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As the planet we call home faces a climate emergency, Living on Earth is your go-to source for the latest coverage of climate change, ecology, and human health. Hosted by Steve Curwood and brought to you by PRX.

#1289

Bill McKibben on Abundant Solar and the Waning Power of Fossil Fuels, and more.

Climate activist Bill McKibben, who authored The End of Nature nearly 40 years ago, is bac... more

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#1288

AI Power Demand and the Climate, MAHA and MAGA Divide Over Pesticides, and Robin Wall Kimmerer on Th...

Artificial intelligence or AI’s huge appetite for power is reviving demand for older and d... more

05 Dec 2025

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51:52

05 Dec 2025

#1287

Bonus: Sy Montgomery on "The Chicken Universe", Earth Heat for Cozy Homes, and Hiking on Wheels

This Giving Tuesday, we've put together some favorite stories into a special bonus episode... more

02 Dec 2025

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02 Dec 2025

#1286

Wildfire Threats and Resilience

Wildfire smoke is fouling air quality across the US with increasing regularity, and it car... more

28 Nov 2025

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28 Nov 2025

#1285

Tropical Forests, Forever? Air Pollution Pioneers, and Thanksgiving Feast Favorites.

As the host of this year’s UN climate treaty negotiations and home to most of the Amazon t... more

21 Nov 2025

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21 Nov 2025

#1284

Energy Powers Democratic Wins, Earth’s Cryosphere On Thin Ice, Rights of Nature for Stingless Bees a...

November’s elections brought victories across the country for state and local Democratic c... more

14 Nov 2025

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51:39

14 Nov 2025

#1283

UN Climate Talks Kick Off in Brazil, Pope and King Share a Prayer for Creation, Hurricane Melissa Re...

The biggest climate negotiations of the year, COP30, are kicking off in Belem in the Brazi... more

07 Nov 2025

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51:40

07 Nov 2025

#1282

Climate Monster in the Caribbean, Gwich’in People Resist Arctic Drilling, Serial Killers and Lead Ex...

Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean in modern times, left a wake o... more

31 Oct 2025

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51:30

31 Oct 2025

#1281

The Forest Cost of Beef, Media and the Meat Habit, Rebuilding Back Better After Wildfire and more.

A recent Human Rights Watch report found that illegal cattle ranching and clearing of the ... more

24 Oct 2025

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51:57

24 Oct 2025

#1280

Coalition Defends Solar for All, Taming the Monsters of Halloween Waste, Chicago River Restored to H...

Facing lost jobs and higher energy prices after the Trump EPA canceled $7 billion in low-i... more

17 Oct 2025

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17 Oct 2025

#1279

China’s Climate Pledge, Balcony Solar, Remembering Jane Goodall and more.

China has for the first time committed to an absolute target to reduce greenhouse gas emis... more

10 Oct 2025

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51:51

10 Oct 2025

#1278

Youth Climate Case, Salmon Run Fattens Bears, The Practice of Re-Enchantment and more.

In the federal youth climate case Lighthiser v. Trump, plaintiffs are seeking immediate re... more

03 Oct 2025

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51:55

03 Oct 2025

#1277

Trump Denies, China Leads on Climate; Highway Reborn as Public Park; An Extraordinary New Telescope;...

Speaking to the UN, President Trump railed against climate science and clean energy, drawi... more

26 Sep 2025

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51:48

26 Sep 2025

#1276

Heat Waves Linked to Company Emissions, Insurance and Homeowners Underwater, The Light Between Apple...

New research finds that since 2010 killer heat waves have become 200 times more likely, th... more

19 Sep 2025

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19 Sep 2025

#1275

Trump Stalls Offshore Wind, Huge Danger from Permafrost Loss, The Health Risks of Noise and more.

The Trump Administration is putting offshore wind energy on hold by canceling grants, cutt... more

12 Sep 2025

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12 Sep 2025

#1274

PFAS Polluters Pay Up, Tylenol Upcycled from Plastic, Roadless Rule Under Fire, and more.

New Jersey officials are calling its $2 billion settlement with major manufacturers of PFA... more

05 Sep 2025

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51:52

05 Sep 2025

#1273

Oyster Trash to Treasure, The Outlaw Ocean, A “Little Sea” with a Big Champion and more.

Oysters on the half shell are big business on Nantucket Island, and a local program recycl... more

29 Aug 2025

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29 Aug 2025

#1272

Life as an Incarcerated Firefighter, An Ancient Climate Solution, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Sha...

Around a thousand of the firefighters who battled blazes around southern California in Jan... more

22 Aug 2025

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51:50

22 Aug 2025

#1271

Sounds of Soil, “Depaving” the Way to Greener Neighborhoods, The Light Eaters and more.

Sounds like the overlapping songs of birds can speak volumes about the biodiversity in an ... more

15 Aug 2025

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15 Aug 2025

#1270

Complex Air Pollution and Public Health, Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe, Ani...

A study from Johns Hopkins researchers found that residents near or on the fence line of p... more

08 Aug 2025

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08 Aug 2025

#1269

Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural History, with Eels, Uprooted By Climate, Starborn: How the Star...

