Paloma Beltran

1 month ago | insideclimatenews.org | Steve Curwood |Paloma Beltran

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, aninterview by host Steve Curwood and Paloma Beltran with Christine Todd Whitman, a former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a former Republican governor of New Jersey. The Trump administration has hit the Environmental Protection Agency with major changes. Many workers have been fired, some rehired, and amid the confusion billions of dollars face clawbacks.

Jan 4, 2025 | insideclimatenews.org | Paloma Beltran

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Cornell University. When you fire up your gas range to cook dinner, the natural gas that’s delivered through pipes to your stove is, well, a gas. But more and more of the natural gas the U.S. produces is destined for overseas, so it can’t just travel as gas through pipelines.

Oct 26, 2024 | insideclimatenews.org | Paloma Beltran

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Jamie Beard, the founder of Project InnerSpace, which aims to kickstart geothermal power generation. Earth’s crust holds an abundant supply of heat that can be turned into electricity through geothermal technology. So far, geothermal power generation has been mostly limited to volcanic areas like Iceland, where that heat is easy to access.

Oct 12, 2024 | insideclimatenews.org | Paloma Beltran

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Rachel Young, an environmental economist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Hurricane Milton spun off deadly tornadoes and cut power to more than 3 million Floridians as it charged across the Florida Peninsula. Tampa dodged the worst-case scenario of massive storm surge, but nearby St. Petersburg experienced over 17 inches of rain.

May 3, 2024 | loe.org | Paloma Beltran

Air Date: Week of Despite an international agreement to phase out financing for fossil fuel projects abroad, the Biden administration recently approved a $500 million dollar loan guarantee for an oil and gas drilling project in Bahrain.