Environmental News Roundtable: Gov. Healey takes aim at climate change

<p>This week on <em>Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:</em></p> <p>Governor Maura Healey wants Massachusetts to “<a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023/02/02/as-healey-ramps-up-environmental-focus-some-advocates-demand-more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lead the world</a>” in its fight against climate change, and she has staked her claim by naming the first-in-the-nation cabinet-level climate chief to her Cabinet. But <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023/02/02/as-healey-ramps-up-environmental-focus-some-advocates-demand-more" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">some advocates</a> want more direct action.</p> <p>And, a <a href="https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/2022-winter-package" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new study</a> documents a dramatic 50 year rise of warmer climates during our region's winters. With less snow and fewer frozen ponds — is New England’s very identity melting away?</p> <p>Plus, there's exciting buzz for a new <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/science/honeybee-vaccine.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">vaccine for honeybees</a>. Will it offer new protection for the indispensable pollinator?</p> <p>That and more on our Environmental News Roundtable.</p> <p><strong>GUESTS</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BethBDaley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beth Daley</a></strong>, editor and general manager of The Conversation, U.S.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/team/aaron-bernstein/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Aaron Bernstein</a>,</strong> interim director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School</p> <p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/cabell_eames?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cabell Eames</a>,</strong> political director of Better Future