Environmental Disruptors: Brewing Cannabis with Beer Yeast

Environmental Disruptors: Breaking the Grass Ceiling of Cannabis Cultivation: From sensor devices and LED lighting to automated systems and monitoring software, technology plays a vital role in cultivating sustainability in the cannabis industry. In this episode, we talk to Jesse Peters, the co-founder of Eco Firma Farms, a not-so- by People Places Planet

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Engage the Expert: Environmental Enforcement: In this episode of People Places Planet Podcast, we listen in on a casual conversation between Special Agent Andrea Abat, a criminal investigator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Tracy Hester, a Professor at the University of Houston Law C by People Places Planet

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The General Counsels' Opinions: Conversations with the Attorneys who have Led EPA's Office of General Counsel – Ann Klee: In this episode, Kevin Minoli, a partner at Alston & Bird, talks to former EPA General Counsel Ann Klee, who served as General Counsel from June 2004 to July 2006. This episode is part of a year-long series of conversations with former EPA General Counsel by People Places Planet

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The General Counsels' Opinions: Conversations with the Attorneys who have Led EPA's Office of General Counsel – Avi Garbow: In this episode, Kevin Minoli, a partner at Alston & Bird, talks to former EPA General Counsel Avi Garbow, the longest serving General Counsel in EPA’s history. This episode is the first in a year-long series of conversations with former EPA General Couns by People Places Planet

30 min listen

The General Counsels' Opinions: Conversations With the Attorneys Who Have Led EPA's Office of General Counsel – Scott Fulton: In this second in a series of conversations with former EPA General Counsels, Kevin Minoli, a partner at Alston & Bird who worked within EPA’s Office of General Counsel for 18 years, talks to former EPA General Counsel Scott Fulton, who now serves as Pres by People Places Planet

44 min listen

Environmental Disruptors: 3-D Printing Food Waste for Fine Dining: In the latest episode from People Places Planet Podcast, Azi Akpan of ELI’s Innovation Lab chats with Elzelinde van Doleweerd and Vita Broeken, co-Founders of Upprinting Food, based in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Founded in November 2018, Upprinting Foo by People Places Planet

24 min listen

Environmental Disruptors: Brewing Cannabis with Beer Yeast: In this episode, Dave Rejeski, Director of ELI’s Technology, Innovation, and the Environment Program, talks with Jay Keasling, UC Berkeley professor and synthetic biologist, about his game-changing innovation. Keasling and his teams engineered yeast – yes by People Places Planet

11 min listen

A New Environmentalism: An increasingly fast-paced technological world requires a restructuring in environmental protection strategy. In our first episode, ELI President Scott Fulton and Dave Rejeski, Director of ELI's Technology, Innovation and Environment Project, discuss how by People Places Planet

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Environmental Disruptors: Workin' At The (Waterless) Car Wash: How do you wash a car without water? Join us in our second “Environmental Disruptors” episode where we talk to DJ Patterson, owner of EcoGreen, Oklahoma’s first and only “waterless” car detailing service, about how he built a business promoting sustainabi by People Places Planet

15 min listen

Trailblazing Tribes: Agriculture: When it comes to the 573 federally recognized tribes in the United States, agriculture represents not just a source of food security, but an opportunity to express tribal sovereignty, drive economic development, and reclaim the cultivation of plants and a by People Places Planet

60 min listen

Best If Used: Tackling Food Waste in Music City U.S.A.: On average, Americans waste about 40% of their food. In this episode, we sit down with Linda Breggin, Director of ELI’s Center for State, Tribal, and Local Environmental Programs and Project Coordinator for the Nashville Food Waste Initiative (NFWI), and by People Places Planet

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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Link Between Everyday Practices and Climate Change by People Places Planet

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Checks and Balances on Environmental Policymaking in the Trump Era: There have been a number of changes – or attempted changes – to the environmental legal landscape since President Trump took office on January 20, 2017. In this podcast, Ethan Shenkman, former Deputy General Counsel of EPA and current partner of Arnold & by People Places Planet

28 min listen

An Inside Look at "Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States": Last March, ELI Press released Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States, a "legal playbook" for reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. With 35 peer-reviewed chapters and over 50 contributing aut by People Places Planet

42 min listen

Restoration Reflections: Gulf Residents Share Their Experiences in the Deepwater Horizon Restoration Processes: Since 2010, ELI has been supporting Gulf communities as they navigate the Deepwater Horizon restoration process. In this episode, Taylor Lilley, Public Interest Law Fellow, and Christina Libre, a Research Associate, speak with residents of coastal Mississ by People Places Planet

