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Geoengineering
Season 9
Episode 10
Engineered solutions to reduce warming could be as simple as planting trees or as controversial as injecting huge volumes of aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet, raising complex political and ethical questions. We discuss this with Dr. Gernot Wagner of Columbia Business School and Dr. Stephen Gardiner, Professor of Ethics at the University of Washington, both authors on the subject.
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Plastic has many benefits, but recycling it has many challenges, including energy and emissions.
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Electric vehicles, air conditioning, decarbonization targets and efficiency in India.
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We’ll look first at India’s electrification goals, and the tension between coal and solar.
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We test the energy and climate knowledge of American students -- and you.
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Ideas, on both the supply and demand sides, to make our electric grid more reliable.
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Protecting energy systems from weather, wildfires, cyber- and criminal attacks.
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We look at the causes and effects of sea level rise, and potential solutions to adapt.
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Puzzling conflicts in energy and climate, and ideas to square perception with reality.
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Ideas to decarbonize fertilizer, petrochemicals and plastics, by switching feedstocks.
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Ideas to decarbonize two of our most important industries -- cement and steel.
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An eye-opening look at the energy inputs and emissions outputs of our food system.