This weekend in Chelsea’s adventures finds me off to Eugene for the University of Oregon’s Commencement for the Class of 2026. I’m so proud of my baby for graduating with distinction from the Honors College and the School of Business.
Somehow we are here, at the end of season 12. This was perhaps my favorite season of the history of our show. The guests were informative and inspiring. Mostly we stuck to schedule. And I feel like I made some new friends along the way. In fact, I had been envisioning, in lieu of the recap show, a reunion episode featuring a few of my favorites we featured this season. But schedules being schedules, it was hard to get together so instead, in this episode, you will hear me wax poetic about some of these guests.
If you’re a super sleuth, you can probably guess by today’s opening imagery to figure out where I am… that’s right, in the land of lobster, blueberries, and L.L. Bean boots. This is not my usual summer vacay though, but a quick trip for the weekend for my nephew’s high school graduation. I have 8 meals in Maine and hope to have lobster at as many of them as possible!
Former Congressman Carlos Curbelo was first elected to Congress in 2014, serving on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Education and Workforce Committee, the Small Business Committee, as well as the Committee on Ways and Means, where he co-authored the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. While in Congress, he was a key leader on climate policy and also co-founded and co-chaired the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.
And here we are again, but I sort of feel like this weekend should be Memorial Day weekend! Right? Why can’t every weekend be a three-day weekend?
My goal is to get a hike or a bike ride in on Sunday. I need to get outside and see some nature.
What is your favorite weekend leisure activity?
A federal program that returns $12 for every $1 spent and reduces flood risk nationwide could soon be history.
The Sustainable Rivers Program is a partnership between The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Its reach has grown from 8 rivers in 2002 to 65 today, influencing nearly 15,000 miles of waterways and more than 100 dams and reservoirs. But this cooperative program is in jeopardy. Jim Howe, Senior Policy Advisor for Freshwater at The Nature Conservancy explains what’s at stake, the potential impact of federal cuts, and how dam operations affect communities nationwide. Also, how you can help stop this common sense program from getting the axe.
Wait, it’s Memorial Day Weekend? (Or so every online retailer I’ve ever made a purchase from has reminded me.) May really snuck up on me. More seriously, we remember those who have bravely defended our freedoms and democracy.
As long-time listeners and members of our community know, here at republicEn.org we are advocates for carbon pricing.
We are not alone.
We are joined in pursuit of carbon pricing by a scrappy group of really smart people (many who have been featured on this show) who work for think tanks, non-profits, and even environmental organizations. And our informal group is lucky enough to have a leader who convenes us on a regular basis to compare notes, talk about the latest and greatest news, and uplift each other’s hard work.
The nice thing about being out of town for a longer period of time is coming home to the explosion of blooms in the garden. Azaleas. Rhododendron. And lots of other things causing my eyes to water and itch. But these signs of spring are so worth it.
Intermission is over; I am back from my whirlwind trip, which took me to Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Italy.
Have you ever thought about the impacts of the clean energy economy on rural communities? People with jobs in extractive industries? Those needing relocation due to climate impacts?
Matt Glazewski thinks about these impacts daily.
Leveraging the expertise of the oil and gas industry to scale geothermal energy, Project Innerspace (get it? opposite of outer space) is poised to rapidly provide the world with unprecedented levels of clean, geothermal power. For example, if we drill for geothermal energy at the rate we currently drill for oil and gas, by 2050 up to 77 percent of global demand for electricity and over 100 percent of global demand for heat can be supplied by geothermal, without the doom and gloom talk.