The Climate Minute

The Massachusetts Climate Action Network

A weekly discussion of climate activism in Massachusetts and beyond.

  • 41 minutes 4 seconds
    Demystifying decarbonization, Episode 3: A renter's perspective

    In the third of our series about the nitty-gritty of decarbonizing your home, we talk with a renter facing the challenges of decarbonizing.

    26 April 2024, 2:06 pm
  • 36 minutes 24 seconds
    Demystifying decarbonization, Episode 2: The oil burner in the basement.

    In the second of our series about the nitty-gritty of decarbonizing your home, we talk with a homeowner who had an oil burner in the basement.

    17 April 2024, 7:46 pm
  • 37 minutes 53 seconds
    Are we doomed?

    Does that creepy feeling you get from seeing strange weather foretell our doom? But what is "doom" and who are "we?" Plus updates on the Healy Admininstration's plans for coordinating climate planning.

    11 April 2024, 4:10 pm
  • 45 minutes 43 seconds
    SOTU and eclipses

    We try to make sense of the SOTU, decarbonization, eclipses and other timely climate topics. 

    3 April 2024, 3:06 pm
  • 34 minutes 58 seconds
    Energizing Community

    Hearing about climate action from trusted leaders in a community is a good strategy for progress. The non-profit MassEnergize seeks to support that path, community by community. Listen in as we hear the details.

    27 March 2024, 4:57 pm
  • 48 minutes 53 seconds
    An e-bike program in Worcester leads the way

    Widespread use of electric bikes would be a great way to reduce carbon emissions and provide accessible transportation options to more people. A program in Worcester is helping the state of Massachusetts to learn more about how e-bikes can help us address climate change.

    19 March 2024, 4:44 pm
  • 33 minutes 7 seconds
    Demystifying Decarbonization Episode 1

    Wherever you live, you are probably using fossil fuel to warm your dwelling, heat your water or cook your food. Doing that without emitting carbon dioxide pollution is called 'decarbonization.' Everyone's path to decarbonize is a little bit different, so hearing about the ups and downs of other's efforts will sharpen your own understanding of what to do. Listen in to the first of an occaisonal series about personal stories in decarbonizing.

    14 March 2024, 9:03 am
  • 58 minutes 37 seconds
    New perspectives after a trip to Uganda

    A visit to Uganda provides a chance to consider climate issues from a bigger perspective.

    6 March 2024, 10:18 pm
  • 38 minutes 52 seconds
    How to make polluters pay

    Over the last few decades, large fossil fuel companies have profited while creating huge amounts of carbon dioxide pollution. A new Massachusetts bill would "Make Polluters Pay." If enacted, the money would pay for climate actions the state must take anyway, and it would support real progress on environmental justice. LIsten in as we talk with an expert on this exciting new proposal.

    15 February 2024, 4:16 am
  • 23 minutes 54 seconds
    Two Good Things

    A pause in the permitting of a new LNG plant will probably have a lot of implications, and is good news for climate activists. New rules that will require hydrogen to be produced in a climate friendly way are another good thing. Listen in.

    31 January 2024, 10:21 pm
  • 54 minutes 43 seconds
    Junctures and paths

    The decisions we make today, in a time of dramatic change in our social and energy systems, will have lasting consequence. We touch on the ideas of "Critical Junctures" and "Path Dependence" as ways to understand and make sense of what is happening. 

    24 January 2024, 6:01 pm
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