Fires and Logging Justice, Back to the Moon, Pioneering Women in Science and more.
About this episode
The episode discusses the unlawful logging practices by the US Forest Service, the Artemis II mission to the moon, and highlights the contributions of women in science.
A decades-old US Forest Service rule that’s been used to supposedly reduce wildfire risk through large-scale logging while bypassing environmental review has been deemed unlawful by a federal court in Oregon. Clearcutting can instead increase wildfire risk, and our guest says USFS needs to rethink its entire approach to managing forests and wildfire risk. Also, the Artemis II mission is getting ready to use the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA to return to the moon for the first time since the original Apollo missions more than 50 years ago. How declining public support shut down the Apollo program, and why NASA again faces headwinds in maintaining the public’s interest in space exploration. And women have historically been underrepresented in science and engineering, but that didn’t stop Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, and Rachel Carson, and there are many more women in these fields who are not as famous. Artist and author Rachel Ignotofsky shares the contributions of some of the remarkable female scientists she profiles in her book, Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World. --- Join LOE and Inside Climate News for the next Living on Earth Book Club event…
People in this episode
Guest: Rachel Ignotofsky
Topics covered
- wildfire management
- space exploration
- women in science
- logging justice
- Apollo program
- climate change
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: US Forest Service, NASA
Books & works: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Places: Oregon
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