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Environmental and Climate News out of Houston Texas.

Gulf Streams is your source for environmental and climate news. Covering a range of topics around Houston, the Gulf Coast, and the world, Gulf Streams brings you the best in conversations with community leaders and advocates, academic experts, and national thought leaders. Join us as we sit down every Monday at noon (central) to dive into the most pressing environmental challenges, solutions, and ideas.

A co-production of Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies and KPFT Houston, with support from Rice’s EcoStudio and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Episodes

106 episodes

Ep. 105 Urban Farming

Episode 107 • 52:24 • Mar 30, 2026
Ep. 104 Gulf Coast Demise?

Episode 106 • 55:48 • Mar 16, 2026
Ep. 103 Toxic Air in Our Homes

Episode 105 • 56:38 • Mar 9, 2026
Ep. 102 Saving Animals and Writing to Save the World

Episode 104 • 52:04 • Feb 23, 2026
Ep. 101 Can We Make It Rain?

Episode 103 • 53:27 • Feb 16, 2026
Ep. 100 The Mineral Challenge to Electrification

Episode 102 • 51:28 • Feb 9, 2026
Ep. 99 How Urban Park Revitalization Took Over

Episode 101 • 56:02 • Feb 2, 2026
Ep. 98 New Ways to Find Nature All Around

Episode 100 • 51:35 • Jan 28, 2026
Ep. 97 Growing Green

Episode 99 • 55:43 • Jan 19, 2026
Ep. 96 Art and Conservation

Episode 98 • 55:25 • Dec 15, 2025
Ep. 95 Writing the Gulf South

Episode 97 • 55:18 • Dec 8, 2025
Ep. 94 Gardening for Resilience

Episode 96 • 54:56 • Dec 1, 2025
Ep. 93 The Value of Emptiness

Episode 95 • 57:24 • Nov 24, 2025
Ep. 92 jackie sumell and Endangered Feces

Episode 94 • 54:00 • Nov 17, 2025
Ep. 91 Second Nature with Nathaniel Rich

Episode 93 • 56:18 • Nov 10, 2025
Ep. 90 Tropical Conservation

Episode 92 • 60:41 • Nov 3, 2025
Ep. 89 Gulf Screams: Halloween Special

Episode 91 • 57:55 • Oct 27, 2025
Ep. 88 Update from the Policy World

Episode 90 • 56:00 • Oct 23, 2025
Ep. 87 Regenerative Agriculture

Episode 89 • 55:47 • Oct 6, 2025
Ep. 86 How Conservation Works

Episode 88 • 58:30 • Sep 29, 2025
Ep. 85 Houston's New Homes are Often in Flood Zones

Episode 87 • 53:19 • Sep 22, 2025
Ep. 84 Hurricane Katrina at 20

Episode 86 • 53:45 • Sep 8, 2025
Ep. 83 Brandon Ballengée on Ecology and Art at the 15th Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill

Episode 85 • 54:29 • Jul 14, 2025
Ep. 82 EcoTourism

Episode 84 • 54:07 • Jun 23, 2025
Ep. 81 What We Eat

Episode 83 • 58:03 • Jun 2, 2025
Ep. 80 Drought

Episode 82 • 51:20 • May 20, 2025
Ep. 79 Memorials to Changing Landscapes

Episode 81 • 56:53 • May 12, 2025
Ep. 78 Expanding Buffalo Bayou's Trails

Episode 80 • 54:13 • May 5, 2025
Ep. 77 Environmentalism Under the Trump Administration

Episode 79 • 57:30 • Apr 28, 2025
Ep. 76 What's Biodiversity?

