The first month of 2020 proves that the climate story has no chill at all. From the Australian bushfires to big important stories on everything from climate vision to radiioactive fracking, the story just keeps getting bigger and crazier. Special guest co-host Meera Subramanian joins Mary and Amy to break it all down.
About Meera: Meera Subramanian is an award-winning freelance journalist whose work has been published around the world, and her first book is A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka, published in 2015 by PublicAffairs. She is currently serving as the president of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities at Princeton University.
Transcript: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/171s0nlm8xvncu4/AAB9wsO7RJNFMnio5J3poKVva?dl=0
Reading list:
United in Change, Meera Subramanian https://orionmagazine.org/article/united-in-change/
It’s Not Just Australia, Rachel Ramirez: https://t.co/xCu8Qh7LUn?amp=1
‘Scarier’ Than Hurricane Maria: A Deadly Earthquake Terrifies Puerto Rico https://t.co/Gwlecq5FhV?amp=1
At the 7th Democratic debate, candidates took every opportunity to talk climate, Zoya Tierstein https://grist.org/politics/at-the-7th-democratic-debate-candidates-took-every-opportunity-to-talk-climate/
For the first time, the Alarmed are now the largest of Global Warming’s Six Americas https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/for-the-first-time-the-alarmed-are-now-the-largest-of-global-warmings-six-americas/
Emily Townsend's Resignation Email https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/10/news-corp-employee-climate-misinformation-bushfire-coverage-email
We, the Media, must take some of the blame as Australia Burns, John Birmingham https://t.co/eIp4YB9aOO?amp=1
It's Not Arson, You Absolute Fucking Morons, Brian Kahn https://earther.gizmodo.com/its-not-arson-you-absolute-fucking-morons-1840862475
Pregnant Women are Asking for Ultrasounds in Australia, Gina Rushton https://t.co/XUTwPTsdWp?amp=1
The Concession to Climate Change I Will Not Make in the Atlantic, Jedediah Britton-Purdy https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/01/becoming-parent-age-climate-crisis/604372/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Noah’s Rainbow , James Murray https://www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/3084916/noahs-rainbow-raising-children-in-an-age-of-climate-crisis
Amazon’s New Rationale for Working with Big Oil: Saving the Planet, Maddie Stone: https://t.co/kf8UxXdsrJ?amp=1
Google and Amazon Are Now in the Oil Business, Adam Cole: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/3/21030688/google-amazon-ai-oil-gas
David Roberts, The Sad Truth About Our Boldest Climate Target https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/1/3/21045263/climate-change-1-5-degrees-celsius-target-ipcc
Diego Arguedas Ortiz, Is It Wrong to be Hopeful About Climate Change? https://t.co/1Heh58QNcQ?amp=1
Looking to the Future: In 2030, We Ended the Climate Emergency. Here’s How, Eric Holthaus https://thecorrespondent.com/214/in-2030-we-ended-the-climate-emergency-heres-how/28330740746-6b15af77
A Year in Climate Conversations, Emily Raboteau https://t.co/UDePWvCr4L?amp=1
Baby Boomers: You Can Still Be Heroes in the Story of Climate Change, Laura McGann: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/8/21055097/baby-boomers-climate-change-australia
STAND OUT PIECES
Meera: What Climate Change Tells Us about Being Human by Genevieve Gunther https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/what-climate-change-tells-us-about-being-human/
Mary: Here Comes the Sun was an Anthem of Hope, Now It’s a Reminder of Climate Change, Amy Brady: https://t.co/8uA55iCI2M?amp=1
Amy: America’s Radioactive Secret, by Justin Nobel https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oil-gas-fracking-radioactive-investigation-937389/