Talking Climate Videos

Climate denial may sound different in Spanish, Italian, or German—but the arguments are remarkably similar. In this episode of Cold Facts, Hot Takes, I’m responding to comments on my recent conversation with Dr. Andrea Hinwood, Chief Scientist for the […]

For decades, coastal mangrove forests have been decimated by development. But just this past week, forty years of satellite data confirmed something remarkable... 🌿 Good news: Mangrove forests worldwide are now growing back faster than they're […]

Heat records are falling across Europe and North America right now. This week's Talking Climate connects what's happening to what you can do about it. ⚽ Good news: Voices inside football are speaking up about climate: not just asking for recycling bins, […]

For the first time on record, solar generated more electricity than coal across the entire U.S. - despite active federal policy pushing the other direction. ☀️ Good news: The UK shut off its last coal plant in 2024. China now installs more wind and solar […]

People love to say climate action is a scam. But if you actually follow the money, the biggest profits and subsidies don’t lead to climate scientists or clean energy — they lead straight back to fossil fuels.

Climate action is often dismissed as a money-making scheme. But if “green” is the scam, who’s actually cashing the checks? In this episode of Cold Facts, Hot Takes, I dig into one of the internet’s favorite climate claims: the idea that the only […]

🔋 Good news: The world installed 112 gigawatts of new grid battery storage in 2025, a tenfold increase from just four years ago, and Australia is quietly out front: one in every 25 homes now has a residential battery. 🌊 Not-so-good news: Islands in […]

Can we actually fix climate change? And if so -- how? This week, I handed Talking Climate over to climate scientist and Project Drawdown (https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-drawdown/) executive director Jonathan Foley […]

What do a giant new marine sanctuary, the loss of climate journalism, and plug-in solar panels for apartment balconies have in common? They all show how much the future depends on the choices we make today.  🐠 Good News: Papua New Guinea just created […]

The world is no longer headed for the most catastrophic futures climate scenarios once warned about: but not because the science was wrong. It’s because people listened, and acted.  That is genuinely good news; but there's also this:  📈 Not-so-good […]

One of the biggest challenges in climate action is imagining what a better future could actually look like: especially when solutions are so often framed as sacrifices that require loss, instead of opportunities to benefit from. This week's good news and […]

What does it actually look like to move beyond fossil fuels — not someday, but now?  🌍 Good news: In Colombia, 57 countries gathered last week for the first-ever global conference dedicated to transitioning away from fossil fuels. Together, they're […]