Climate Break

As science and technology continue to advance the response to climate change, lawyers in California are finding new ways to defend the environment and public health. We spoke with California Attorney General Rob Bonta about current legal action in the state. For a transcript, please visit climatebreak.org/advancing-climate-solutions-through-legal-action-with-rob-bonta/

This week, we spoke with Amelia Joy and Maya Cohn from Nature is Nonpartisan, a bipartisan coalition working to unite Americans around conservation and land stewardship as a gateway to climate action. By centering shared values like clean air and water, wildfire prevention, and access to nature, they are reframing environmental protection as common sense, not partisan. Through careful language, cross-party policymaking, and a focus on protecting public lands and communities, Amelia and Maya are helping build durable, bipartisan support for climate-resilient conservation that can last beyond any single election or administration. For a transcript, please visit https://climatebreak.org/unifying-a-partisan-nation-around-nature-with-amelia-joy-and-maya-cohn/

As climate change reduces water flow and increases temperatures beyond what salmon can tolerate in California, certain populations of salmon have become endangered species. Removing dams, which exacerbate the problems of climate change, can allow salmon to move through unobstructed streams of water and help strengthen the ecosystem as a whole. We spoke to Regina Chichizola, the Executive Director of Save California Salmon, to learn more about the benefits of dam removal. For a transcript, please visit https://climatebreak.org/removing-dams-on-rivers-to-ensure-climate-resilience-for-salmon-with-regina-chichizola

How can we reimagine the construction industry to be more sustainable? Plantd, a company dedicated to developing sustainable construction materials, seeks to answer this question through developing a new form of wood materials. We spoke with Plantd CEO Nathan Silvernail about the company’s goals and achievements. For a transcript, please visit https://climatebreak.org/plantd-with-nathan-silvernail/.

Chaos wheat, “climate blend,” is a new type of flour composed of a variety of extreme weather resistant varieties of wheat to be more resilient to climate change. Despite its deviation from traditional wheat, it is shown to uphold the same baking quality (in regards to taste, texture, and rise). It was developed because climate change has been endangering wheat crops and this is not only affecting the supply and demand of wheat, but also creating intense price fluctuations. We spoke to Robin Morgan, a researcher at Washington State University’s Breadlab, about why these climate resilient crops may be the future of bread. For a transcript, please visit: https://climatebreak.org/chaos-wheat-with-robin-morgan/