Regenerative California runs a demonstration farm in Monterey county, California. Kristin Coates, the organization’s Co-Founder and CEO, is working toward Regenerative Organic certification. The organization is also working with vocational schools in the area to train the next generation of farmers.

Dana Lateulere and James Aidala are back in the studio to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s significant role in combating pathogens like those spreading the highly virulent Ebola virus and Hantavirus. They discuss how EPA reviews, approves, and regulates products to combat these pathogens and how EPA has modernized its process.

The Railroad Commission spent $1.49 million plugging an oil well under the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Grandfalls in April. The church's pastor, David Tucker, hopes the incident can lead to change in the Permian Basin's oil and gas industry.

USDA lost 20,000 employees between January 2025 and January 2026. The majority of the losses were due to the Deferred Resignation Program, a program run by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to encourage federal employees to voluntarily leave their positions. Most of the USDA staff already work outside of Washington, DC. The reorganization plan would relocate agency headquarters and leadership, which would cause further staff losses.

The FBI served a search warrant to gather materials from the chemical facility of a Garden Grove aerospace manufacturer whose tank overheated, causing mass evacuations. A little over two weeks ago, a chemical tank containing methyl methacrylate overheated in a residential area of Garden Grove and was at risk of exploding due to improper upkeep. Both officials and residents were concerned over the leak and how it would affect public health.

Wendt started modeling as a teenager in upstate New York farm country. After studying textile design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she worked with major brands like Issey Miyake, Tom Ford, Calvin Klein and Bloomingdales. Wendt was diagnosed with breast cancer at 39 and decided not to use any toxic petrochemicals in her clothing anymore. She founded California Cloth Foundry, a company that uses natural dyeing and regenerative agriculture to create sustainable clothing.

Bill Marler is an accomplished personal injury and products liability attorney. He began litigating foodborne illness cases in 1993. He represented Brianne Kiner, the most seriously injured survivor of the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.

Rachel Carson's 1962 book, Silent Spring, is marketed on the cover as "the classic that launched the environmental movement". Jerusalem and Jerusalem agree that Carson is unduly skeptical of the normal political process. Modern environmentalism has embraced the idea that true democracy involves endless rounds of consultation and post hoc litigation.