A Climate Change with Matt Matern
by Matthew Matern
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267. How Communities Are Using Their Constitution to Fight Data…
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About this podcast
A Climate Change with Matt Matern is a weekly show featuring influential guests from government, business, activism, academia, and culture. The show serves to inform its audience with a focus on environmental and climate issues. Join us as we commit to making "a climate change." Similar to these great podcasts: TED Climate, Reversing Climate Change, Climate One, My Climate Journey, Volts, America Adapts, & A Matter Of Degrees.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 269 episodes
- 267. How Communities Are Using Their Constitution to Fight Data Centers w/ Maya van Rossum · 32 min · Episode 267Delaware Riverkeeper Maya van Rossum explains how she used Pennsylvania’s forgotten constitutional right to a healthy environment to defeat a pro-fracking law, why that win…
- 266. Your Garage Could Be Part of a Power Plant w/ Regan George · 43 min · Episode 266SOLRITE Energy founder Regan George explains how home batteries linked into virtual power plants can lower bills, keep the lights on during outages and wildfires, and ease the…
- 265. Why Do We Know So Much About Climate Change and Do So Little? w/ Frédéric Samama · 42 min · Episode 265Green finance pioneer Frédéric Samama, author of The Enigma of Climate Inaction, explains why we know so much about climate change and still do so little. He covers ”societal…
- 264. The XPRIZE Winner Pumping Antacid Into the Ocean w/ Mike Kelland · 46 min · Episode 264Mike Kelland, co-founder and CEO of Planetary, explains how giving the ocean an antacid can pull CO2 out of the air. He covers the UN’s new overshoot report, why land alone can’t…
- 263. Buildings Cause 40% of Global Emissions and Fewer Than 1% Are Net Zero w/ Drew Shula · 47 min · Episode 263Today, 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 live…
- 262. EPA's New Water Rule Could Strip Protections From 60% of America's Streams w/ Jim Murphy · 40 min · Episode 262Jim Murphy of the National Wildlife Federation breaks down EPA’s 2026 proposal to redefine which waters the Clean Water Act protects - a change he says could strip protection…
- 261. The Forest That Stopped Storing Carbon and Started Releasing It w/ Rob Mullen · 58 min · Episode 261Artist and author Rob Mullen has paddled thousands of miles through the boreal forest - Earth’s largest land ecosystem and three times the size of the Amazon. He explains how the…
- 260. Leah Qusba on Why Republicans Still Support Solar · 51 min · Episode 260Leah Qusba, CEO of GoodPower, explains why winning public opinion on clean energy means talking to rural, conservative America on its own terms. She shares polling showing…
- 259. California Just Passed Balcony Solar - Now It's Up to Newsom w/ Cora Stryker · 31 min · Episode 259Bright Saver co-founder Cora Stryker returns to the show one year later to discuss how plug-in ”balcony” solar went from legal in a single state to legislation in 35, why tying…
- 258. The AI Beehive Fighting Colony Collapse w/ Saar Safra · 47 min · Episode 258Matt speaks with Saar Safra, co-founder and CEO of Beewise, about the AI-powered robotic BeeHome fighting colony collapse. He explains how bees pollinate roughly 75% of the crops…
- 257: Building the “Apple of EV Charging,” w/ Zak Winnick · 42 min · Episode 257Zak Winnick, founder and CEO of Rangeway Energy, joins Matt to reimagine EV charging as hospitality. He explains why public charging feels broken, how lounges, solar, and…
- 256. Why the Ocean Always Wins with Bren Smith · 53 min · Episode 256Today, Matt speaks with Bren Smith, co-founder and co-executive director of GreenWave, about his journey from commercial fisherman to pioneer of regenerative ocean farming. Bren…
- 255. What If We Could Store Carbon the Way the Ocean Already Does? w/ Garrett Boudinot · 43 min · Episode 255Garrett Boudinot, founder and CEO of Vycarb, explains how his company captures CO2 and stores it in water as stable bicarbonate - no pipelines or underground wells needed. He and…
- 254. How Fossil Fuel Companies Are Quietly Buying Legal Immunity with David Fenton · 46 min · Episode 254Matt speaks with communications strategist David Fenton, host of The Fenton Forecast, about why the climate movement keeps losing the messaging war. They discuss “climate…
- 253. He Helped Build Waymo. Now Tom Chi Builds Robots That Replant Forests · 40 min · Episode 253Tom Chi, founding partner of At One Ventures and author of the national bestseller Climate Capital, explains how cheap autonomous robots are driving down the cost of restoring…
- 252: Why Only 1% of US Farmland Is Organic with Linley Dixon · 55 min · Episode 252Soil scientist and organic farmer Dr. Linley Dixon explains why synthetic fertilizer is a climate disaster, how fraud and hydroponics hollowed out the USDA Organic label, and why…
- 251. Why 40% of Americans Can't Charge an EV at Home with Jeff Prosserman · 44 min · Episode 251Matt Matern speaks with Voltpost CEO Jeffrey Prosserman about turning existing lampposts and utility poles into EV chargers. They discuss why home charging is out of reach for…
- 250. The Founders Loved the Land - and Left One Thing Unfinished · 16 min · Episode 250In this milestone 250th episode, Matt Matern goes solo to explore what America’s founders believed about land, soil, and stewardship - from Jefferson’s 50-year weather diary to…
- 249. He Watched January 6 Happen - Then Wrote This Book w/ Brian Jay Jones · 48 min · Episode 249Matt speaks with New York Times bestselling biographer Brian Jay Jones about the real story behind Dr. Seuss and The Lorax - the ad-man-turned-author, the anger that sparked the…
- 248. Why The Lorax Matters More Now Than Ever with Philip Nel · 29 min · Episode 248Matt Matern speaks with Dr. Seuss scholar Philip Nel about The Lorax, how a 1971 children’s book became an environmental rallying cry, why the logging industry fought it, and how…
