Climate action, translated for everyday life.
People, Planet, Progress is a brisk climate and community-action show hosted by Martin Webb. It connects EV rebates, utility bills, home risk, misinformation, and personal climate habits to decisions people can actually make.
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People, Planet, Progress is a locally rooted climate show that treats the planetary crisis as something that lands in bills, homes, cars, plants, and local choices. Martin Webb keeps the pace brisk and the stakes plain. One episode may start with used EV rebates for low-income buyers, then swing into plant genetics, zero-waste salons, oil prices, and why overconsumption rarely gets advertised as a climate solution. Another sits inside the fine print of PG&E, Pioneer Community Energy, solar options, renewable plans, and the real meaning of that extra page on an electricity bill. The show likes useful detail. It explains where power comes from, why contracts matter, and how local energy choices can keep more money circulating in a community. It also makes room for climate psychology. The Go Outside readings frame climate action as a mix of outer systems and inner steadiness, asking how fear, numbness, habits, politics, and personal environments shape what people do next. That reflective side does not soften the show’s opinions. Webb is comfortable calling out fossil fuel disinformation, political delay, and arguments that muddy the waters around climate science. He is especially interested in the middle: people who see that the climate is changing, understand some of the science, and still feel unsure about what is true or useful. Interviews follow the same practical route. A conversation with Lori Siegel, a board member with Sierra Energy Reimagined, focuses on energy efficiency, appliance choices, local organizing, and the everyday economics of conservation. The Climate Report material widens the lens, tracking how climate risk is changing real estate behavior in places such as coastal Florida and New England. Flooding, insurance, buyer sentiment, and property values become part of the same story as utility rates and rebates. The show’s strength is translation. It takes policy, science, markets, and moral urgency, then brings them back to neighbors trying to make better decisions. It can be blunt. It can repeat itself when the numbers matter. It is best for listeners who want climate coverage that feels close to home, grounded in receipts, and pointed toward action rather than spectacle.
Made for: For climate-concerned listeners who want practical context on energy bills, rebates, local resilience, misinformation, and personal action. It especially suits people who prefer plainspoken explanation over polished distance.
What sets it apart: The show connects climate science and policy to household-scale decisions: utility charges, EV economics, home risk, local nonprofits, and emotional resilience. Its mix of community radio urgency and practical math gives climate coverage a distinctly local center of gravity.
Host Martin Webb brings you the latest up-to-date news and information regarding how people near and far are enhancing and strengthening their relationship to the planet and to nature around them, and the progress that is being made. Airs Live On KVMR Tuesdays, 6:30pm-7pm (1st & 3rd Tuesday Of The Month)
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
People, Planet, Progress translates climate evidence and policy into household costs, local choices, and community-scale action.
Martin Webb keeps climate science close to the decisions people make about homes, electricity, transport, and local institutions. People, Planet, Progress moves between solo news briefings, responses to listener questions, and interviews with community organizations, with Webb…
That extra Pioneer page on your PG&E bill gets its radio moment.
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A practical climate roundup that turns policy, prices, and experiments into everyday relevance.
People, Planet, Progress keeps climate news rooted in practical tradeoffs. Martin Webb starts with used EV rebates and the math of making a used EV purchase work, then moves through plant genetics and crop resilience, a low-waste salon trying to stay afloat, and the way oil…
A clear local guide to the bill changes and the power choices behind them.
People, Planet, Progress turns a PG&E bill into a usable local explainer. It walks through why some customers are seeing a new last page, how Pioneer Community Energy fits into California's community choice setup, and why generation, delivery, and administration charges matter…
A focused climate segment for the uncertain middle, built around a clear split between misinformation and disinformation.
Martin Webb spends this hour speaking to listeners who are unsure, not fully dismissive. He is at his best when he treats the middle as a real audience, and when he draws a clean line between misinformation and disinformation in plain language.
A local climate chat that turns energy savings into practical community value.
People, Planet, Progress treats a local energy interview as a straightforward climate discussion. Lori Siegel of Sierra Energy Reimagined, the local EnergyWise nonprofit also known as SERI, talks through how the work can help people save energy, save money, and cut pollution…
A clear-eyed look at how climate risk starts changing what homes are worth.
This Climate Report opens on a housing question that is hard to shake: what happens when climate risk starts showing up on the listing page? Martin Webb brings together Zillow's climate impact ratings, a Squantum homeowner watching king tides creep closer, and the sense that…
Martin Webb opens with the economics of used EV rebates and the question of how a used electric car can actually pencil out.
This episode explores how the climate crisis triggers a collective trauma response, characterized by simultaneous hypervigilance and emotional numbness, affecting our relationships and connection to the world.
Martin Webb opens with the utility question that is bothering local listeners.
This episode explores how personal climate action begins with internal mindset shifts, suggesting that healing the external environment mirrors our internal states of balance and consciousness.
This episode critiques modern political systems as slow-moving and designed to maintain the status quo, using examples like the U.S.
Martin Webb opens by saying he is finally getting to a listener email he has meant to answer on air.
Martin Webb opens with a bit of extra enthusiasm.
Martin Webb opens with a simple housing question.
This episode covers local climate-related news, including listening sessions on proposed zero-emission heating regulations and community events like Placer Plug-In Day.
This episode covers innovative local climate action initiatives worldwide, recent temperature records breaking the 1.5°C Paris Agreement threshold, and includes climate news headlines.
This episode features an interview with Ian Thomas, an AmeriCorps Civic Spark Fellow discussing his work on climate initiatives with Nevada County and the challenges local governments face in implementing state and federal climate directives.
This episode of The Climate Report pays tribute to environmentalist Brian Terhorst while previewing topics like financing for Californians and international climate issues.