Episode 78 • 58:00 • Apr 21, 2025
Ep. 75 The Columbia Tap Trail

Episode 77 • 58:19 • Apr 14, 2025
Ep. 74 Deepwater Horizon at Fifteen

Episode 76 • 56:10 • Apr 6, 2025
Ep. 73 Nature Based Solutions

Episode 75 • 50:13 • Mar 31, 2025
Ep. 72 The Future of Nuclear Energy

Episode 74 • 56:46 • Mar 24, 2025
Ep. 71 CERA Week 2025

Episode 73 • 58:37 • Mar 17, 2025
Ep. 70 New Solar Power and the EV Market Forming

Episode 72 • 58:31 • Mar 13, 2025
Ep. 69 Houston Botanic Garden

Episode 71 • 55:57 • Mar 4, 2025
Ep. 68 Plant-Based Buildings?

Episode 70 • 58:03 • Feb 24, 2025
Ep. 67 Understanding the Past for the Sake of our Future

Episode 69 • 58:25 • Feb 17, 2025
Ep. 66 The 2025 Texas Legislature is in Session

Episode 68 • 49:40 • Feb 10, 2025
Ep. 65 Houston Bayous Pt. 2

Episode 67 • 54:13 • Feb 3, 2025
Ep. 64 Houston's Bayous Pt. 1

Episode 66 • 51:53 • Jan 27, 2025
Ep. 63 Toxic Matters in the Port of Houston

Episode 65 • 28:20 • Jan 20, 2025
Ep. 62 Birds, Bioacoustics, and Geology, oh my!

Episode 64 • 54:06 • Jan 13, 2025
Ep. 61 Environment and Art: What Interdisciplinary Collaboration Can Accomplish

Episode 63 • 56:23 • Jan 9, 2025
Ep.60 Learning to Laugh in a Changing Climate

Episode 62 • 55:55 • Dec 16, 2024
Ep. 59 Houston's Highways: Past, Present, and Where They're Going

Episode 61 • 58:34 • Dec 9, 2024
Ep. 58 Fearing Nuclear Energy

Episode 60 • 57:50 • Dec 2, 2024
Ep. 57 Energy Futures: Geothermal

Episode 59 • 51:47 • Nov 25, 2024
Ep. 56 Energy Futures, Labor, and Democracy

Episode 58 • 57:42 • Nov 18, 2024
Ep. 55 Jeff VanderMeer

Episode 57 • 58:41 • Nov 11, 2024
Ep. 54 The State of Environmental Education

Episode 56 • 55:08 • Nov 4, 2024
Ep. 53 Rigs to Reefs

Episode 55 • 57:59 • Oct 28, 2024
Ep. 52 Solastalgia

Episode 54 • 56:19 • Oct 21, 2024
Ep. 51 The Changing World of Urban Transit

Episode 53 • 50:13 • Oct 14, 2024
Ep. 50 Liquid Natural Gas Across the Gulf Coast

Episode 52 • 51:44 • Oct 7, 2024
Ep. 49 River on Fire

Episode 51 • 56:17 • Sep 30, 2024
Ep. 48 How the 70s Changed Energy Forever

Episode 50 • 58:31 • Sep 23, 2024
Ep. 47 The Mighty Mississippi

Episode 49 • 55:54 • Sep 16, 2024
Ep. 46 Dead Zones

Episode 48 • 58:01 • Sep 9, 2024
Ep. 45 All About Infrastructure

Episode 47 • 55:12 • Sep 2, 2024
Ep. 44 "Oil that is, black gold.,Texas Tea." The birth of oil in Texas.

Episode 46 • 54:57 • Aug 26, 2024
Ep. 43 What Is Climate Change?

Episode 45 • 52:20 • Aug 19, 2024
Ep. 42: The W.A. Parish Coal Plant

Episode 44 • 56:43 • Jul 29, 2024
Ep. 41 When the Laws Don't Apply: Air Pollution and Grandfathered Plants

Episode 43 • 58:07 • Jul 8, 2024
Ep. 40 Community Driven Relocation

Episode 42 • 53:43 • Jul 1, 2024
Ep. 39 All About Compost

Episode 41 • 55:42 • Jun 24, 2024
Ep. 38 Research Along the Gulf

Episode 40 • 56:29 • Jun 17, 2024
Ep. 37 Wild Houston

Episode 39 • 56:34 • Jun 10, 2024
Ep. 36 What's Going on with our Oysters?

