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EV Charging Money Stalled
Electric vehicle chargers are still few and far between compared to gas stations, and a program funded by the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure Law sought to install many more. But now the Trump administration has stalled this funding for EV chargers.
Greenpeace SLAPPed for $600 Million?
A North Dakota jury found in favor of pipeline company Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $600 million in damages over its role in helping protest the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau explains why he sees the case as a classic SLAPP or Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation suit and a threat to free speech.
Deb Haaland on Our Public Lands
Deb Haaland became the first Native American cabinet member when President Biden appointed her as Secretary of the Interior and helped consult with tribes to designate new national monuments. Now she’s running for Governor of New Mexico and joins us to discuss the current threats to public lands and her deep ancestral connections to the New Mexican landscape.
GOP and Clean Energy Tax Credits
As President Trump and the Republican-led Congress aim to shrink the federal government and renew major tax cuts, hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy tax credits could be on the chopping board. Twenty-one House Republicans whose districts are benefiting from the tax credits are petitioning GOP leadership to keep them intact.
EPA Abandons Environmental Justice
President Trump’s EPA is halting funding for EJ programs and shuttering its Office of Environmental Justice. David Cash led EPA Region 1 covering New England during the Biden administration and describes how EJ initiatives were starting to help overburdened communities clean up their air, replace lead pipes and enjoy better health as a result.
Feds Drop Major Polluter Case
Under President Biden the Department of Justice and EPA sued petrochemical manufacturer Denka, alleging that its Reserve, Louisiana plant posed unacceptable cancer risks. But the Trump administration abruptly dropped the case just weeks before the scheduled start of a trial.
Fracking Waste Crisis
The expansion of fracking or hydraulic fracturing for natural gas is generating large amounts of waste contaminated with heavy metals and radiation. Some of it gets sent to landfills like one in the small town of Yukon, Pennsylvania – where EPA has documented unacceptable levels of pollution draining from the landfill into a local creek.
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EV Charging Money Stalled
Electric vehicle chargers are still few and far between compared to gas stations, and a program funded by the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure Law sought to install many more. But now the Trump administration has stalled this funding for EV chargers.
Greenpeace SLAPPed for $600 Million?
A North Dakota jury found in favor of pipeline company Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $600 million in damages over its role in helping protest the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau explains why he sees the case as a classic SLAPP or Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation suit and a threat to free speech.
Deb Haaland on Our Public Lands
Deb Haaland became the first Native American cabinet member when President Biden appointed her as Secretary of the Interior and helped consult with tribes to designate new national monuments. Now she’s running for Governor of New Mexico and joins us to discuss the current threats to public lands and her deep ancestral connections to the New Mexican landscape.
This Week’s Show
March 28, 2025
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EV Charging Money Stalled
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Electric vehicle chargers are still few and far between compared to gas stations, and a program funded by the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure Law sought to install many more. But now the Trump administration has stalled this funding for EV chargers.
Greenpeace SLAPPed for $600 Million?
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A North Dakota jury found in favor of pipeline company Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $600 million in damages over its role in helping protest the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Environmental law expert Pat Parenteau explains why he sees the case as a classic SLAPP or Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation suit and a threat to free speech.
A Quest for Quiet
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The world can be an awfully noisy place. Ed Jahn of Oregon Public Broadcasting took a journey in search of silence and found what could be the quietest place in Oregon.
Deb Haaland on Our Public Lands
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Deb Haaland became the first Native American cabinet member when President Biden appointed her as Secretary of the Interior and helped consult with tribes to designate new national monuments. Now she’s running for Governor of New Mexico and joins us to discuss the current threats to public lands and her deep ancestral connections to the New Mexican landscape.
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Field Note: "On the Greenland Ice"
Living on Earth's Explorer-in-Residence, Mark Seth Lender, shares observations about visiting the Greenland ice sheet.
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Field Note: "The Silence"- Lava Tubes of Iceland
Living on Earth's Explorer-in-Residence, Mark Seth Lender, provides insight into the writing of his essay "The Silence".
Blog Series: Mark Seth Lender Field Notes
...Ultimately, if we are going prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we are going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them...
-- President Barack Obama, November 6, 2015 on why he declined to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
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