The Climate Daily
98% of all climate change news is gloom and doom. Not at The Climate Daily! Each weekday, co-hosts Jeffrey James and Maude Madison deliver solutions-oriented, positive action climate change news. Their mission is to help you feel less overwhelmed, less anxiety and better prepared to grapple with climate change.
The Climate Daily brings people together, provides strategies and offers solutions, and all in about eight minutes!
Did you know there are people in all walks of life who are taking action to combat climate change? That’s why The Climate Daily exists: to educate intelligent, curious people like you who care about working to combat climate change but who aren’t climate change experts. The Climate Daily podcast shares stories of people working together, especially BIPOC communities, working to limit the effects of Climate Change.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 645
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
Minnesota Chippewa Thwart Big Mining--for now, Queen Bess Island Restoration Leads to Brown Pelican Return, Meet Eco-Artist Aviva Rahmani, and Outdoor Afro
Fond Du Lac Band of the Chippewa Nation temporarily halt Big Mining's copper mine construction, plus return of brown pelicans to Queen Bess Island. Meet climate champion and eco-artist Aviva Rahmani,…
What Exactly is the Civilian Climate Corps? Meet the Mother of Environmental Justice: Hazel Johnson, Looking for Hope in Piney Point, and Happy Anniversary, Mark Trail!
Looking for hope at the Piney Point fertilizer dam break near Tampa Bay, plus what is the Civilian Climate Corps anyway? Meet the mother of the environmental justice movement, our climate champion Ha…
Pakistan’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami, Updating the Bonn Challenge, Portugal Steering Toward a Post-Pandemic Green Economy, and Ethiopian Paper Bag Company Employs the Deaf While Saving the Environment
Pakistan’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami, plus updating the Bonn Challenge. Portugal steering toward a post-pandemic green economy, and Ethiopia’s Teki Paper Bags Company employs the deaf while also saving…
Amazon Nixes Warehouse Development in Canadian Wetland, a Global Safety Net for Saving Life on Earth, Introducing "We're All In," and Can Beavers Help Prevent Climate Change?
Amazon nixes warehouse development in Canadian wetland, plus building a global safety net for saving life on Earth. Introducing "We're All In," and can beavers help prevent climate change?
1,000 Electric Buses on Moscow Streets by 2022? China Winning the Green Space Race, Maryland Passes Landmark Climate Change Law, and a One Planet Summit Recap
Russia Pledges 1,000 Electric Buses on Moscow Streets by 2022, plus China Crushes Both America and Russia in the Race To Replace Diesel Buses With Electric. Maryland Passes The “Climate Solutions Now…
S.A.F.E. Cities, Long Island, NY Could Solar Power Itself and More Each Year, Ocean Cleanup’s Solar-Powered Robots Clean Up Rivers, Rwanda Criminalizes More Plastic
We learn about S.A.F.E. Cities, plus Long Island, NY Could Solar Power Itself and More Each Year. Ocean Cleanup’s Solar-Powered Robots Head Toward Cleaning Up Top Ten Plastic-Polluting Rivers, and Rw…
Indian Engineer's Revolutionary Air-Cleaning/Energy-Producing Technology, Deadly Mudslide Survivor Vows to Protect Environment, Want Healthier Kids? Let 'Em Play Outdors, and First US City to Ban New Gas Stations
An Indian engineer's revolutionary air-cleaning/energy-producing technology attracts the praise of the United Nations, plus a deadly mudslide survivor vows to protect his city's environment. Want He…
Dutch Float Huge Solar Panel Project in a Lake, Meet Canada's Sustainabiliteens! The Climate Music Project, and Climate Champion Emma Lim
Dutch float huge solar panel project in a lake, plus meet Canada's Sustainabiliteens! A great listen--The Climate Music Project, and Climate Champion Emma Lim.
Why Green Roofs Matter, MN Pollution Control Agency Proposes $2.9 Million Sewer Resilience Improvement Legislation, Red Lakes Band Of Chippewa Tribe Goes Solar, Happy 10th Anniversary Of The Adaptation Fund!
