Can the actions of one county have an impact on the global effects of climate change? We hear how Baltimore County is working to mitigate climate change and produce renewable energy. 

We speak with Jennifer Aiosa,Baltimore County’s chief sustainability officer, and WYPR reporter John Lee. Check out John Lee's recent reporting on chronic flooding in Turner Station and methane recapture at Eastern Sanitary Landfill.

Plus, Maryland is approaching its goal of no net loss of forests. Kate Everts, executive director of the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, tells about a new study of Maryland’s forest and tree canopy. Watch a webinar about the report here.

Can the actions of one county have an impact on the global effects of climate change? We hear how Baltimore County is working to mitigate climate change and produce renewable energy. 
We speak with Jennifer Aiosa,<a href="https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/executive/initiatives/sustainability/"> </a><a href="https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/executive/initiatives/sustainability/">Baltimore County’s chief sustainability officer</a>, and WYPR reporter John Lee. Check out John Lee's recent reporting on <a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2022-11-28/turner-station-residents-fear-rising-tides-will-leave-their-homes-underwater-without-action">chronic flooding in Turner Station</a> and <a href="https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2022-11-29/baltimore-countys-landfill-transforms-rotting-garbage-gas-into-electricity-to-combat-climate-change">methane recapture at Eastern Sanitary Landfill</a>.
Plus, Maryland is approaching its goal of no net loss of forests. Kate Everts, executive director of the <a href="https://agnr.umd.edu/research/research-and-education-centers-locations/harry-r-hughes-center-agro-ecology">Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology</a>, tells about a <a href="https://agnr.umd.edu/technical-study-changes-forest-cover-and-tree-canopy-maryland">new study of Maryland’s forest and tree canopy</a>. Watch a webinar about the report <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u21DOvf7n6U">here</a>.

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you?d like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org" target="_blank">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

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Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at ontherecord@wypr.org

Catch On the Record, hosted by Sheilah Kast, weekdays from 9:30 to 10:00 am, following NPR's Morning Edition. We'll discuss the issues that affect your life and bring you thoughtful and lively conversations with the people who shape those issues -- business people, public officials, scholars, artists, authors, WYPR reporters and other journalists who can take us inside the story. If you want to share a comment, question, or an idea for an interview you'd like to hear, email us at <a href="mailto:ontherecord@wypr.org">ontherecord@wypr.org</a>

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