The Climate Conversation

The United States discards 80 billion pounds of food, or 30 to 40 percent of its food supply, every year. This wasted food ends up in landfills, taking up space and producing harmful greenhouse gases. So, what should be done to curb this crisis? This week, Syd and Dan spoke with Josh Enderle, a compost and recycling educator, to discuss different ways communities can cut their food waste.

This week, Dan and Sydney discussed the key takeaways from the fourth Congressional Climate Camp, condensing the 2-hour briefing into just 20 minutes. Perfect for people who missed the briefing but still want to catch up with it on the go!

A coordinated approach between sectors is the only way to say goodbye to carbon emissions for good. This week, Dan and Syd met with the leaders of the Decarbonization Dialogue, which convened experts from three different sectors to develop policy recommendations for economy-wide and equitable decarbonization.

In 2018, 36 million tons of plastic was produced in the United States. But where does this plastic end up? And is it all recyclable? These are the questions Dan and Sydney explored in this week’s episode -- with help from award-winning reporter and producer, Emma Schwartz. Schwartz and her team worked extensively on this topic for their recent Frontline film, Plastic Wars.

This week, Dan and Sydney discussed the key takeaways from the third Congressional Climate Camp, condensing the 2-hour briefing into just 20 minutes. Perfect for people who missed the briefing but still want to catch up with it on the go!

Throughout Women’s History Month, EESI is committed to highlighting trailblazing women in the climate, energy, and environmental fields. This week, Sydney and guest host, Anna, sat down with global hydropower leader (and EESI board member) Linda Church-Ciocci to discuss her career in clean energy and thoughts on the future.

This episode reflected on EESI’s most recent Congressional Climate Camp! Dan and Sydney brought in a special guest to review the briefing and featured key takeaways from each speaker, condensing the 2-hour briefing into just 20 minutes. Perfect for people who missed the briefing but still want to catch up with it on the go!

This week, we examined how climate change is impacting the Arctic. To tackle this topic, we sat down with Rick Thoman, editor of the 2020 Arctic Report Card and Alaska Climate Specialist with the International Arctic Research Center,⁣⁣ and discussed his work in Alaska, the findings of the annual Arctic Report Card, and what these findings mean for the future of the region.

Following the debut of EESI’s most recent briefing series, Congressional Climate Camp, Dan and Sydney discussed the key takeaways from the briefing, condensing the 2-hour briefing into just 24 minutes. This episode is perfect for people who missed the briefing but still want to catch up with it on the go!

This week, Dan and Sydney sat down with Dr. Saleem H. Ali, member of the UN International Resource Panel, Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environment at the University of Delaware, and Senior Fellow at Columbia University to discuss the recently released UN Environment Programme Emissions Gap Report. Dr. Ali has been very involved with the emissions gap reports, so EESI wanted to discuss the...

Happy New Year! This week, Dan and Sydney looked back at 2020 through the experiences of our interns! We invited three 2020 interns back to EESI to give listeners a sneak peek into the inner workings of our organization. Our guests, Uma, Abby, and Karen, reflected on the work they did at EESI and how this work translated into their careers. If you are interested in joining EESI as an intern, pleas...

This week, Dan and Sydney invited E&E News climate reporter Jean Chemnick to the show to discuss what the Biden transition to the White House means for the future of climate action and policy. We spoke with Jean about the current state of Biden’s climate administration, the general outlook on climate policy for the next four years, and what a Biden administration might tackle first.

In this episode, Dan and Sydney sit down with NASA scientist Dr. Fay Collier and EESI Senior Policy Fellow Jeff Overton to discuss the latest in aviation technology and how the aviation industry is working to combat rising emissions. Join us to see what climate solutions are in place and how the industry is planning to adapt for the future.

In our debut episode, EESI Executive Director Daniel Bresette and Communications Associate Sydney O’Shaughnessy speak with their colleagues about EESI’s recently released report on coastal resilience, A Resilient Future for Coastal Communities: Federal Policy Recommendations from Solutions in Practice. Join us as we discuss how coastal communities across the United States—from Alaska to Puerto Ric...