22 min listen

Environmental Disruptors: Weed Like A Sustainable Cannabis Industry: The cannabis industry is transforming rapidly. But what does this mean for the environment? From air, water, and nutrients, to packaging, waste, and pesticides, the cannabis sector is fraught with sustainability challenges. In this episode Kaitlin Urso ( by People Places Planet

21 min listen

The General Counsels' Opinions: Conversations With the Attorneys Who Have Led EPA's Office of General Counsel – Roger Martella: In this third in a series of conversations with former EPA General Counsels, Kevin Minoli, a partner at Alston & Bird who worked within EPA’s Office of General Counsel for 18 years, talks to former EPA General Counsel Roger Martella, current Director and by People Places Planet

32 min listen

Turning a Blind Eye to Small Drinking Water Systems by People Places Planet

26 min listen

Integrating Climate Change into the Law School Curriculum: A Conversation with Prof. Warren G. Lavey: Tune in to hear Prof. Warren G. Lavey discuss his article, Toolkit for Integrating Climate Change into Ten High-Enrollment Law School Courses (2019), and learn why an understanding of climate change needs to be integrated into the law school curriculum an by People Places Planet

49 min listen

Combating Deforestation in the Amazon: The Amazon Rainforest is a hotbed of biodiversity and—perhaps most crucial to our current climate crisis—stores approximately 120 billion tons of carbon. But deforestation is threatening the Amazon at an alarming rate. Given the vast size and numerous sta by People Places Planet

27 min listen

Environmental Disruptors: Craft Brewed Sustainability: Brewing a single gallon of beer uses about seven gallons of water. In this episode, we talk to Erin Cox, the Quality Management Systems Supervisor at Great Divide Brewing Company, to hear how this craft brewery is tackling this environmental challenge. We by People Places Planet

25 min listen

Herding Cats: Governing Distributed Innovation: Do-It-Yourself biology, 3D printing, and the sharing economy are equipping ordinary people with new powers to shape their biological, physical, and social environments. This phenomenon of distributed innovation is yielding new goods and services, greater by People Places Planet

43 min listen

Environmental Disruptors: Fly Grub, the Future of Animal Feed?: An estimated 25 million tons of fish is used in animal feed per year. Is there an alternative to feeding livestock from limited marine resources? In this inaugural episode of Environmental Disruptors, Kasantha Moodley, ELI’s Manager of Innovation and Gove by People Places Planet

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The General Counsels' Opinions: Conversations with the Attorneys who have Led EPA's Office of General Counsel – Gary Guzy: In this episode, Kevin Minoli, a partner at Alston & Bird, talks to former EPA General Counsel Gary Guzy, who served as General Counsel from July 1999 to January 2001. This episode is part of a year-long series of conversations with former EPA General Cou by People Places Planet

38 min listen

Groundtruth: New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law: Julius M. Redd, an attorney at Beveridge & Diamond, speaks with New Jersey Senator Troy Singleton and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, about New Jersey’s landmark 2020 environmental justice law. This by People Places Planet

39 min listen

Engage the Experts: The Shifting Landscape of Renewable Energy Development: As renewable energy development is happening throughout the country, changes in environmental regulations and related court decisions are impacting project development. Brooke Marcus Wahlberg, a Partner at Nossaman LLP, and her colleague Rebecca Barho, ex by People Places Planet

31 min listen

Engage the Experts: Wind Power & Wildlife: There are many benefits to wind energy, but what about its impacts on wildlife? In this episode, we "engage the experts” and listen in on a conversation between Brooke Marcus Wahlberg, a Partner at Nossaman LLP, and Joy Page, Director of the Renewable Ene by People Places Planet

44 min listen

Environmental Disruptors: Global Water Girls: By 2050, the amount of plastic in the ocean is expected to outweigh the amount of fish, making plastic waste diversion from oceans a global priority. In this episode, we talk to Fidan Karimova, the co-founder and CEO of Global Water Girls, www.globalwater by People Places Planet

27 min listen

2020 Hurricane Season & Implications for Coastal Communities: What is driving this year’s record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season? And what implications is it having on coastal communities in the Gulf of Mexico? In this podcast, Amy Reed, Director of ELI’s Gulf of Mexico program, discusses the 2020 hurricane seaso by People Places Planet

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Compensatory Mitigation Project Review: Impediments & Best Practices: Rebecca Kihslinger, Director of ELI’s Wetlands Program, discusses a new ELI research report that aims to identify some of the main impediments to efficiency in compensatory mitigation project review, as well as best practices to improve the process and en by People Places Planet

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Environmental Disruptors: Brewing Cannabis with Beer Yeast

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