Eels play an important ecological role in many rivers and streams, but they’re so eel-usiv... more

01 Aug 2025

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51:42

01 Aug 2025

#1268

EPA Cuts Scientific Research, Censorship in US National Parks, Zombie Fires in Canada and more.

The US Environmental Protection Agency is shutting down its Office of Research and Develop... more

25 Jul 2025

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51:58

25 Jul 2025

#1267

Weakening Disaster Prep, Climate-Resilient Coffee, Clearing Air in Cancer Alley, and more.

Weather forecasting, climate research and climate resilience are being hit with major budg... more

18 Jul 2025

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51:31

18 Jul 2025

#1266

Congress Busts Carbon Budget, Climate Disruption Worsens Flood Risks, and America’s Rural Sanitation...

As the climate crisis brings ever more devastating floods, storms, heat waves and fires, t... more

11 Jul 2025

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52:00

11 Jul 2025

#1265

Trump Faces Youth Climate Lawsuit, Tempered Hope for COP30, EPA Employees Speak Out and more

19-year-old Eva Lighthiser has experienced climate anxiety for most of her life, as her ho... more

04 Jul 2025

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52:21

04 Jul 2025

#1264

EPA Ignores Climate Dangers, From Plastic Trash to Art, and Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save...

This June the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed eliminating regulations that lim... more

27 Jun 2025

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27 Jun 2025

#1263

Juneteenth and Striving for Ecological Justice

Just as the enslavement of people was driven by commercial interests, today the enslavemen... more

20 Jun 2025

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20 Jun 2025

#1262

US Disrupts African Food Tech; Pumping the Earth Dry; Saving a Sacred Mountain in Mongolia and more.

One of the development initiatives affected by the Trump Administration’s shutdown of USAI... more

13 Jun 2025

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13 Jun 2025

#1261

Hurricane Forecasting in 2025, Saving Corals Amid Record Bleaching, Protecting Farmworkers from Wild...

The 2025 hurricane season is underway, and the U.S. is likely to see higher than average a... more

06 Jun 2025

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06 Jun 2025

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#1289

Bill McKibben on Abundant Solar and the Waning Power of Fossil Fuels, and more.

#1288

AI Power Demand and the Climate, MAHA and MAGA Divide Over Pesticides, and Robin Wall Kimmerer on Th...

#1287

Bonus: Sy Montgomery on "The Chicken Universe", Earth Heat for Cozy Homes, and Hiking on Wheels

#1286

Wildfire Threats and Resilience

#1285

Tropical Forests, Forever? Air Pollution Pioneers, and Thanksgiving Feast Favorites.

#1284

Energy Powers Democratic Wins, Earth’s Cryosphere On Thin Ice, Rights of Nature for Stingless Bees a...

#1283

UN Climate Talks Kick Off in Brazil, Pope and King Share a Prayer for Creation, Hurricane Melissa Re...

#1282

Climate Monster in the Caribbean, Gwich’in People Resist Arctic Drilling, Serial Killers and Lead Ex...

#1281

The Forest Cost of Beef, Media and the Meat Habit, Rebuilding Back Better After Wildfire and more.

#1280

Coalition Defends Solar for All, Taming the Monsters of Halloween Waste, Chicago River Restored to H...

#1279

China’s Climate Pledge, Balcony Solar, Remembering Jane Goodall and more.

#1278

Youth Climate Case, Salmon Run Fattens Bears, The Practice of Re-Enchantment and more.

#1277

Trump Denies, China Leads on Climate; Highway Reborn as Public Park; An Extraordinary New Telescope;...

#1276

Heat Waves Linked to Company Emissions, Insurance and Homeowners Underwater, The Light Between Apple...

#1275

Trump Stalls Offshore Wind, Huge Danger from Permafrost Loss, The Health Risks of Noise and more.

#1274

PFAS Polluters Pay Up, Tylenol Upcycled from Plastic, Roadless Rule Under Fire, and more.

#1273

Oyster Trash to Treasure, The Outlaw Ocean, A “Little Sea” with a Big Champion and more.

#1272

Life as an Incarcerated Firefighter, An Ancient Climate Solution, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Sha...

#1271

Sounds of Soil, “Depaving” the Way to Greener Neighborhoods, The Light Eaters and more.

#1270

Complex Air Pollution and Public Health, Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe, Ani...

#1269

Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural History, with Eels, Uprooted By Climate, Starborn: How the Star...

#1268

EPA Cuts Scientific Research, Censorship in US National Parks, Zombie Fires in Canada and more.

#1267

Weakening Disaster Prep, Climate-Resilient Coffee, Clearing Air in Cancer Alley, and more.

#1266

Congress Busts Carbon Budget, Climate Disruption Worsens Flood Risks, and America’s Rural Sanitation...

#1265

Trump Faces Youth Climate Lawsuit, Tempered Hope for COP30, EPA Employees Speak Out and more

#1264

EPA Ignores Climate Dangers, From Plastic Trash to Art, and Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save...

#1263

Juneteenth and Striving for Ecological Justice

#1262

US Disrupts African Food Tech; Pumping the Earth Dry; Saving a Sacred Mountain in Mongolia and more.

#1261

Hurricane Forecasting in 2025, Saving Corals Amid Record Bleaching, Protecting Farmworkers from Wild...