Greg Jaczko, former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, joins us to discuss the difficulty of running an agency with less political power than the industry it oversees, which he writes about in “Confessions of a Rouge Nuclear Regulator.”
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Howard Berkes contributed to a joint Frontline-NPR investigation about how government regulators responded to toxic mine dust and joins us to share stories about miners dying from dirty lungs.
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Beth Porter, climate and recycling director for Green America, joins us to talk about recycling strategies for both individuals and municipalities.
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Jacy Reese joins us to talk about efforts to grow artificial meat and end factory farming.
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National Geographic reporter Scott Wallace joins us to talk about how a thirst for natural resources is threatening indigenous groups in Brazil and Peru.
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Jeff Nesbit, executive director of Climate Nexus, talks about the massive worldwide adjustments necessary to fix the problem – and what role a carbon tax might play.
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Naveena Sadasivam joins us to talk about how drought and heat waves are threatening the futures of the 6 million people who live in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Bethany McLean joins us to discuss how new extraction techniques like fracking have promised huge future gains for the industry, and whether those anticipated returns are based on reality.
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Mimi Swartz joins us to talk about lessons learned from the Hurricane Harvey disaster.
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Richard Manning joins us to explain why wildfires are becoming increasingly common – and if it’s possible to prevent them.
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Scientists began to understand the potential dangers of climate change in the 1980’s, yet that understanding wasn’t put into action. Writer Nathaniel Rich joins us to talk about why.
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Vince Beiser joins us to talk about the importance of sand as a natural resource – and about the very real possibility that we may be running out of it.
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