[Broadcast] Christiana Figueres on "The Future We Choose"; Tips for Low-Waste Living; Trump Stalls Clean Energy Loans; and more

Published: May 15, 2020, 5 p.m.

b'Trump Stalls Clean Energy Loans / Beyond the Headlines / World\'s Largest Parrot: Note on Emerging Science / Food Waste Increase in the Pandemic / Tips for Low-Waste Living / The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis\\t\\t\\t\\n\\n\\nParis Climate Agreement lead UN diplomat Christiana Figueres recently wrote the book "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis" and speaks about how making the urgently needed transition away from fossil fuels could also help rebuild economies broken by Covid-19.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMeanwhile, $43 billion in loans for clean energy innovators that was set aside by the Obama Administration has barely been touched. Representative Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, discusses the holdup.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd sustainable living can be as much about returning to old, thrifty traditions as it is about innovative technologies. How to make your own food scrap soup, orange peel cleaners and more, this week on Living on Earth from PRX.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFind this week\'s transcript here: https://loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=20-P13-00020. . . . \\n\\n\\nLEARN MORE about these stories and everything in our decades of archives at loe.org. We\'ve got audio, transcripts, links, photos and more! . . .\\n\\n\\nPITCH IN with your tax-deductible contribution at https://loe.org/about/donate.html. Thank you for your support! . . .\\n\\n\\nFOLLOW US and join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. . . .\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'