The Conservative Environmentalist (Feat. Benji Backer)

Newsweek's Environment and Sustainability Editor Jeff Young has a conversation with two of the industry leaders in the biopharma industry to discuss how things are evolving to meet urgent sustainability goals. From reducing emissions and waste to revolutionizing drug production, this episode unpacks the bold initiatives driving environmental responsibility in one of the world’s most complex sectors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Burning Sky brings to life a nightmare scenario in the not-too-distant future when scientists undertake a misbegotten scheme to tame the power of the sun. Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and best-selling novelist John Darnton joins host Ellis Henican on Newsweek's Better Planet podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Host Ellis Henican speaks with Benji Backer, who provides an intrepid vision for both solving our climate crisis and prioritizing the American national interest. Politicians, pseudo-experts, and other partisans have led us to believe that there are only two approaches to climate change: doomerism or denial. Benji argues that both are dead ends. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian Kateman, cofounder and president of the Reducetarian Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing consumption of animal products, joins Better Planet to discuss the dangers of climate doomerism and optimism alike with your host, Ellis Henican. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It took nearly three decades, but with COP28, the annual United Nations talks on climate change have for the first time called for a transition away from fossil fuels, the root cause of climate change. Newsweek's Jeff Young joins Better Planet to discuss.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Kimberley Miner is a Scientist and Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab in California, where she researches and forecasts climate risks. Her research has taken place in the most extreme environments in the world- from Antarctica to Mt. Everest- where her team secured a Guinness World Record for identifying the highest altitude pollutants.She joins the Better Planet podcast to talk about her latest from Nature.com: I’m a climate scientist. Here’s how I’m handling climate griefSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tom Rand joins host Ellis Henican to discuss his book: The Case For Climate Capitalism, Economic Solutions For A Planet In Crises, where he argues that a warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide among those who otherwise agree we must mitigate climate risk.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Lukas Kwietniewski, Director Health Care Analysis at Statista, joins us to introduce our listeners to the drive towards green hospitals and sustainability in healthcare. We're then Joined by Catherine Roggero-Lovisi, CEO of Modern Meadow, a biotech company that creates protein-based eco-friendly raw materials for a wide range of industries. Catherine will share how businesses across different sectors can adopt green tech & sustainable practices to drive growth & economic prosperity & Modern Meadow’s Award from the EPA.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Michael “Mick” Smyer, founder and CEO of Growing Greener: Climate Action for a Warming World, joins Better Planet host Ellis Henican to discuss psychology, communication strategies and human-centered design to move people from anxiety about climate change to action and habit. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Paula Glover, president of the Alliance to Save Energy, a bipartisan, nonprofit coalition, joins Better Planet to discuss using energy more productively to achieve economic growth, a cleaner environment, greater energy security, affordability, and reliability.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.