A Climate Change Podcast

A Climate Change Podcast

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Discover #sustainability with 'A Climate Change with Matt Matern.' Simplifying complex issues, inspiring action, & joining a movement for change. Available on Apple, Spotify, & iHeart. Let's make 'a climate change' together! #climatechange

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You went solar for the savings, then your net metering deal disappeared. Regan George, Founder & CEO of SOLRITE Energy, says adding a battery brings those savings back. ☀️🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #RooftopSolar #ClimateSolutions

The grid is built for the worst hour of the worst day of the year. The rest of the time it runs at about 40%. Regan George, Founder & CEO of SOLRITE Energy, says batteries can flatten those peaks. ⚡🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #PowerGrid #EnergyStorage

Most “virtual power plants” only get used a handful of times a year. Regan George, Founder & CEO of SOLRITE Energy, calls that "Level 0". His company builds Level 4. 🔋🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #VirtualPowerPlant #CleanEnergy

California makes so much solar power at noon that it pays neighboring states to take it. Regan George, Founder & CEO of SOLRITE Energy, says that’s where rooftop solar’s economics fall apart, and batteries are the fix. ☀️🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimateChange #RooftopSolar

Frédéric Samama, Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po and author of The Enigma of Climate Inaction, argues we don’t need to abandon capitalism or modern science. We need a second pillar of moral values that keeps our use of nature within limits. 🎧 Listen wherever you get podcasts.

A daycare started charging parents who picked up late. They showed up even later. Frédéric Samama, author of The Enigma of Climate Inaction, explains what that means for climate. ⏰🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimateChange #Psychology

Astronauts are picked to survive hostile places. Then they see Earth from space and call it fragile and beautiful. Frédéric Samama, author of The Enigma of Climate Inaction, says that view could change how we treat the planet. 🚀🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #OverviewEffect #ClimateChange

Frédéric Samama, Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po and author of The Enigma of Climate Inaction, says GDP measures access to resources. Over time that turned from a means into the goal itself, and now we’re harming ourselves to keep it growing. 🎧 Listen wherever you get podcasts.

We beat COVID, Y2K and the ozone hole. Frédéric Samama, Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po and author of The Enigma of Climate Inaction, says climate change is the first crisis that puts a limit on getting resources, and that’s why we’re stuck. 🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimateChange #ClimateAction

Trees, giant carbon-sucking machines, everything on land. Mike Kelland, Co-founder & CEO of Planetary, says it still leaves an 8 gigaton gap, and the ocean has to fill it. 🌊🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimateSolutions #Ocean

They’re giving the ocean an antacid. Mike Kelland, Co-founder & CEO of Planetary, explains how calcium and magnesium, the same stuff in Tums, help the ocean pull more CO2 out of the air. 💊🌊🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #CarbonRemoval #OceanHealth

Missing 1.5°C has a lot of people treating climate as a lost cause. Mike Kelland, Co-founder & CEO of Planetary, disagrees. Every fraction of a degree changes outcomes, and the work goes on for the rest of our lives and our children’s lives. 🎧 Listen wherever you get podcasts.

Putting minerals in the ocean sounds scary. Mike Kelland, Co-founder & CEO of Planetary, breaks down the three risks his team watches: heavy metals, pH spikes and cloudy water. 🌊🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimateSolutions #Ocean

One policy. 30% drop in water use across California, overnight. Drew Shula, Founder & CEO of Verdical Group, on why he thinks building codes are the fastest climate lever we have. 💧🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimatePolicy #California

A new study estimates restored oyster reefs could provide $12 TRILLION in economic and environmental benefits—while cleaning water, protecting coastlines, and storing carbon. And we've already lost 85% of them. www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

discoverwildlife.comThis animal could be worth 12 times more than Elon Musk | Discover WildlifeOyster reefs could add around $12 trillion to global economies if they were better managed and protected, new study finds.

Insurance companies have to price climate risk or go bankrupt. Drew Shula, Founder & CEO of Verdical Group, says that math will eventually move people to less risky places to live. 🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimateRisk #Housing

Drew Shula, Founder & CEO of Verdical Group, on the LA rebuild: same sites, same standards, nothing new in place to prevent a repeat. He says insurance companies already see it, and that pricing the risk is what finally changes decisions, because it changes the math. Listen wherever you get podcasts

"I'm a business guy. I'm looking at numbers all day." Drew Shula, Founder & CEO of Verdical Group, on climate entrepreneurship and why the solutions that save building owners money win regardless of who's in office. 💡🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #ClimateTech #Business

"We don't have a different weather forecast depending on whether you're Republican or Democrat." Drew Shula, Founder & CEO of Verdical Group, on getting politics out of climate and more people under the tent. Full episode, link in bio #ClimateAction #Unity

People picture data centers as the Death Star. Drew Shula, Founder & CEO of Verdical Group, says they're warehouses full of computers. A grocery store full of refrigerators burns comparable energy. The real gap is nobody's putting enough solar on them. 🎙️ Full episode, link in bio #DataCenters