This Green Earth

Author, attorney, and environmental historian Lowell Baier discusses his new book, "Earth’s Emergency Room: Saving Species as the Planet and Politics Get Hotter." In the book, Baier covers the last 50 years of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) and provides an insightful and entertaining history, profiles his work with the ESA from its inception to the present, and with key figures who shaped its history, from field biologists to presidents of the United States.

Utah Snow Survey Supervisor Jordan Clayton provides an in-depth report on the 2023/24 snow season and what it means for the months ahead. Then, explore the Endangered Species Act of 1973 from its inception to the key figures who shaped its history with author, attorney and environmental historian Lowell Baier. He discusses his book "Earth’s Emergency Room: Saving Species as the Planet and Politics Get Hotter."

Utah Snow Survey Supervisor Jordan Clayton provides an in-depth report on the 2023/24 snow season and what it means for the months ahead.

On the next This Green Earth, Claire & Chris speak with author Abrahm Lustgarten who writes about climate change and writes for New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic and PBS Frontline.In his forthcoming book, “On The Move,” Lustgarten explores how climate change is uprooting American lives and where people will go. Lustgarten’s recent reporting focuses on global migration, demographic change and conflict in response to a warming climate. Then, they speak with Alexa Friedman, an environmental epidemiologist interested in reducing exposure to harmful chemicals. Friedman will walk us through a recent study that talks about pesticides and produce.To end the show, Deeda Seed with the Center for Biological Diversity discusses the Endangered Species Act listing petition for Wilson’s phalaropes, and what it means for the Great Salt Lake's ecosystem.

Author Abrahm Lustgarten joins the show to discuss his new book, "On the Move."

Heal Utah’s Meisei Gonzalez details the 2024 legislative decisions the organization says will impact our state’s environmental health.

Environmental scientist, ecologist and award-winning author, Carl Safina, takes us on an exploration of the human relationship with the natural world. Safina melds a scientific understanding of the animal kingdom with a human's emotional connection with it.

Author and voice for the natural world, Carl Safina explores how humans are changing the living world and what the changes mean for the planet. His work has won a MacArthur “genius” grant as well as Pew and Guggenheim Fellowships.Then, Heal Utah’s Meisei [May-Say] Gonzalez details the 2024 legislative decisions the organization says will impact our state’s environmental health.

Professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, Suzanne Simard, is at the forefront of plant communication and intelligence research. She explains why trees are vital to each other and to humans. (01:32)And, Utah Geologist Jeremiah Bernau discusses how the Bonneville Salt Flats have shifted over the years, with some of its most dramatic changes in recent decades. (25:50)

Suzanne Simard, professor of forest ecology at the University of British Colombia joins This Green Earth to help us all better understand just how vital trees are to humans and the planet.