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Podcast episode·Nov 24, 2025

Measuring Pollution on Parallel Earths

via People I (Mostly) Admire
Michael Greenstone knows it’s corny, but he wants to make the world a better place — by tracking the impact...
Video·Nov 19, 2025

Behind the Scenes with EPIC’s Clean Air Program: A Conversation with Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA)

In this session, 2025 EPIC AQ Fund Awardee Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA), represented by Muizz Ogbara, shares their perspective...
Podcast episode·Nov 19, 2025

How Losing Vultures Led to 500,000 Human Deaths

via World Wildlife Fund
In this episode, Frank explains: Why vultures are critical for ecosystems and public health How a common painkiller triggered a...
Podcast episode·Oct 31, 2025

Eyal Frank & Tony Five: The Benefits Of Bats

via The Last Show with David Cooper
Environmental economist ⁠Eyal Frank⁠ reveals to David and Tony Five ⁠the many benefits of bats⁠.
Podcast episode·Oct 27, 2025

Episode 8: Water Rising

Sea level rise doesn’t look like a single global flood—it looks like repeated, localized disasters: flooded streets, collapsing home values,...
Podcast episode·Oct 20, 2025

Episode 7: Battle of the Batteries

To compete with China’s dominance in battery technology, the U.S. needs more than just ambition—it needs new chemistry. This episode...
Podcast episode·Oct 6, 2025

Episode 5: Markets for Pollution

 Editor’s Note: We recently launched the Emissions Market Accelerator (EMA), a groundbreaking initiative that helps governments in the Global...
Podcast episode·Sep 22, 2025

Episode 3: Vultures

 In the 1990s, millions of vultures quietly vanished from India—and the consequences were deadly. This is the story of...
Podcast episode·Sep 9, 2025

Dr. Kaushik Deb – The Power of Cap-and-Trade Markets in Emerging Economies: Evidence from India

via Climate Economics
In this enlightening conversation with Dr. Kaushik Deb, Executive Director of EPIC India at the University of Chicago, explore how...