge of getting it to everyone sustainably. Robert Bryce is a Texas-based author,…
News Brief: Senate to act ‘forcefully, relentlessly’ on climate
This week, the Democrats took control of Senate committees, after an organizing agreement was reached between Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY). Senate Committees have been directed to begin working on climate-related hearings and legislation across all areas of responsibility. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on the floor…
Ep 14: Interview with Katharine Hayhoe
In Episode 14 of Earth Intelligence, we interview Dr. Katharine Hayhoe—widely recognized not only for her major contributions to climate science, but for being one of the most effective and influential climate science communicators. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1e5GKU3fhSS1jimCSfVzXl?si=U3QkKpiBTpmIrPdVoqIRRw Dr. Hayhoe is Political Science Endowed Professor in Public Policy and Public Law in the Department of Political Science, a director…
News Brief: Biden answers ‘a cry for survival’
During his inaugural address, President Joe Biden said “A cry for survival comes from the planet itself, a cry that can’t be any more desperate or more clear.” On his first day in office, the new President signed a number of executive orders intended to answer that cry. In this news brief, we discuss President Biden’s…
Ep 12: Aftermath of Disinformation
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the United States Congress met in a Joint Session to count the Electoral College votes certified by the states, to finalize formal approval of the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next President and Vice President of the United States. After attending a rally where Donald Trump…
News Brief: Bipartisan Climate Action Becomes Law
The recently passed omnibus spending bill, which was passed together with COVID response funding and relief checks, included major bipartisan climate action. Key leaders called it the most important climate legislation to pass through Congress in more than a decade. In our first Earth Intelligence News Brief, we report on the details and explore what…
Ep 11: The Rights of Nature, Part 2
“Nature is pre-eminent,” says Don Shelby, our host. “Our protection of the natural world will help alleviate the worst of the effects of climate change.” In Episode 11 of Earth Intelligence, we continue our discussion on the rights of Nature. Why does protecting Nature make it easier to protect human rights? What examples can point…
Ep 10: The Rights of Nature, Part 1
The rights of Nature and human rights are intertwined. Recognizing that is not about changing the nature of legal practice; it is about making us smarter in the way we determine the boundaries between right and wrong, and between healthy and destructive. In Episode 10 of Earth Intelligence, we hear about the value of this…
Ep 9: Is Science a Human Right?
You have a right to know whether you are eating something healthy, or something that will poison you. You have a right to make judgments based on knowledge, and to deliberately choose to avoid harming others. This requires more than just good will; it requires knowledge and understanding. If a deadly pandemic virus is circulating…
Ep 8: Climate Resilience Principles Interview
Finance is a way of defining and shaping the future. Finance aligns money and investment with future outcomes, and so has the power to make material change more or less possible. Climate disruption is putting value at risk at all levels, across all societies. The total amount of green bonds issued to date surpassed $1…
Ep 7: Climate-smart food systems value nature, health & farmers
What role do agriculture and food systems play in climate change? What does the planet face if destructive practices aren’t altered? What happens if food systems get climate-smart? In Episode 7 of Earth Intelligence, we discuss the major value to those farmers, corporations, and regions that shift to regenerative practices, among them: better profits, better…
Ep 6: Confronting Planetary Emergency
As the COVID emergency ravages communities and nations around the world, climate disruption is accelerating, fresh water supplies are becoming less secure, and our food systems are facing serious risk of collapse. We are experiencing the worst mass extinction on Earth since our species first evolved. These are the ingredients of a complex and worsening…
Ep 5: Biden & Harris restart America’s faith in itself
On the morning of Saturday, November 7, 2020, the latest Pennsylvania vote count gave Joe Biden an insurmountable lead, securing him the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency. At 11:24 am EST, TV networks began a cascade of announcements calling the election for Biden, setting off celebrations across the country, in communities…
Ep 4: Why Democracy Matters
In the run-up to the 2020 US Presidential election, many of the core elements of a functioning society—so long taken for granted—seem to be at risk of serious destabilization. Everyday life has been disrupted by a pandemic that is killing hundreds or thousands a day. Economic hardship and food insecurity are spreading. Political disinformation has…
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