Episodes
In Charleston, South Carolina and its suburbs questions of environmental justice and wetland protections arise as development encroaches.
Published 08/12/20
In Norfolk, Virginia homeowners like Karen Speights are struggling with the hard decision of staying put in rising waters or finding a way to start over. Meanwhile, the city is hoping it can buy people time.
Published 07/29/20
With waters rising in Charleston, South Carolina we explore what, if any, breaking point there is for people living and working in this city. And we talk to city officials about making the big decisions of what, and what not, to build when trying to...
Published 07/15/20
Norfolk, Virginia's waters are rising fast, and its land is sinking. The city's plans to meet this climate change challenge could be a blueprint for other coastal communities. Among other plans, Norfolk has set it sights on revamping its aging public...
Published 06/30/20
Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island. He talks about the slow disappearance of this unique Virginia island to climate change.
Published 06/09/20
Author and New York Times contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl talks about her book Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss. Renkle essays reflect on the intersection of family life, grief and her natural surroundings.
Published 05/19/20
Dr. Robert Bullard, widely considered the father of environmental justice, talks about the inequality of pollution and climate change.
Published 05/05/20
Author and wildlife biologist Drew Lanham talks about his book, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature. Lanham discusses his love of birds, his South Carolina homeplace, and reconciling the South’s legacy of hate with its...
Published 04/21/20
Published 04/20/20
Many schools in the Southeast are saving a bundle by going solar. But what's holding some schools back?
Published 07/01/19
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors from pipeline developers.
Published 06/04/19
When two North Carolina women received letters from state officials that their water wasn’t safe to drink due to coal ash pollution, they fought it all the way to the state house.
Published 05/05/19
The 2008 Kingston, Tennessee coal ash spill was disastrous at the time, but what came a decade later would reveal the full devastation of the tragedy.
Published 04/18/19
Broken Ground is a new podcast from the Southern Environmental Law Center coming April 22nd.
Published 04/15/19
Broken Ground is a new podcast from the Southern Environmental Law Center coming April 22nd.
Published 04/12/19
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