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Living on Earth

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.

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Episode Playlist

50 episodes

Jan 3, 2025•—

New Climate Champion in Congress, Montana Climate Win, Last Call to Biden for Environmental Justice and more

Jan 10, 2025•—

Wildfires Bring ‘Climate Trauma,’ U.S. Abdicates Climate Lead Again, Jimmy Carter’s Green Legacy, and more

Jan 17, 2025•—

Green Light for State Climate Cases, Redwood Rebirth After Fire, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, and more.

Jan 24, 2025•—

Trump Blocks Climate and Eco Action, EVs in the Trump Era, The “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” and more.

Jan 31, 2025•—

Bird Flu Warning, Life as an Incarcerated Firefighter, An Ancient Climate Solution and more.

Feb 7, 2025•—

Trump Dumps Environmental Justice, PFAS Rule Withdrawn, Searching for Old Growth Forest, and more.

Feb 14, 2025•—

No Help From America, “Climate Whiplash” Between Extreme Wet and Dry, Bipartisan ‘EXPLORE’ Act and Outdoor Accessibility and more.

Feb 21, 2025•—

EPA Freezes “Green Bank”, Climate Disruption to Lose Trillions, Civil Rights and Env Justice and more.

Feb 28, 2025•—

David Brancaccio on Fire Recovery, Bringing Sea Otters Back, Trump to Limit Environmental Reviews and more.

Mar 7, 2025•—

NY Climate Superfund, US Ducks Intl Climate Meetings, Gaps in Greenland Ice Sheet, and more

Mar 14, 2025•—

EPA Under Attack, Plastic Containers Linked to Heart Failure, Wild Girls, and more.

Mar 21, 2025•—

GOP and Clean Energy Tax Credits, EPA Drops Major Polluter Case, Fracking Waste Crisis, and more

Mar 28, 2025•—

Greenpeace SLAPPed for $600 Million?, EV Charging Money Stalled, A Quest for Quiet and more

Apr 4, 2025•—

Tornadoes in a Hotter World, Science and the US Government, Poetry Month and more.

Apr 11, 2025•—

Trump Attacks State Climate Laws, Eco Rollbacks Under Trump, Air Pollution Mixes and Public Health, Shrinking Clouds and more

Apr 18, 2025•—

Earth Day Celebration, The Health Toll of L.A. Oil Wells, Fighting Climate Change with Geothermal and more

Apr 25, 2025•—

Pope Francis and the Climate, Fighting PFAS, and “Evening” Poem by Dorianne Laux.

May 2, 2025•—

Air Gets Worse, NOAA Climate Science Cuts, Parrot Brains and Our Own and more.

May 9, 2025•—

Trump Sues State Climate Action, Climate Wayfinding with Katharine Wilkinson, “Depaving” the Way to Greener Neighborhoods and more.

May 16, 2025•—

Pope Leo and Creation Care, Autism and Chemicals, Oystercatchers Bounce Back and more.

May 23, 2025•—

Public Lands Reprieve, Trump Ignores Social Cost of Carbon, Seagrass “Gardening” and more.

May 30, 2025•—

CA Clean Air Tool Revoked, Cuts to Clean Energy Tax Credits, Turbulence and Climate Change and More.

Jun 6, 2025•—

Hurricane Forecasting in 2025, Saving Corals Amid Record Bleaching, Protecting Farmworkers from Wildfire Smoke and more.

Jun 13, 2025•—

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

Jun 20, 2025•—

Juneteenth and Striving for Ecological Justice

Jun 27, 2025•—

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

Jul 4, 2025•—

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

Jul 11, 2025•—

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

Jul 18, 2025•—

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

Jul 25, 2025•—

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

Aug 1, 2025•—

Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural History, with Eels, Uprooted By Climate, Starborn: How the Stars Made Us and more.

Aug 8, 2025•—

Complex Air Pollution and Public Health, Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe, Animal Self-Medicating

Aug 15, 2025•—

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

Aug 22, 2025•—

Life as an Incarcerated Firefighter, An Ancient Climate Solution, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, and more.

Aug 29, 2025•—

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

Sep 5, 2025•—

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

Sep 12, 2025•—

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

Sep 19, 2025•—

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

Sep 26, 2025•—

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

Oct 3, 2025•—

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

Oct 10, 2025•—

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

Oct 17, 2025•—

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

Oct 24, 2025•—

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

Oct 31, 2025•—

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

Nov 7, 2025•—

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

Nov 14, 2025•—

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

Nov 21, 2025•—

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

Nov 28, 2025•—

Wildfire Threats and Resilience

Dec 2, 2025•—

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

Dec 5, 2025•—

Living on Earth

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