Climate Money Watchdog

Climate Money Watchdog

Dina Rasor & Greg Williams

Episodes 41
Avg. Duration 56m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Apr 2022
Latest Episode May 2026

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Monthly
Format
Episodic
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About This Podcast

Climate Money Watchdog is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that investigates and exposes waste, corruption, abuse of power with a focus on government expenditures related to climate change mitigation and environmental remediation. When the government and private organizations fail the public or silence those who report wrongdoing, we will be there as an open or anonymous place for them to help expose the corruption and maleficence. We champion reforms to achieve more effective, ethical, and accountable federal, state, and local government that safeguards constitutional principles and fiscal responsibility for climate and environmental spending.

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S5E2 Dr. Michael S. Wong - Capturing and Disposing of PFAS at 1,000x Speed

May 19, 2026 57m Transcript

Our guest tonight is Dr. Michael S. Wong, a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He is also professor in the Departments of Chemistry, Civil and…

S5E1 Bernadette Del Chiaro - PFAS Pesticides on Your Food

May 11, 2026 1h 4m Transcript

Our guest tonight is Bernadette Del Chiaro, Senior Vice President at the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit working to empower people with breakthrough research to make informed choices and…

S4E2 Lew Daly - 45Q Carbon Capture Tax Credits are a Financial Disaster in the Making

May 02, 2025 1h 13m Transcript

Our guest tonight is Lew Daly, Senior Fellow for Climate and Energy Policy at Just Solutions, where he works in partnership with state and federal organizations and networks in pursuit of a just and…

S4E1 Natural Gas is Worse than Coal - Dr. Robert Howarth

Mar 13, 2025 48m Transcript

While the fossil fuel industry continues to promote "natural gas" as a relatively "clean" energy source, Dr. Robert Howarth has argued since since his seminal report in 2011 that methane (which makes…

S3E5 A Law Firm Just for Whistleblowers - Poppy Alexander

Jun 13, 2024 1h 5m Transcript

​We’re delighted to welcome back Poppy Alexander, a founding partner at the law firm Whistleblower Partners, a law firm dedicated to representing whistleblowers reporting fraud and misconduct…

S3E4 How The Plastics Industry is Tied to Fossil Fuels – Melissa Valliant

Mar 22, 2024 1h 2m Transcript

We’re pleased to have as our guest Melissa Valliant, Director of Communications for Beyond Plastics, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending plastic polution. She grew up on the Eastern Shore…

S3E3 How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Affect the Environment - Doug Koplow

Mar 01, 2024 47m Transcript

Doug founded Earth Track to more effectively integrate information on energy subsidies. For the past three decades, he has written extensively on natural resource subsidies for organizations such as…

S3E2 Developing Clean Energy Solutions for the Seneca Nation - Matt Renner

Feb 02, 2024 53m Transcript

Matt Renner serves as Vice President of Seneca Environmental, a tribally owned and controlled Earth-healing solutions company focused on helping commercial customers achieve ambitious climate goals…

S3E1 Problems with Q45 Tax Credits for Carbon – Paul Blackburn

Jan 26, 2024 53m Transcript

Our guest tonight is Paul Blackburn of Pipeline Fighters’ Hub. Paul provides legal services on pipeline and renewable energy matters. He has worked on crude oil pipeline issues since 2008, and has…

S2E6 Standing Up for Communities in Houston – Erandi Trevino

Aug 24, 2023 52m Transcript

Our guest this episode is Erandi Trevino of Public Citizen, Houston. Erandi grew up in Houston and has been concerned about the pollution in her neighborhood since she was a young child.Before…

S2E5 How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air: Mark Z. Jacobson

Jul 04, 2023 50m Transcript

We’re excited to welcome back Mark Z. Jacobson, who joined us last year to talk about a study he co-authored called “Low-Cost Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Insecurity for 145…

S2E4 Introducing the Climate Money Watchdog and Climate & Capital Media Partnership - Peter McKillop

May 18, 2023 45m Transcript

In this episode we welcome Peter McKillop, the founder and CEO of our new partner, Climate & Capital Media.Peter is the founder of Climate & Capital Media. Climate & Capital Media is a…

S2E3 Retiring 90% of our Coal Power Plants would Save Money - Michelle Solomon, Energy Innovation

Mar 02, 2023 1h 2m Transcript

Michelle Solomon is a Senior Policy Analyst in the Electricity program at Energy Innovation, working to accelerate the transition to a clean, affordable, and equitable electricity sector in the…

S2E2 Citizens Prevail over Venture Capitalists and Carbon Capture - Mike Eisenfeld

Jan 26, 2023 1h 1m Transcript

In this climate fight will Big Fossil Fuel, it is hard and rare to have a clear-cut victory. The last time we did a podcast episode with Mike on 7/12/22, his group was fighting to prevent a closing…

S2E1 Protecting Communities in an Oil Boom - Kayley Shoup

Jan 20, 2023 1h Transcript

Kayley Shoup is an activist with the Citizens Caring for the Future, an environmental group that is affiliated with New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light in Carlsbad, New Mexico. When she moved…

S1E26 Capturing CO2 with Paint - Steve & Beth McDaniel

Dec 22, 2022 1h 9m Transcript

Dr. Steve McDaniel and Beth McDaniel, JD founded and run Reactive Surfaces, and intellectual property firm that develops and patents paints that do more than turn buildings attractive colors and…

S1E25 Weathering a Hurricane in a Town Designed for Climate Change - Ryan Foelske

Dec 15, 2022 58m Transcript

Ryan Foelske a Carbon Free Electricity Program manager at RMI (previously the Rocky Mountain Institute) decided to put his money where his mouth is by buying a home in Babcock Ranch, a community…

S1E24 Protecting Communities from Pollution with Alison Steele

Dec 08, 2022 1h 6m Transcript

While pollution mitigation and control is vital to the environment, scientists are finding more and more problems for the humans that live near polluting corporate sites. Unfortunately in the name of…

S1E23 Repurposing EV Batteries at Relyion with Dr. Surinder Singh

Nov 03, 2022 55m Transcript

Dr. Surinder Singh’s distinguished career has focused on advancing and incubating technologies that address climate emergency with a focus on fundamentals of science, systems engineering, and…

S1E22 The California Environmental Quality Act - Ethan Elkind

Oct 27, 2022 48m Transcript

Ethan Elkind is the Director of the Climate Program at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law and leads the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative on behalf of the…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Climate Money Watchdog have?

Climate Money Watchdog has published 41 episodes since April 2022, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Government.

Is Climate Money Watchdog still active?

Climate Money Watchdog is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 56m.

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