A Climate Change with Matt Matern
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He Left SpaceX After 13 Years to Solve the Water Crisis with Jonathan Criss
Today, Matt speaks with Jonathan Criss, CEO and co-founder of Vital Lyfe, about reinventing how the world gets clean drinking water. After 13 years at SpaceX working on the Starlink and Dragon…
243. How CarbonCure Locked 768,000 Tons of CO2 Permanently into Concrete with Dean Forgeron
Today, Matt speaks with Dean Forgeron, Chief Technology Officer at CarbonCure Technologies, about the Halifax-based clean tech company decarbonizing one of the world's most polluting industries. Dean…
242. Why a Top Climate VC Is Endorsing Tom Steyer for Governor w/ Dan Miller
Today, Matt is joined by Dan Miller - Managing Director of The Roda Group and host of Climate Chat on YouTube - for a wide-ranging conversation on the economics of the energy transition and the 2026…
241. How 9,000 Restaurants Became America's Newest Power Plant with Ibhade Eigbobo
Today, Matt speaks with Ibhade Eigbobo, Director of Corporate Project Management at Budderfly, about why the small and midsize business sector is one of America's most underused energy assets. Ibhade…
240. Why Protecting Nature Starts With Protecting People w/ Brett Jenks
Today, Matt is joined by Brett Jenks, CEO of Rare, a global conservation nonprofit that helps coastal fishing communities, smallholder farmers, and local leaders in 60+ countries build climate…
239. Fast Fashion Is Killing the Planet - Here’s What to Do About It with Marci Zaroff
Today, Matt speaks with Marci Zaroff - founder of ECOfashion Corp and one of the pioneers of the sustainable fashion movement - about the real cost of what we wear. They cover how 60% of the cotton…
238. The Right to Protest Is Under Attack with Annie Leonard & André Carothers
Today, Matt speaks with Annie Leonard and André Carothers, co-authors of Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It, published by Patagonia Books. Annie is the creator of The Story of Stuff and former…
237. The Environmental Toll of the Iran War with Doug Weir
Today, Matt speaks with Doug Weir, Director at the Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS), about the environmental toll of armed conflict - and why it rarely gets the attention it deserves.…
236. The Man Who Put Carbon Back Underground with Peter Reinhardt
Today, Matt speaks with Peter Reinhardt, co-founder and CEO of Charm Industrial, about one of the most ambitious bets in climate tech: putting carbon back underground permanently. Peter explains how…
235. The Fight for Affordable Energy in Rural America with Michelle Moore
Today, Matt checks back in with Michelle Moore, CEO of Groundswell and author of Rural Renaissance, nearly a year after the EPA canceled Groundswell's $156 million Solar for All contract. Michelle…
234. Why the War With Iran Is Really About Fossil Fuels w/ Miranda Green
Note: This episode was recorded on March 23, 2026. The situation is fast-moving — some details may have evolved, but the underlying story hasn't. Today, Matt speaks with award-winning investigative…
233. The Plan to Flip the 2026 Midterms w/ Nathaniel Stinnett
Today, Matt speaks with Nathaniel Stinnett, returning guest and Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project (EVP), about the climate movement’s political power problem.…
232. Can Nature Have Rights? The Legal Movement Reshaping Environmentalism w/ Katie Surma
Today, Matt speaks with Katie Surma, reporter at Inside Climate News and one of the world’s leading journalists covering the rights of nature movement. Katie has covered the movement across four…
231. How We Feed the World Without Frying the World w/ Michael Grunwald
Today, Matt speaks with award-winning journalist and author Michael Grunwald about his new book, We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate. Grunwald makes the case…
230. The Colorado River Is Running Out of Time with Jennifer Pitt
Today, Matt speaks with Jennifer Pitt, Colorado River Program Director at the National Audubon Society, about the deepening water crisis facing the American West. Jennifer explains how the Colorado…
229. How Gen Z Is Rewriting the Climate Playbook
Today, Matt Matern speaks with Amelia Southern-Uribe, Director of Global Organizing at Zero Hour, about building youth-led climate power in the American South. Amelia shares how frontline communities…
228. The Legal War on Fossil Fuels
Today, Professor Michael Gerrard joins Matt to share his journey into environmental law, inspired by growing up amid pollution and attending the first Earth Day in 1970. He explains the mission of…
227. Why Recycling Won’t Save the Planet
Today, Matt speaks with Dr. Catherine Weetman about why recycling alone cannot solve the environmental crisis and why businesses must adopt circular and regenerative models. She explains how finite…
226. How Close We Are to Losing Entire Species Forever, with Matt Podolsky
Today, Matt is joined by environmental filmmaker Matt Podolsky, co-founder of Wild Lens Collective. They discuss the power of storytelling in the climate and conservation movement. Podolsky reflects…
225. Why Adapting to Climate Change Matters More Than You Think with Doug Parsons
Today, Matt Matern speaks with Doug Parsons, host of the America Adapts, about why climate adaptation is becoming as urgent as emissions reduction. They discuss how the Department of Defense…
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A Climate Change with Matt Matern has published 246 episodes since February 2021, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Science.
A Climate Change with Matt Matern is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 45m.
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