Episode 14: Hurricane Ida Pummels through New York and New Orleans

Erased co-hosts Parimal M. Rohit and Mary Carreon engage in the Great Gas Stove Debate. Are gas stoves really a major problem? Or is this a really a battle of extreme right versus extreme left?

On Oct. 2, 2021, nearly 150,000 gallons of oil started gushing out of an underwater pipeline and spread out to the nearby Huntington Beach, California coast. The impending oil spill caused quite a bit of damage along the Southern California coast - mostly in Orange County. P-Mo, Dana and Mary discuss the oil spill and its impacts.

The latest episode of Erased deep-dives into Big Corporations and their fight against Pres. Joe Biden's climate agenda. Exxon has been spending a lot of money on ads, stating Biden's climate plans are a threat to energy jobs. Then there's Amazon, Apple, Disney, Google's Alphabet and Microsoft, who are paying lobbyists to either soften or oppose Biden's proposals, which are considered by leading Democrats as the most ambitious in the country's history. All this while these same companies say they are trying to implement sustainability goals, such as being carbon neutral by 2030. So what gives? Are these companies talking out of both sides of their collective mouths?

Hosts P-Mo and Dana Miller answer a few questions submitted to them by the Erased audience. Questions range from what we can do on a daily basis to limit the effects of climate change and what problems are we facing with sea level rise or extreme weather events. We received dozens of questions and they will be answered over the course of several episodes. In fact, we'll be doing one Audience Q&A per month.

Air conditioners are a necessary staple during summer months, especially when temperatures hit 100 degrees or higher. But is your use of air condition actually contributing to climate change? We also report on the discovery of 30-plus viruses found frozen in ice and at least 80 wildfires raging across 13 states.

In Episode 10, P-mo updates us on the the heat wave that's striking the Pacific Northwest. Portland and Seattle are experiencing record-high temperatures. Meanwhile, a great white shark attacks a man off the California coast. Mary reports on the extreme weather conditions in the Amazon, which is suffering from deforestation. The West-Central African country of Gabon, meanwhile, is paying people to protect its forests - will it work?