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Deeper Shade of Green review: Highlights & topics of past episodes

WAER's environmental podcast Deeper Shade of Green with Dr. Chris Bolt

Deeper Shade of Green is going on hiatus to research our fall season.

Over our past 38 episodes Deeper Shade of Green has covered the causes and impacts of climate change, the benefits of green building and green jobs, issues around our waste from recycling to plastics in our environment, and various policy discussions on the harm from changes in state and federal laws.

On this episode of Deeper Shade of Green, a look back on some of the interesting and impactful conversations addressing current challenges to the environment. We revisit the impacts of hyperscale data centers, harmful algal blooms, battery storage as a remedy to energy supply problems, and the scientific link between climate change and weather extremes. After this episode were taking a hiatus to prepare for our fall season: The health of our waters. Look for an announcement in September about the start of that series. All past episodes are archived at WAER.org.

Research, production and guest scheduling for Deeper Shade of Green by Hector Perez. Our theme music was created by kat Kollins.

Chris Bolt, Ed.D. has proudly been covering the Central New York community and mentoring students for more than 30 years. His career in public media started as a student volunteer, then as a reporter/producer. He has been the news director for WAER since 1995. Dedicated to keeping local news coverage alive, Chris also has a passion for education, having trained, mentored and provided a platform for growth to more than a thousand students. Career highlights include having work appear on NPR, CBS, ABC and other news networks, winning numerous local and state journalism awards.
Hector Perez assists WAER on research, preparation, audio editing, writing and post-production on various podcasts and news content.