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The Planet Today

Matt Norden and Nick Gennusa

New episodes every Friday covering the latest in Wildlife Conservation, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Policy, including special guest interviews across the environmental/sustainability space.Hosted by Matt Norden and produced/co-hosted by Nick Gennusa.You can find us on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram @PlanetTodayPod!

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24:30

The International Energy Agency's Renewables 2021 Report

The Planet Today ·

2022/01/17

Matt and Nick discuss The International Energy Agency’s 2021 Renewables report, including how 2021 looked for the renewable energy sector, projections up to 2026, and more!If you’d like to check out the report, you can find the executive summary here: Executive summary – Renewables 2021 – Analysis - IEA.The full 175-page report is also available here: Renewables 2021 - Analysis and forecast to 2026 (windows.net).

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22:55

Climate change and food prices, pine trees in...

The Planet Today ·

2022/01/14

Matt and Nick’s Quick Hits of the week include how climate change is impacting food prices (Food prices remain high into 2022 on shortages due to extreme weather | Financial Times (ft.com)),The UK’s government protecting fossil fuel interests (invites fossil fuel companies to help write rulebook on climate-busting new oil drilling | The Independent),Rilu the Snow Leopard’s death (Snow leopard dies after contracting Covid-19 at Illinois zoo - CNN),Pine trees and climate change in Patagonia (An

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26:18

A plan to reduce livestock in the Netherlands, New...

The Planet Today ·

2022/01/10

Matt and Nick break down some of the stories from the end of 2021, including reducing livestock in the Netherlands (Netherlands announces €25bn plan to radically reduce livestock numbers | Netherlands | The Guardian),Fact checking Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to climate measures (Manchin's take on climate measures are misleading : NPR),The relationship between Texas Climate Deniers, New England Fishermen, and the first major offshore wind farm in the US (Vineyard Wind Challenged by Mass

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24:28

Boulder's Marshall Fire, a new Californian food waste...

The Planet Today ·

2022/01/07

Matt and Nick are back for their first episode of 2022. Quick Hits Friday features a solar farm in Kentucky (Coming Soon to This Coal County: Solar, in a Big Way - The New York Times (nytimes.com)),Food waste in California (New California law creates opportunities to waste less food (ktnv.com)),A wind farm in Montana (Montana's largest wind farm underway near Miles City | State & Regional | billingsgazette.com),The Marshall Fire in Boulder, Colorado (Marshall fire explained: Why Boulder County

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44:38

Greenhouse gas for vegetarians, mussels in New York...

The Planet Today ·

2021/12/17

Matt and Nick kick off their last show of 2021 with a few extra Quick Hits before their Holiday Sendoff. The boys talk about what TPT and their listeners have meant to them this year and their goals for the show in 2022!Their Quick Hits include are greenhouse gases for vegetarians (https://www.ecowatch.com/vegetarian-meat-greenhouse-gases-2655937991.html),Helping manatees in Florida (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/climate/manatees-florida-feeding.html?referringSource=articleShare),11 million

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54:25

Solar on a blueberry farm, desertification in Brazil,...

The Planet Today ·

2021/12/10

Matt interviews Miss Delaware, Sophie Phillips, prior to the Miss America Competition, which begins the day this episode drops!First Matt and Nick break down their Quick Hits of the week, starting with a dual-use solar and blueberry farm in Maine (https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2021/11/agrivoltaic-pilot-program-set-to-provide-critical-insights/),Conservationists fighting to save the smallest rabbit in North America (https://www.nature.org/en-us/magazine/magazine-articles/pygmy-rabbits/),The

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50:42

Roundabouts, cutting methane through cow feed, Down...

The Planet Today ·

2021/12/03

Matt and Nick discuss Episode 1 of Netflix’s Down to Earth with Zac Efron! Zac was unfortunately busy this week, so he didn't answer our DM's to be a guest.First, their Quick Hits are cutting methane through cow feed (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-19/cow-feed-that-cleans-potent-methane-burps-nears-europe-rollout),how roundabouts impact climate change (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/climate/roundabouts-climate-emissions-driving.html?referringSource=articleShare),a report from

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6:02

Quick update: What's next for TPT?

The Planet Today ·

2021/11/26

Happy Thanksgiving! Matt gives a quick update on some big changes coming to The Planet Today starting in January of 2022.

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60:58

Youth climate activists, COP26 recap, Guest...

The Planet Today ·

2021/11/19

Matt interviews Keith Hutchings of The Comfortable Home Project!First, Nick and Matt’s Quick Hits of the week are:Youth climate activists petitioning the United Nations (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/10/youth-activists-petition-un-to-declare-systemwide-climate-emergency?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1636528594),Timber poachers and tree DNA

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57:31

Bird collisions, the first week of COP26, Toyota's...

The Planet Today ·

2021/11/12

Matt and Nick are joined by guest co-host Giselle Herrera to talk about the impact that the world’s richest 1% have on the environment.Their Quick Hits of the week include a bold plan for Ithaca, NY (https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/11/03/ithaca-new-york-decarbonize-electrify/),a project at the University of Minnesota to reduce bird collisions

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51:02

Day 1 of COP26, Smoky Mountain Park Rangers, & more!

