Policies, and especially attitudes toward water, will have to shift as climate change makes drought more severe, says urban planning professor David Feldman.
AARON ORLOWSKI, HOST
California’s environmental justice advocates have made it clear for years that clever schemes to reduce global carbon emissions can still permit harm to local communities, if polluters are allowed to keep on polluting. Now, with the Sunrise Movement and the Green New Deal, that message is going national.
How has California been at the vanguard of environmental justice? And how can we protect the most vulnerable people when we’re trying to fight climate change?
From the University of California, Irvine, I’m Aaron Orlowski. And you’re listening to the UCI Podcast. Today, I’m speaking with Michael Méndez, an assistant professor of urban planning and public policy at UCI. He’s also the author of the book “Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement.”
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To fight climate change, we’ll need to kick our fossil fuel habit. But switching won’t be easy, especially for airplanes running on jet fuel, for heavy duty trucks burning diesel and for stovetops using gas in homes across California. And that’s where hydrogen comes in. How can we replace fossil fuels in these trickier instances? And how are researchers at UCI proving the possibilities of clean hydrogen?
From the University of California, Irvine, I’m Aaron Orlowski and you’re listening to the UCI Podcast.
Today, I’m speaking with Jack Brouwer, who is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering here at UCI. He’ss also the director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center, as well as the director of the Advanced Power and Energy Program, both of which are housed here at UCI.
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For four years, environmentalists have resisted the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks on air, water, and public lands protections. The outlook for the next four years is starkly different and environmentalists are eager to once again reign in pollution and fight climate change.
Why will it be difficult to undo this regulatory undoing. And how can the incoming Biden administration advance its environmental agenda?
From the University of California, Irvine, I’m Aaron Orlowski. And you’re listening to the UCI Podcast. Today, I’m speaking with Alex Camacho, who is a Chancellor’s professor of law at UCI and the faculty director of the Center for Land Environment and Natural Resources at the UCI Law School.