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Alex and Ayana ask experts and regular folks about what worries them most and what we can do to avoid that future.

For decades, coal fueled the town of Somerset, MA. But when the coal plant went bust -- taking with it millions in tax dollars -- the town struggled.

It started with students walking out of school to demand more action on climate change, built into an international movement - and then was propelled forward by a pandemic.

Climate change is a big problem - and we're going to need a big team to solve it. That means reaching people who might not think of themselves as climate activists.

As this summer has made clear: from hurricanes to wildfires, climate change is exposing more of us to extreme weather.

Black Lives Matter is the largest movement in U.S, and it's had environmental justice as part of its policy platform from the start. Alex and Ayana talk about why the fight for racial justice is critical to saving the planet.

The Republican Party has been almost uniformly opposed to climate action for years - nobody more so than President Donald Trump.

For years, American politicians have failed to take climate change seriously. The 2016 presidential debates didn't even include a single climate question. Fast-forward four years, and climate change is a major election issue.

From California's crimson skies to smoke so thick along Colorado's front range that sent people indoors for days, this year has been an especially bad one for extreme wildfires.

Cold Hard Cash for Your Greenhouse Gas When they think about what's heating up the planet, they may picture CO2 from smokestacks and tailpipes.

Decades ago, the oil company Exxon made a decision that drastically changed our country's response to climate change.

When it comes to climate change, it can feel like our future hangs in the balance of this presidential election in the U.S.

Dig into one of your questions, and in the process, resolve an argument for a couple who can't decide what kind of car is better for the climate.

It's important to talk about climate change. But how do you talk about it with friends and family who don't believe it's real.

Miami Beach could be mostly underwater within eighty years, but construction of new beachfront properties is booming.

When it comes to nuclear energy, many people have strong opinions. Some say that if you're not on board with nuclear energy, then you aren't serious about addressing the climate crisis.

Thirty percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to our homes, offices and other buildings - how we heat and cool them, how insulate them (or don't) and the electricity to use.

Dig into some of your questions about trees.

Know that carbon dioxide is rising and we know that it's warming the world, but how did scientists figure that out in the first place? And what will all this warming mean for the future?

Resistance is a show full of stories from the front lines of the movement for Black lives, told by the generation fighting for change.

Meet two farmers who, at first glance, seem very different. One is a first-generation farmer in upstate New York raising fruits and vegetables for the local community.

Gina McCarthy will serve as the first-ever National Climate Advisor, heading up the newly formed White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy.

The recycling bin - many of us have learned to view this humble container as an environmental superhero.

When loggers with chainsaws headed into the Willamette National Forest on Easter Sunday in 1989, they found a line of protesters blocking their way.

The Yurok tribe is reversing centuries of ecological damage to their land and making it more resilient to climate change by marrying two systems that might seem contradictory.

President Biden has set a goal of reaching 100% clean electricity in the U.S. by 2035. That means cutting all carbon emissions from the entire electricity sector in just 15 years.

Seaweed and giant kelp are sometimes called "the sequoias of the sea." Yet at a time when so many people are talking about climate solutions and reforestation there aren't nearly enough people talking about how the ocean can be part of that.

So, what do you do with 579 pounds of seaweed? Ventured into the ocean to learn how seaweed farming can help solve climate change.

Presenting: A Matter of Degrees What happens if your electric utility starts doing things you don't agree with? What if they start attacking solar and proposing to build more and more fossil gas plants?

If you put a plastic bag in a bin outside your grocery store - will it really end up being recycled? Are some utilities trying to sabotage the solar industry?

Do your individual actions matter when it comes to climate change? Or is it all about big, systemic change? In this session, they break down both sides of the argument. They lay out the actions that have the biggest impact on your carbon footprint.

A quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture and land use - and a big portion of those emissions come from producing meat.

It's one of the most important Supreme Court cases you may never have heard of: Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency.

In 2018, a young Indigenous mother named Jermain Charlo left a bar in Missoula, Montana, and was never seen again.

Talking about oil pipelines. From the fight against Keystone XL to Standing Rock, pipeline protests have been central to the climate movement in the U.S.

Social movements are often bolstered by anthems, songs that help unite people and remind them of what they are fighting for.

Digging into a mysterious email one listener received from their utility about renewable natural gas. Can natural gas actually be renewable, or is this just a marketing scheme?

Sharing some wisdom from Sherri Mitchell. Sherri is an Indigenous rights attorney, author, activist, and contributor to the book Ayana co-edited, All We Can Save. I

The Biden Administration's American Jobs Plan is billed as an "infrastructure" package.

A common piece of career advice is to bring your whole self to work. But what if your whole self includes a deep concern for the climate?

Over the past century, we've transformed the arid lands of the American west into year-round, well-irrigated agricultural powerhouses.

This week, the inside scoop on how a climate policy gets made. In 2019, when the Green New Deal resolution was unveiled, How to Save a Planet co-host Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson noticed something big (and blue) was missing: the ocean.

The recycling bin - many have learned to view this humble container as an environmental superhero. It is, after all, the critical first step in turning our trash into - well, not treasure, but at least more stuff.

If you're curious to know how Drs. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Drs. Jane Goodall first fell in love with the natural world, both on land and underwater, this part is for you.

Meet two farmers who, at first glance, seem very different. One is a first-generation farmer in upstate New York raising fruits and vegetables for the local community.

From California's crimson skies to smoke so thick along Colorado's front range that sent people indoors for days, wildfires in the US have becomes more and more extreme.

Human migration is nothing new, but the scale at which people will need to relocate due to climate change will be different than ever before.

Do your individual actions matter when it comes to climate change? Or is it all about big, systemic change? Break down both sides of the argument.

In recent years, more and more people from Central America have tried to emigrate north to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Many leave home not because they want to, but because they have to.

Look inside your retirement savings and you may find some surprises: oil and gas companies, pipeline operators, utilities with coal-fired power plants.