Inside Climate News Audio

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Wyatt Myskow as they discuss the Trump administration’s quest to sell off public lands. Last week a proposal to sell millions of acres of public lands was ruled out by the Senate parliamentarian. Environmental groups heralded the news, but the threat of sell-offs remains. The Trump administration already has rolled back other rule...

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Liza Gross as they discuss the latest research on extreme heat and what policymakers are, and are not, doing to keep people safe. As temperatures rise across the globe, researchers are racing to learn more about how extreme heat affects human, plant, and animal health. In a new study, scientists found that heat waves are changing...

Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and Florida reporter Amy Green as they discuss NOAA’s predictions for hurricane activity this year. Uncertainty swirls at the start of this year’s hurricane season. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, forecasts an above-average number of storms, while the Trump administration fires employees, fre...

Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Teresa Tomassoni as they discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to promote deep-sea mining in U.S. and international waters. With a new executive order, President Trump paved the way for what his administration called “The Next Gold Rush,” promoting deep-sea mining of critical minerals used in defense...

Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Katie Surma as they discuss the secretive system forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies. Big companies use free trade agreements to extract millions, even billions, of dollars from poor developing countries through a shadowy system known as investor-state dispute settlement. Katie explains how ISDS g...

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Lee Hedgepeth as they discuss controversial plans to build a massive data center in the piney woods outside Birmingham. The 4.5-million-square-foot data center stands to be one of the largest in the country and could consume more than 10 times the amount of energy used by all residences in Birmingham each year. Lee explains how re...

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Martha Pskowski as they discuss what the oil and gas industry is doing with billions of gallons of scarce Texas river water. Oil and gas companies have been drawing enormous amounts of water from the drought-diminished Rio Grande and Pecos River in Texas – but no one knew how much until Martha Pskowski began her reporting. Martha...

Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Bob Berwyn as they discuss the latest climate science and the scientists behind it. Climate reporter Bob Berwyn was on the scene as 18,000 scientists from 130 countries gathered for the European Geosciences Union annual conference. Two hot topics on the program: how climate change is increasing unexpected clear-air turbulence, and...

Go behind the scenes with Inside Climate News' executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Kiley Bense as they discuss the impact of Trump’s first 100 days on the environment. Seven ICN reporters came together to produce a comprehensive analysis of the Trump administration’s orders, pronouncements, and actions on climate that, environmentalists fear, may set the country back decades. Kiley expla...