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Short WaveWill Trump Unleash Energy Dominance Or Damage?The Trump administration is rewriting policies and reducing funding for multiple agencies that handle climate change, including NOAA, EPA and FEMA. We asked NPR reporters Lauren Sommer and Alejandra Borunda what that the implications of that are — and who the changes will affect.Want to hear more ways research is being impacted by the new administration? Email us at shortwave@nprg.org to let us know — and we may cover your idea in a future episode!Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at p...2025-05-2013 min
Short WaveWill Trump Unleash Energy Dominance Or Damage?The Trump administration is rewriting policies and reducing funding for multiple agencies that handle climate change, including NOAA, EPA and FEMA. We asked NPR reporters Lauren Sommer and Alejandra Borunda what that the implications of that are — and who the changes will affect.Want to hear more ways research is being impacted by the new administration? Email us at shortwave@nprg.org to let us know — and we may cover your idea in a future episode!Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at p...2025-05-2013 min
The World Through FictionAn Update On Current EventsApologies for this episode being rushed! The World Through Fiction deviates from its usual format in this episode as I cover current events and compare them to antifascist literature.
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Martínez, A. 2024. “Trump Wants to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ What Does That Mean f...2025-01-2015 min
Short WaveThis COP29, It's All About The NumbersThis year's United Nations climate talks, COP29, wrapped Saturday. Throughout the talks, it was all about the numbers. With the help of NPR climate reporters Julia Simon and Alejandra Borunda, we hone in on two. First, $300 billion. That's the amount of money wealthy countries agreed to give developing countries to help them adapt to climate change and reduce pollution. Second, 1.5C. That's a warming limit countries agreed to try not to breach, but that is creeping closer every year. Want to hear the latest in climate news and solutions? Let us know your thoughts by emailing shortwave@npr...2024-11-2714 minShort WaveThis COP29, It's All About The NumbersThis year's United Nations climate talks, COP29, wrapped Saturday. Throughout the talks, it was all about the numbers. With the help of NPR climate reporters Julia Simon and Alejandra Borunda, we home in on two. First, $300 billion. That's the amount of money wealthy countries agreed to give developing countries to help them adapt to climate change and reduce pollution. Second, 1.5C. That's a warming limit countries agreed to try not to breach, but that is creeping closer every year. Want to hear the latest in climate news and solutions? Let us know your thoughts by emailing shortwave@npr...2024-11-2714 min
Short Wave3 Major Ways Climate Change Affects Life In The U.S.Every five years, the United States government releases the National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive analysis of how climate change is affecting the country. The fifth assessment was recently released. It's the first to include includes standalone chapters about climate change's toll on the U.S. economy, as well as the complex social factors driving climate change and the nation's responses. Climate reporters Rebecca Hersher and Alejandra Borunda walk us through three major takeaways from the report: the economics, the negative human health effects and the unequal burden people face. Plus, a silver lining: All the ways the U.S. is...2023-11-2012 min
Short Wave3 Major Ways Climate Change Affects Life In The U.S.Every five years, the United States government releases the National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive analysis of how climate change is affecting the country. The fifth assessment was recently released. It's the first to include includes standalone chapters about climate change's toll on the U.S. economy, as well as the complex social factors driving climate change and the nation's responses. Climate reporters Rebecca Hersher and Alejandra Borunda walk us through three major takeaways from the report: the economics, the negative human health effects and the unequal burden people face. Plus, a silver lining: All the ways the U.S. is...2023-11-2012 min
Demo PagesWhy Workplace Sustainability MattersWelcome to Audio Learning from Assemble You.In this track, we will take a look at how this applies to the workplace and why it matters. Then we’ll provide actionable steps for how to go green at work.So what is sustainability?According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in prod...2023-05-2009 min
Chronic Failure PodcastEpisode 11: Deepwater Horizon Pt. 2Episode Source MaterialWe still don’t know the full impacts of the BP oil spill, 10 years later by Alejandra BorundaDamage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association (NOAA)Doug Brown’s lonely fall from the Deepwater Horizon to ‘The Great Invisible’ by Steve DruinIs Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution? by David BielloEffects of Corexit dispersants on cytotoxicity parameters in a cultured human bronchial airway cells BEAS-2B by Yongli Shi, Astrid M. Roy-Engel and He Wang2023-03-2951 min
In The ThickCross-Racial SolidarityMaria and Julio talk with Heather McGhee, activist, author and host of the new podcast “The Sum of Us,” produced by Higher Ground and Futuro Studios. They get into Heather’s journey covering multiracial solidarity movements across the United States. They also talk about the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the results of Kansas’ ballot initiative on abortion rights.
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Ellen Ioanes breaks down how the Inflation Reduction Act will help Americans, for Vox.
Rolling Stone spoke with organizer Ashley All on how the pro-abortion movement won in Kansas, and how...2022-08-1036 min
Overheard at National GeographicCapturing the Year in an InstantWe’ll sift through 2021 with Whitney Johnson, National Geographic’s director of visuals and immersive experiences, as she works on the “Year in Pictures” special issue and shares what makes an unforgettable image. And we’ll talk with photographers who documented the COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of California wildfires among other key moments of the year.For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard. Want more?Lynsey Addario followed around a group of women firefighters this summer. Meet them in our article. And check out writer Alejandra Borunda’s piece on how land m...2021-12-1429 minOverheard at National GeographicCooling Cities By Throwing ShadeTrees provide much-needed shade for urban Americans on a hot day, but not everyone gets to enjoy it. New research illuminates how decades of U.S. housing policy created cities where prosperous, white neighborhoods are more likely to be lush, and low-income communities of color have little respite from the sun. National Geographic writer Alejandra Borunda explains how activists are trying to make Los Angeles greener and healthier for everyone, and why the solution isn’t just to plant more trees.For more information on this episode, visit natgeo.com/overheardWant more?Re...2021-08-0328 min
The Daily GardenerDecember 8, 2020 Italy’s Olive Trees, Jan Ingenhousz, David Don, James Logan, Morris Bishop, Planting Design for Dry Gardens by Olivier Filippi and Making A Sugarplum TreeToday we celebrate the botanist who discovered photosynthesis. We'll also learn about the Linnean Society Librarian, who was a botanist and explorer in his own right. We’ll remember the judge who created a new kind of berry. We hear a long-forgotten verse about a rose and a raspberry. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about smart gardening in harsh, dry places. And then we’ll wrap things up with adorable instructions about how to make a sugarplum tree out of pine cones. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask...2020-12-0817 min
Sexto SentidoBeneficios del ReikiAlejandra Torres Borunda nos habla sobre el método Reiki, técnica japonesa de canalización y transmisión de energía vital a través de la imposición de manos que se utiliza para obtener paz y equilibrio físico, emocional y mental.
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