Why Green Roofs matter, plus Minnesota pollution control agency proposes $2.9 million sewer resilience improvement legislation. Red Lakes Band of Chippewa Tribe goes solar, and happy 10th anniversar…
Making Construction Board from Wheat Straw, Spanish City Turns Leftover Oranges into Electricity, Grid Scale Battery Storage a Reality, Three Days of Climate Action
Making construction board from wheat straw, plus the city of Sevilla, Spain turns its leftover oranges into electricity. Grid scale battery storage a reality, and three days of Earth Day climate acti…
Planting Trees Just by Surfing the 'Net? BBC Produces World's First Outdoor Broadcast, Global Forest Watch Uses New Tech to See the Forests Even on Overcast Days, Dominion Energy to Install EV Power Stations in US NE Corridor
Dominion Energy to build electric car power stations along the I-95 & I-81 corridors in Washington, DC, plus the BBC produces the world's first emissions-free outdoor broadcast. You can plant trees j…
Meet Youth Climate Champion Francisco Vera, Baltimore Community Restores Degraded Forest, How Many Trees Can Two People Plant, Anyway? A Mystery Bird Reappears After Disappearing for 172 years
Meet youth activist climate champion, Franciso Vera, plus a Baltimore Community Restores Degraded Forest. How many trees can two people plant, anyway? And, a mystery bird reappears after being lost …
British Climate Action Halts UK's Largest Gas Energy Plant Construction, Maryland County Makes Record-Breaking Electric School Bus Purchase, Germany Needs More Renewable Energy Storage, "Storytelling with Saris"
Britain's Climate Action group halts construction of UK's largest gas-fired energy plant, plus a Maryland county makes record-breaking electric school bus purchase. Germany needs more renewable energ…
Solving the Oceans' Ghost Gear Problem, U.S./Canada Lithium-Ion Partnership, Going Net-Zero Could Add a Trillion to US GDP, and Welcome to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration!
Solving the Oceans' Ghost Gear Problem, plus U.S./Canada enter into a lithium-ion partnership. Going net-zero could add a trillion dollars to US GDP, and welcome to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restora…
Cloning Brings Black-footed Ferret from Brink of Extinction, Thirty Thousand Armenian Students Get Digital Climate Education, Costa Rica Ups Its Climate-Saving Goals, "A Hard Day on the Planet" Revived
Cloning brings black-footed ferret from the brink of extinction, plus thirty thousand Armenian students to get a digital climate education. Costa Rica ups its climate-saving goals, and Loudon Wainwri…
Biden Forms Cool New Federal Climate Agency, Lab-Grown Wood, Green Latinos Organize, Land Rover/Jaguar Goes All-Electric by 2025!
Climate Policy News--Biden Forms Cool New Federal Climate Agency, Lab-Grown Wood, Green Latinos Organize, Land Rover/Jaguar Goes All-Electric by 2025!
Mushrooms Replace Styrofoam? Gen New Deal and Solar Challenge, Meet Monica Jahan Bose, and Vertical Farming Meets Affordable Housing
Mushrooms as a natural alternatives to Styrofoam, plus Generation Green New Deal takes on solar energy challenge. A profile on climate champion, Monica Jahan Bose and a new project to combine affo…
Drones Are the New Johnny Appleseed, Can Seed-Pooping Animals Restore Degraded Forests? Maryland's Climate Crisis & Education Act, Maine Startup Grows Kelp to Eat CO2
Drones are the new Johnny Appleseed, plus can seed-pooping animals restore degraded forests? Maryland's Climate Crisis & Education Act, and Maine startup grows kelp to eat CO2.
And Then There's Mud--9,000 Year-Old Construction Technology, Denmark Builds a Clean Energy Hub Island, Germany Helps Dominican Republic Fix Trash Problem, and Shell Corp. Ups Its Net-Zero Goals
Turns out raw earth construction materials are great for the climate. In other words--Mud--it does your building good. Plus, Denmark plans to build an artificial island as the world’s first clean ene…
Maryland County OKs On-Farm Food Scrap Composting, 25 Must-Do Post Pandemic Climate Saving Tips, Climate Stories Project, Fighting Climate Change Actually Improves Health!
Montgomery County, MD passes legislation enabling on-farm food scrap composting, plus 25 things we should do to help save the planet after the pandemic. A new study reveals the health benefits of cl…