The Climate Report is now called People, Planet, Progress and this week we talk about Nevada County’s local government climate action, now called the Resource Resiliency Roadmap, and how you can play a part. Plus, how green spaces in your yard or neighborhood can help children grow, and why you may want to minimize buying beverages in good old fashioned glass bottles that are sealed with metal bottle caps.

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The Climate Report for 8/5/25 features a name change for the show, now to be called People, Planet, Progress, as well as some inspiring good news and important new research.

We talk about Nevada County’s local government climate action, now called the Resource Resiliency Roadmap, and how you can play a part. Plus, how green spaces in your yard or neighborhood can help children grow, and why you may want to minimize buying beverages in good old fashioned glass bottles that are sealed with metal bottle caps.

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The Climate Report for 7/15/25 features information on a couple of local and regional climate-related events, followed by info on changes to solar and EV tax credits.

Then we cover a couple of news headlines about converting plastic waste to acetaminophen, and how we can each help insects thrive and survive in this climate-changing world.

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The Climate Report for 7/1/25 features an interview with Shirley Freriks, a local mover and shaker with the Nevada County chapter of Climate Action Now and their Waste Not group.

She’s here to talk about Plastic-Free July and its theme of microplastics, as well as a couple of events bookending the month:

- First is the kick off event for Plastic-Free July that happened on June 29th at the Madelyn Helling Library in Nevada City, featuring speaker Professor Kenneth Moore.

- Then a celebratory event takes place July 23rd at 4:30pm at the Gold Vibe Kombuchary in Grass Valley, with fun and engaging ways to celebrate making a difference, including local nonprofits such as SYRCL.

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The Climate Report for 6/3/25 features fresh research on the threat to banana farms from climate change, as well as how plastics are creating emissions as well as gumming up nature’s carbon storage mechanisms.

We use this to discuss what the data means and how we can use it to galvanize action in our own lives.

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The Climate Report for 5/20/25 features fresh research on the gender gap between men and women, regarding how much carbon pollution they emit. We use this to discuss what the data means and how we can use it to galvanize action in our own lives.

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The Climate Report for 5/6/25 features an interview with Jan Maes, the Executive Director of local nonprofit Sierra Energy Reimagined.

It’s been three months since we lasted talked, so we chat with Jan about what Sierra Energy Reimagined has been up to, as well as touch on future events like next week’s presentation to the county Board of Supervisors and another upcoming “home energywise” community workshop, offering free access to expert advice on how the local community can use less energy and keep costs down.

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The Climate Report for 4/1/25 features more reading through some of our backlog of interesting news headlines, including how California has 50% more public EV chargers than gas nozzles, and how car tires and brakes are creating as much or more pollution than car exhaust.

We close with a piece on how women in communities around the world are making a difference.

Then we follow that up with a page from the book “365 Days of Personal Climate Action Inspiration.”

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