Episode

Rethinking your final act: the climate case for green burial

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Climate Magic
Published
Mar 16, 2026
Duration seconds
3540
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https://www.khsu.org/show/climate-magic/2026-03-12/rethinking-your-final-act-the-climate-case-for-green-burial
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https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s92/audio/2026/03/10021-climatemagicmcduff.mp3
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Summary

Each year in the US, conventional burials require 104,000 tons of steel, 1.6 million tons of concrete, 1.6 million gallons of formaldehyde, and 20 million board feet of hardwood.