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How Journalism Can Survive AI and Bothsidesism (w Mic Wright)
"Breaking: How the Media Works, When it Doesn't and Why it Matters" author joins us for a sneak peak of his new book, out 12 June 2025.
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Richard Delevan
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Mic Wright
40:30
Cara Maesano: Can Heavy Industry Scale CDR?
RMI's head of Carbon Dioxide Removals research on why it's not a nice-to-have, it's a must-do.
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Richard Delevan
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Cara Maesano
45:12
They Blame it on the Sun
Ketan Joshi wants us to better "pre-bunk" blackout disinformation about renewables.
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Richard Delevan
1:12:39
Is DAC dead? Will other CDR pathways get a second look? And will watercress save the world?
Carbon Technology Research Foundation (CTRF) funds research areas that look to piggyback on nature to drawdown greenhouse gases. We spoke with Philippa…
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Richard Delevan
32:48
RIP Norm(s), in CDR, American energy, and Cheers
Maeve Allsup of Latitude Media and Robert Höglund of cdr.fyi talk the state of play in US energy chaos and carbon removals. And a tribute to George…
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Richard Delevan
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Maeve Allsup
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Robert Höglund
1:05:14
Elon Musk v Mishal Husain = Frost v Nixon
The BBC presenter-turned-Bloomberg editor made news. It has largely been ignored.
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Richard Delevan
How will Pope Leo XIV handle climate?
He's left a few clues. He dropped more today at his Inaugural Mass. But if you expect he'll be Pope Greta, or Francis II, you will be disappointed.
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Richard Delevan
Geoengineer Once, Measure Twice
It's better to know than not to know. Kelly Wanser of SilverLining warns against the alternative.
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Richard Delevan
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Kelly Wanser
58:18
Climate "Realism" = Giving Up
Jeremy Wallace from SAIS discusses his viral Heatmap takedown of the Climate Realism initiative from the Council on Foreign Relations, "abundance…
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Richard Delevan
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Jeremy Wallace
50:22
Does apartheid South Africa offer a warning against fossil fuel "indoctrination"?
Charles Perry talks to us about his journey from Mandela's freedom to BP's first renewables attempt to working with Al Gore, and where we go from here.
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Richard Delevan
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Charles Perry
31:17
State of Climate Tech 2025
We borrowed sound from Climate Impact's Flagship Summit. Plus Carey Lovelace, founder of Visions2030; and Belinda Perriman, co-founder of ConvertWell.
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Richard Delevan
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Belinda Perriman
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The Other Chris Hayes
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Steven Meersman
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Kelly Wanser
1:07:20
Tony Blair. Climate vampire. Will Morgan McSweeney choose the Renfield Option?
Decoding the UK local elections, Reform, and Tony Blair's intervention, and what Labour will do, with Holly Brazier-Tope of Green Alliance, climate…
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Richard Delevan
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Dave Vetter
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Adam Bell
1:05:35
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