Stories for the climate curious.
Join Dr. Leah Stokes and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson as they tell stories about the powerful forces behind climate change — and the tools we have to fix it.
This show - a joint project of the 2035 Initiative and the All We Can Save Project - is for the climate curious people who know climate change is a problem, but are trying to figure out how to tackle it. Subscribe everywhere or listen below.
Season 2, Episode 2: ‘Let’s Go Get Us A Clean Electricity Standard’
Baked into the American Jobs Plan is an ambitious proposal to set a federally-mandated Clean Electricity Standard of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035. It would put the US on track to get emissions under control and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. That is, if it gets through Congress.
Season 2, Episode 1: The ‘Prestige Problem’ Making Fossil Fuels Powerful
Fossil fuel companies are tapping into America’s “best and brightest” at top banks, public relations and advertising firms, law firms, and strategy consulting firms. In this episode (our first of the second season!) Dr. Katharine Wilkinson and Dr. Leah Stokes explore the different ways this “prestige problem” influences America’s white-collar workforce and keeps fossil fuels powerful.