Kloden drejer 006: Amerikas kultur- og klimakamp
USA-eksperten Ben Dorfman fortæller om vilkårene for klimasagen i USA. Er der håb at finde hos domstolene eller i det politiske system?
The battle for American energy supremacy
11:27 | The US energy system has arguably never faced such an existential crossroads. As the rest of the world accelerates towards the inevitable clean transition, will America really allow itself to fall behind?
Why fire “season” doesn’t end
6:35 | A third of the US population lives in wildfire risk zones. And the fire season is only growing.
US Coal is DEAD. How Trump’s energy policy is evaporating before his eyes!
12:40 | The current US administration wants to ‘DRILL BABY DRILL’. Trouble is, all the real world data says that’s completely the wrong economic direction to go in.
Fake steak – Future-proof food
42:25 | Industrial livestock farming is responsible for around 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is why more and more scientists and entrepreneurs are conducting research on alternatives to conventional meat production.
The dark secret behind the historic U.S. oil boom
14:00 | The US is producing more oil than any country ever has, despite pledging to reduce emissions.
The death of clean, green energy in the USA? Not a chance! Here’s why…
11:12 | “Drill baby drill”, said Donald Trump many times on the campaign trail. Only trouble is, it won’t be quite as easy in practice as it is in rhetoric.
Is there ANY optimistic climate news? YES. There is…
10:17 | It’s tempting to think the cause of climate mitigation is now all but dead. But just at the top of a very black cloud there is a faint glimmer of a brighter lining.
President Biden: Is the Green New Deal a LIE?
40:07 | The film visits front-line activists in New Jersey, Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, and Iowa to see how Joe Biden is doing.
The Dirty Truth: Obama, Wall Street, and the Myth of Clean Fracking
1:31:40 | Join the “anti-drilling” majority growing across the United States and call for fossil fuels to be left where they belong, in the ground.
America’s grid battery revolution
12:33 | China is often held up as leading the way in renewable energy, but it’s actually the USA that has most enthusiastically embraced battery energy storage to help stabilize the electricity grid.
Atomic energy, climate, and Russia
28:25 | The rising global temperature must be restricted to well below a two-degree increase. Is nuclear power the new game changer for achieving this ambitious goal?
We Actually Have a Shot at Stopping the Climate Crisis
6:57 | How is the US going to reach net zero by 2050? That’s the question Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, director of the Office of Science for the US Department of Energy, is urgently trying to answer.
Climate change in Florida
12:25 | The coastal waters off Florida’s dream beaches are becoming a nightmare: Temperatures have topped 37 degrees Celsius, killing corals. The extremely high water temperatures are a consequence of both climate change and the weather phenomenon known as El Niño.
Detroit’s Climate Crisis — and How to Build a Resilient Future Everywhere
9:56 | How can cities become resilient to the shocks of climate change? As a leading force behind Detroit’s ongoing revitalization, Anika Goss spends a lot of time thinking about this question.
The melting ice of the Arctic (1/2)
42:25 | Soon the Arctic will be ice-free in summer. While many are concerned about the consequences for the global climate, countries like Russia and the US, as well as China and Canada see an ice-free Arctic as an opportunity.
A Creative Approach to Community Climate Action
10:31 | When he learned of the threat that rising sea levels posed to his coastal hometown of Miami, Florida, eco-artist Xavier Cortada founded a movement around beautifully designed elevation markers highlighting the risk of flood damage.
The Carbon Offset Problem
22:56 | Carbon Offsets are a Scam.
The Doomsday Glacier Is Collapsing…Who Is Most at Risk?
12:50 | The most consequential tipping point, when it comes to sea-level rise, is Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday glacier. We also take a look at how America’s most at-risk city, Miami, is already experiencing the effects of sea-level rise today.
THIS Is the Safest Place to Live in the US as the Climate Changes
9:26 | We asked six experts where the safest, or least risky, places will be to live in the United States as the climate changes and weather becomes more extreme.
Years of Living Dangerously – EPISODE 208: Uprising
50:07 | America Ferrera journeys to Illinois to shed light on the US’ controversial dependence on coal plants. Sigourney Weaver explores China’s explosive economic growth and the impact it is having on the environment on a global scale.
Years of Living Dangerously – EPISODE 204: The Uprooted
50:07 | Tom Friedman investigates the increasing population of climate refugees flowing out of Africa, and Don Cheadle is on the ground in California, where the worst drought in 1,200 years is having devastating effects.
Years of Living Dangerously – EPISODE 202: Gathering Storm
50:07 | Jack Black investigates if Miami and other low-lying coastal areas can survive the rising seas. Ian Somerhalder journeys to a blue hole off the coast of Cuba to investigate the future threat of superstorms.
Years of Living Dangerously – EPISODE 201: A Race Against Time
50:07 | In the season opener, David Letterman travels to India. Back in the U.S., Cecily Strong travels to Florida and Nevada.
This iron and water battery could power a more renewable grid
7:25 | Sitting in a row outside of the factory, these giant batteries are the size of freight containers. Powered by vats of iron and saltwater, they’re called iron flow batteries.
The Californians Who Love Big Oil
11:32 | Dena Takruri heads to Kern County, where in one in seven workers has a job tied to oil. Can this oil-reliant county ever break up with fossil fuels?
Lithium mine pits electric cars against sacred Indigenous land
10:20 | As the United States turns to electric vehicles, solar and wind for its clean energy transition, the demand for lithium – used in rechargeable batteries – is on the rise.
Why nuclear plants are shutting down
9:24 | The nuclear power dilemma, explained.
Why the US isn’t ready for clean energy
6:50 | Making clean energy isn’t enough: We also have to move it.
Why Oil Country is Turning to Wind Power
9:29 | If Texas were a country it would be fifth in the world for wind energy generation. Take a trip through wind country with host Joe Hanson as he looks into why oil country is turning into wind country.
Alaskan Native Elders Tell Their Climate Change Story 26. april 2021
5:46 | Indigenous hunter and fisherman Jerry Ivanoff ventures from his home in Unalakleet, Alaska, to Nome to meet elders from other villages. In a major government report, they document radical changes in climate.
How FIVE BILLION Pounds of Las Vegas Garbage Powers a City
9:14 | Most of the 600 billion pounds of waste that Americans produce every year ends up in landfills. All that trash can have huge impacts on the environment. But modern landfills have found a new use for all that trash — they’re turning it into energy.
Relocate or Rebuild? Indigenous Alaskans Forced to Choose
6:56 | Sea ice long protected coastal villages like Unalakleet, Alaska from devastating storms. But as it vanishes some residents there are relocating to the hills, including “Eskimo Ninja” Nick Hanson, who lost a training course he built with driftwood due to flooding.
Disappearing Ice Is Threatening Native Alaskans’ Way of Life
7:37 | In the After the Ice series, elders from villages in the Bering Sea region of Alaska share with Terra their observations of their melting world, how they’re adapting, and their vision for an uncertain future.
The Insane Lies About The Texas Blackouts
9:52 | About windmills, coal, natural gas, and the disconnected power grid in Texas.
Why on Earth are Winters Getting Worse if the Planet is Getting Warmer?
11:41 | Why do we see so much extreme winter weather even as the climate warms?