Episode 38 • 58:22 • Jun 3, 2024
Ep. 35 How We Get Around: Transportation's Role in Greener, Better Cities

Episode 37 • 57:08 • May 20, 2024
Ep. 34 How Plastic has Remade Our Planet and how We Think About It

Episode 36 • 57:35 • May 13, 2024
Ep. 33 Gaming the Future

Episode 35 • 58:01 • May 6, 2024
Ep. 32 Superfund Sites and Pollution in Houston

Episode 34 • 55:12 • Apr 29, 2024
Ep. 31 On the Move: Climate Migration with Abrahm Lustgarten

Episode 33 • 56:43 • Apr 22, 2024
Ep. 30 Kids Doing the Work: Climate Corps and Young People Changing the World

Episode 32 • 53:21 • Apr 15, 2024
Ep. 29 Meat and Food Waste Reduction with Chef Anita Jaisinghani of Pondicheri

Episode 31 • 55:02 • Apr 8, 2024
Ep. 28 No Wasted Space: Turning Empty Downtown Buildings in Farms

Episode 30 • 58:18 • Apr 1, 2024
Ep. 27 Energy Futures: Live from CERAweek and a New Houston Project

Episode 29 • 58:03 • Mar 25, 2024
Ep. 26 Bargaining for the Common Good: Labor, Unions and the Environmental Movement

Episode 28 • 58:30 • Mar 18, 2024
Ep. 25 Pork

Episode 27 • 55:58 • Mar 11, 2024
Ep. 24 Beef

Episode 26 • 58:27 • Mar 4, 2024
Ep. 23 Forever Chemicals

Episode 25 • 56:08 • Feb 26, 2024
Ep. 22 The Risks of Carbon Capture and Storage

Episode 24 • 58:46 • Feb 19, 2024
Ep. 21 Indigenous Foodways

Episode 23 • 55:43 • Feb 12, 2024
Ep. 20 Reappearing Prairies

Episode 22 • 55:11 • Feb 5, 2024
Ep. 19 Climate Migration

Episode 21 • 57:21 • Jan 29, 2024
Ep. 18 Regulation Evasion

Episode 20 • 55:11 • Jan 22, 2024
Ep. 17 Petrochemicals

Episode 19 • 55:46 • Jan 15, 2024
Ep. 16 Concerns Over Recycling?

Episode 18 • 56:54 • Jan 8, 2024
Ep. 15 Elizabeth Rush

Episode 17 • 54:36 • Dec 18, 2023
Ep. 14 Preparing for the Next Big Storm

Episode 16 • 56:06 • Dec 11, 2023
Ep. 13 Urban Agriculture

Episode 15 • 54:07 • Dec 4, 2023
Ep. 12 Sustainability on College Campuses

Episode 14 • 59:07 • Nov 27, 2023
Ep. 11 Urban Planning

Episode 13 • 56:16 • Nov 20, 2023
Ep. 10 Disaster Recovery

Episode 12 • 64:32 • Nov 13, 2023
Ep. 9 Houston Parks

Episode 11 • 56:38 • Nov 6, 2023
Ep. 8 Green Jobs: Sustainability Director

Episode 10 • 59:51 • Nov 2, 2023
Ep. 7 Energy

Episode 9 • 57:57 • Nov 2, 2023
Ep. 6 Project 11

Episode 8 • 56:38 • Nov 2, 2023
Ep. 5 Bayou City Waterkeeper

Episode 7 • 54:26 • Nov 2, 2023
Ep. 4 Houston Urban History and Futures

Episode 6 • 52:58 • Nov 1, 2023
Ep. 3 Orphan Wells

Episode 5 • 57:45 • Nov 1, 2023
Ep. 2 Urban Heat

Episode 4 • 50:09 • Nov 1, 2023
Ep. 1: Creosote

Episode 3 • 56:10 • Nov 1, 2023
Introduction to Gulf Streams

Episode 2 • 01:51 • Nov 1, 2023