A Climate Change with Matt Matern

267. How Communities Are Using Their Constitution to Fight Data Centers w/ Maya van Rossum

Today, Matt speaks with Maya van Rossum, founder of Green Amendments For The Generations and the Delaware Riverkeeper, about putting the right to clean air, pure water an

266. Your Garage Could Be Part of a Power Plant w/ Regan George

Today, Matt speaks with Regan George, Founder and CEO of SOLRITE Energy, about turning home batteries into a power plant that helps homeowners and the grid at the same ti

265. Why Do We Know So Much About Climate Change and Do So Little? w/ Frédéric Samama

Today, Matt speaks with Frédéric Samama, adjunct professor at Sciences Po and author of The Enigma of Climate Inaction, about a simple question: if almost everyone knows

264. The XPRIZE Winner Pumping Antacid Into the Ocean w/ Mike Kelland

Today, Matt speaks with Mike Kelland, Co-founder & CEO of Planetary, about using the ocean to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. Planetary adds calcium and magnesium min

263. Buildings Cause 40% of Global Emissions and Fewer Than 1% Are Net Zero w/ Drew Shula

Today, Matt speaks with Drew Shula, trained architect and Founder and CEO of Verdical Group, about the part of the climate problem hiding in plain sight: the buildings we

262. EPA's New Water Rule Could Strip Protections From 60% of America's Streams w/ Jim Murphy

Today, Matt Matern speaks with Jim Murphy, Associate Vice President of Legal Advocacy at the National Wildlife Federation, about EPA's proposal to rewrite which streams a

261. The Forest That Stopped Storing Carbon and Started Releasing It w/ Rob Mullen

Today, Matt Matern speaks with Rob Mullen - artist, author, and Director of the Wilderness River Expedition Art Fellowship - about the boreal forest, the largest land eco

260. Leah Qusba on Why Republicans Still Support Solar

Today, Matt Matern speaks with Leah Qusba, CEO of GoodPower, a nonprofit working to win public support for the clean energy transition. They talk about moving the energy

259. California Just Passed Balcony Solar - Now It's Up to Newsom w/ Cora Stryker

Today, Matt is joined again by Cora Stryker, co-founder of Bright Saver. One year after first joining us on the show, a lot has changed. When she was last on, plug-in sol

258. The AI Beehive Fighting Colony Collapse w/ Saar Safra

Today, Matt is joined by Saar Safra, co-founder and CEO of Beewise, to talk about one of the quietest threats to our food supply - the collapse of the world's bee colonie

257: Building the “Apple of EV Charging,” w/ Zak Winnick

Today, Matt Matern speaks with Zak Winnick, founder and CEO of Rangeway Energy, about building America’s first hospitality-forward EV charging network. Zak shares how a c

256. Why the Ocean Always Wins with Bren Smith

Today, Matt speaks with Bren Smith, co-founder and co-executive director of GreenWave, about his journey from commercial fisherman to pioneer of regenerative ocean farmin

255. What If We Could Store Carbon the Way the Ocean Already Does? w/ Garrett Boudinot

Today, Matt is joined by Dr. Garrett Boudinot, founder and CEO of Vycarb, to talk about a new approach to carbon capture and storage that works with water instead of pipe

254. How Fossil Fuel Companies Are Quietly Buying Legal Immunity with David Fenton

Today, Matt is joined by David Fenton - veteran progressive communications strategist and host of The Fenton Forecast - for a conversation about the climate movement’s bi

253. He Helped Build Waymo. Now Tom Chi Builds Robots That Replant Forests

Today, Matt speaks with Tom Chi, founding partner of At One Ventures and a founding member of the Google X team behind Waymo, about using deep tech to restore ecosystems

252: Why Only 1% of US Farmland Is Organic with Linley Dixon

Today, Matt speaks with Dr. Linley Dixon, Co-Director of the Real Organic Project and cohost of the Real Organic Podcast, about why how we grow food may be the climate le

251. Why 40% of Americans Can't Charge an EV at Home with Jeff Prosserman

Today, Matt speaks with Jeffrey Prosserman, CEO and co-founder of Voltpost, about a simple idea with big potential: turning the lampposts and utility poles cities already

250. The Founders Loved the Land - and Left One Thing Unfinished

In this milestone 250th episode, Matt Matern goes solo for the final installment of our “250 for 250” series - tracing what the people who founded the country actually be

249. He Watched January 6 Happen - Then Wrote This Book w/ Brian Jay Jones

Today, Matt speaks with New York Times bestselling biographer Brian Jay Jones, author of Becoming Dr. Seuss and the new book The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an A

248. Why The Lorax Matters More Now Than Ever with Philip Nel

Today, Matt speaks with Philip Nel, University Distinguished Professor of English at Kansas State University and one of the world's leading Dr. Seuss scholars, about The