On the road to a carbon-free future, a lot of drivers are facing a tough dilemma: Is it worth switching to an electric car if the gas-powered car I have can still run a few more years? Is the environmental footprint of an EV really that much better? We spoke to several experts about the upside and downside of e-mobility from range anxiety to charging infrastructure and more. Click here to listen.

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Folge vom 23.05.2024What's better – electric or combustion cars?
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Folge vom 16.05.2024Introducing: Feet in 2 WorldsThis week we are sharing an episode from Feet in 2 Worlds — a project that brings the work of immigrant journalists to online news sites, podcasts, and public radio. This story was produced as part of Home, Interrupted, a podcast series by Feet in 2 Worlds that explores how the climate crisis affects immigrants across the US.
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Folge vom 09.05.2024Learning from your local streamIt's no secret that humans have a deep and abiding relationship with water. Whether the ocean, lakes or rivers, we often go in search of, and take great delight in, the experience of bold bodies of water. And perhaps that means sometimes we overlook the smaller ones. Like the streams that have trickled along the same routes for hundreds and thousands of years. Time for a closer look.
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Folge vom 02.05.2024The hidden toll of roadkillFor a staggering number of animals each year, roads are a dead end. Yet most of us barely give roadkill a second glance. But it's time we ought to. Because the scale of the crisis is so great it's warping the planet's ecology. So how do we change that - and could eating it help?