The Planet Today ·

2021/11/05

Nick and Matt discuss the National Geographic Documentary, Smoky Mountain Park Rangers.Their Quick Hits of the Week include last weekend’s G20 meeting (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/31/world/g20-summit-2021-biden),Day 1 of COP26 (https://www.cnn.c23om/2021/11/01/world/cop26-climate-leaders-summit-intl/index.html),California Condors joining the short list of animals to reproduce without a mate

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44:32

Climate change + national security, tuskless...

The Planet Today ·

2021/10/29

Nick and Matt discuss the economics behind deforestation and a new report by Global Witness (https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/forests/deforestation-dividends/#conclusion-ill-gotten-gains).Their Quick Hits of the Week include Climate Change’s impact on national security (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/climate/climate-change-national-security.html?referringSource=articleShare).how our fossil fuel usage compares to our climate goals

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56:22

Weather related deaths, California banning gas lawn...

The Planet Today ·

2021/10/22

Matt interviews Kelly Jacobs of the University of Delaware about managed retreat, the relationship between gas, oil, and plastic and more!First, Nick and Matt’s Quick Hits of the week are weather related deaths declining for now (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/weather-disaster-related-deaths-are-downwarming-could-undo-that-trend),the amount of solar panels required to power the world

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57:51

Bears Ears and Grand Stair-Escalante National...

The Planet Today ·

2021/10/15

Matt and Nick are joined by guest co-host Dan Walsh to talk about climate change misinformation and a new decision by Google/YouTube to prevent its spread.Their Quick Hits of the week include an update on how climate change is impacting coral reefs (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/climate/coral-reefs-climate-change.html?referringSource=articleShare),Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments being restored

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62:23

Wolves in Europe, Earth getting dimmer, Guest...

The Planet Today ·

2021/10/08

Matt interviews Eddy Badrina of Eden Green Technology and Seed Effect!Their Quick Hits of the week include several extinction updates (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/climate/endangered-animals-extinct.html?referringSource=articleShare),the return of wolves in Europe (https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/the-return-of-the-wolf-in-europe?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=species&utm_content=link),just how bad the wildfires have been in California in the last decade

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55:55

Goats and wildfires, My Octopus Teacher, & more!

The Planet Today ·

2021/10/01

Nick and Matt review the Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher!This episode starts off with a call to action about fossil fuel subsidies (https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-end-fossil-fuel-tax-giveaways?source=direct_link&referrer=group-ccan&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fgive.ccanactionfund.org%2Fpage%2F15812%2Fdonate%2F1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=federal&utm_content=Fed-Pollutertaxpayouts-0921-c4+C).Their Quick Hits of the week

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49:41

White nose syndrome, the UN's warning about Paris...

The Planet Today ·

2021/09/24

Nick and Matt talk about the UN’s stark warning to countries regarding their Paris Agreement Commitments!Their Quick Hits of the week include a fungus that causes white nose syndrome found in Saskatchewan (https://ca-news-yahoo-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/ca.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/fungus-thats-killed-millions-bats-080000707.html),some electric vehicle news from Volkswagen (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-09-16/vw-pulls-back-curtain-on-new-electric-car-battery-lab-in-germany),pollution

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67:02

Taco Bell's recycling, The Netherlands vs. Fossil...

The Planet Today ·

2021/09/17

Matt interviews Kristen Pruett to discuss her time at Yellowstone National Park, her volunteer work with dogs, cooking vegetarian meals, and more!First, Matt and Nick break down some of this week’s stories, including California simplifying recycling (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/climate/arrows-recycling-symbol-california.html?referringSource=articleShare),Taco Bell’s recycling program (https://abc7.com/taco-bell-sauce-packets-recycling/11011216/),The Netherlands vs. Fossil Fuel commercials

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43:02

Offshore wind and Green Hydrogen, Climate change +...

The Planet Today ·

2021/09/10

Matt and Nick discuss the public health impacts of Climate Change (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/06/more-than-200-health-journals-call-for-urgent-action-on-climate-crisis?fbclid=IwAR1CH_4E_4L_4SzIVxFwVamQK1q1IQTnjplPxZPzzXchydZJy6qX55Q-XmA)!Their Quick Hits of the week include Tesla recycling it’s battery materials (https://amp-interestingengineering-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.interestingengineering.com/tesla-says-it-can-now-recycle-92-of-battery-cell-materials),a new offshore

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54:38

IKEA's renewable energy, the Caldor Fire, After the...

The Planet Today ·

2021/09/03

Matt and Nick review the 2015 documentary After the Spill!Their Quick Hits of the week include Climate Change Reporting (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/insider/united-nations-climate-report.html),IKEA selling renewable energy (https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ikea-now-selling-new-product-renewable-energy),Salmon in the Lower Snake River (https://earthjustice.org/brief/2021/salmon-extinction-climate-change-heat-waves-snake-river),the Caldor Fire

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