Paasha Mahdavi

political scientist at UC Santa Barbara who studies energy and environmental politics

Paasha Mahdavi on KCRW

KCRW looks at how human industrial activities produce methane, and how we can change behaviors to reduce those emissions.

Methane: Its big impact on climate change, how humans create it and can reduce it

KCRW looks at how human industrial activities produce methane, and how we can change behaviors to reduce those emissions.

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President Biden left for Europe today to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow next week.

What’s left in Biden’s climate agenda, what’s ahead at Glasgow climate conference

President Biden left for Europe today to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow next week.

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