S6 Bonus Episode: Thus Always to Tyrants
The Meaning of Green
John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy
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S6 Episode 10: Scotland the Brave
The Meaning of Green
Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law
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S6 Episode 9: Greed, Groupthink, and Carbon Inequality
The Meaning of Green
A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America
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S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power
The Meaning of Green
Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator
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S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming
The Meaning of Green
The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition
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S6 Episode 6: Weapons of the Weak
The Meaning of Green
Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity
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S6 Episode 5: Germans Know How to Party
The Meaning of Green
Trabis, asparagus fests, Germany's "two voices" elections, the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel, the Greens, and climate/energy progress
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S6 Episode 4: A Cruel Bargain
The Meaning of Green
Class, race, and leaf blowers, Monticello, strong vs. weak local powers, The Birds, and Cate Blanchett
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S6 Episode 3: Janis and the Sea of Forested Hills
The Meaning of Green
Brazil's singular Atlantic Forest, coffee, gold, a creature named Janis, and the intertwined histories of indigenous people, slaves, British railroads, and Japanese immigrants in Brazil
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S6 Episode 2: Let Them Drink Lead
The Meaning of Green
Who could lose the most from overturning pollution standards for air pollution, toxic chemicals, and lead in drinking water, a box of chocolates, and the dry cleaners of Palm Springs
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