Possibly Podcast Episodes
Are geothermal networks the future of heating and cooling?
A new program in Framingham, Massachusetts is leading the transition from gas to geothermal heating and cooling.
Feb 4, 2025
How can hospitals cut their plastic waste?
Hospitals have to use a lot of single-use plastics to deliver care for patients. In today’s episode, we look at how one is cutting down through their medical plastics recycling initiative.
Jan 28, 2025
What is the Conservative Climate Caucus?
With the second Trump administration underway, the Possibly team takes a look at a group hoping to shape the country's energy policy: a Republican caucus in the House of Representatives.
Jan 21, 2025
What happened to the Inflation Reduction Act?
In the summer of 2022 President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The law was the US’s largest investment in climate and clean energy ever. But what’s happened since then? Who has actually been implementing the bill?
Jan 14, 2025
Could we just fire our trash into the sun?
We asked our listeners to send in their wildest ideas for addressing climate change. And one listener, thinking about all of the trash Americans throw into landfills, asked if we could send it somewhere else: the sun.
Jan 7, 2025
Our resolutions for 2025
As we head into a new year, our Possibly team decided to think about all of our episodes, and how they might inspire our resolutions for 2025. Here’s what some of us had to say.
Dec 31, 2024
No more coal for stockings in the UK
Britain recently announced the closure of the country’s last coal-fired power plant, as well as an ambitious new energy plan. This week on Possibly, we break down what happened.
Dec 24, 2024
What do the numbers on the bottom of your plastic products mean?
If you've ever looked at the bottom of a plastic item, you may have seen a number surrounded by three arrows around it. Today we take a look into the meaning behind the numbers, and how they actually relate to recycling.
Dec 17, 2024
Can a game help you take effective climate action?
We played a climate game that is supposed to help you find the highest-impact changes you can make in your life to take effective climate action. Could games like this actually help address the climate crisis?
Dec 3, 2024
Wild turkeys were locally extinct for decades. How did they come back?
Turkeys are more than just a Thanksgiving meal, they're part of forest ecosystems across the country. In this episode of Possibly, we take a look at how they made a major comeback in New England after being driven to local extinction.
Nov 26, 2024