The Meaning of Green

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**The Meaning of Green**

The podcast about solving environmental problems.

Latest Episodes:

S7 Episode 4: The President Plays Chicken Aug 13, 2026

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Rachel Carson vs. the scientific establishment, Bill Ruckelshaus vs. DDT, and President Nixon vs. the Clean Water Act

S7 Episode 3: Rattlesnake Training Jun 30, 2026

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Eula and the snakes, edges in eastern Oregon, a secessionist movement, and ecotones

S7 Episode 2: All Politics Is Local May 31, 2026

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Trash as pollution and commerce, the US's mega-landfills, the EU vs. the US in trash management, local stories, and Fresh Kills

S7 Episode 1: Harry Potter and the Jante Law Apr 30, 2026

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Trash management, a meatball predicament, learning from the Danes, and a Labrador mix named Harry Potter

S6 Bonus Episode: Thus Always to Tyrants Feb 04, 2026

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John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman on their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist, on exploitation by coal companies and The Nature Conservancy

S6 Episode 10: Scotland the Brave Jan 04, 2026

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Green-minded Scots demand a say in wind farm expansions, the UK's aggressive climate change program, Ralph Nader and Al Gore, and a dog theft law

S6 Episode 9: Greed, Groupthink, and Carbon Inequality Dec 02, 2025

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A new exposé called Profit vs. Progress, how the wealthy dump on the rest of us and what to do about it, and Democracy in America

S6 Episode 8: Trash and Power Nov 01, 2025

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Of manatees and Mata Hari, happiness vs. stuff, George Carlin, Mt. Trashmore in Miami, reducing waste in Canada, the US, and the EU, and a controversial trash incinerator

S6 Episode 7: Damming and Undamming Sep 28, 2025

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The Klamath River undammed, a dam proposal likened to flooding the Sistine Chapel, fighting to preserve the forests that feed the Panama Canal, and Brazil's energy transition

S6 Episode 6: Weapons of the Weak Aug 31, 2025

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Trembitas, community-based conservation in Ukraine, Europe's magnificent beech forests, and why we should care about biodiversity

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