An Inconvenient Podcast Lucia Elena

First and foremost, you better get ready because we're talkin' jeans. Big jeans, small jeans, sustainable jeans. We're obsessed and you'll hear all about it. Later on, we get down to business and discuss clean water insecurity for First Nation communities in Canada, why all the trash we throw out is an important climate issue, and the big deal Deb Haaland appointment. Then you've guessed it, we finished up with some jean talk. 

Tune in this week to hear us talk about all the snow piling up in Chicago and learning how to snowboard (finally! Come on, guys!) for the first 3-5 minutes, but then ...  we discuss last week in Texas and why millions lost power, heat, and water. We also take a look at Biden's bold conservation plan - one that is shockingly full of bipartisan support - and new action in Minnesota this month to confront PFAS contamination across the state

On this week's episode, Lucia and Elena discuss the recent Uttarakhand glacier disaster in India, the environmental racism playing out in Centreville, Illinois due to old infrastructure that's washing poopy water onto everyone's lawns and contaminating the water supply (unless you're the Mayor, then it's making the water more delicious), the thieves slithering under cars to steal catalytic converters, and Biden's proposal to create green jobs with a new Civilian Conservation Corps. Articles covered this week:

Glacier Bursts in India, Leaving More Than 100 Missing in Floods
'If white people were still here, this wouldn’t happen': the majority-Black town flooded with sewage
Thieves Nationwide Are Slithering Under Cars, Swiping Catalytic Converters
Biden's new conservation corps stirs hopes of nature-focused hiring spree

Woah! Has it already been four years? Literally bang our heads against a wall. Biden is in office, but will he be the environmental savior we absolutely need him to be? Or will the Earth crash and burn? Listen here as Lucia and Elena discuss what's good, what's bad, and why the Monarch butterfly isn't on the endangered species list.   

Lucia and Elena start off on a high note and discuss how unethical and heartless the hog industry is before exploring some fishy, fake websites for women supporting the oil and gas industry. The two then end on electric cars (our favorite!) and how Russia might as well win the climate crisis. 

Articles covered this week:

These Ladies Love Natural Gas! Too Bad They Aren't Real

The North Carolina Hog Industry's Answer To Pollution: A $500m Pipeline Project

The Price of Electric Car Batteries Has Dropped 89% In 10 Years

How Russia Wins The Climate Crisis

This week Lucia and Elena talk about the move to make water futures a commodity traded on Wall Street and what that means for our water future, the millions of abandoned oil wells all around the United States and the risks they pose, the Archbishop taking a stand as a climate leader, and United's climate commitment.

Articles covered this week:

California Water Futures Begin Trading Amid Fear of Scarcity

The Number of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Is on The Verge of Exploding. What Happens Now?

The First African American Cardinal Is a Climate Change Leader

Carbon offsets ‘do almost nothing’: United Airlines will fund plant to clean the air