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Broken Ground

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Broken Ground is a podcast produced by the Southern Environmental Law Center digging up environmental stories in the South.
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Episodes

Gardening Tidewaters

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 housing complexes. We'll talk to folks living in one of these communities about what adaptation will mean for them. Support the show

Jun 30, 2020•34 min•Season 3Ep. 1

Earl Swift: Watching Waters Rise

Earl Swift is author of 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. Support the show

Jun 09, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 4

Margaret Renkl: Backyard Environmentalism

Author and New York Times contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl talks about her book Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss. Renkl's essays reflect on the intersection of family life, grief and her natural surroundings. Support the show

May 19, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Drew Lanham: Call of the Rural South

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 beauty. Support the show

Apr 21, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Riding the Solar Coaster

Solar energy is growing by leaps and bounds in the Southeast and becoming a way for schools to save money. In this episode, we visit two Virginia schools to better understand the key role policies play in whether schools can go solar. Support the show

Jul 01, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Demand for Power

An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging project that – after years of delay – is now obsolete. Support the show

Jun 04, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 3

The Real Housewives of Coal Ash

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. Support the show

May 05, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Tip of the Ashberg

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. Support the show

Apr 18, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Broken Ground Season 1 Trailer

Broken Ground is a new podcast from the Southern Environmental Law Center digging up environmental stories in the South. Support the show

Apr 15, 2019•30 sec0
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