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ENVIRONMENTAL - National Public Radio (Mar 18) |
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Mar 18 · Alejandra Marquez Janse
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jessica Kutz, a reporter for The 19th, about a recent study that sheds light on how polluted air in Louisiana has affected pregnant people and their children.
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
In a stretch of Louisiana near the Mississippi River, hundreds of oil factories have polluted the air for decades. It's a highly toxic environment known as Cancer Alley. It's one of the most polluted places in the world. And people who live in that area, particularly Black people with low incomes, have faced seriously elevated risks of cancer and respiratory disease. Now a new study ... Read more ...
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There's a new 'Climate Reality Check' test — these 3 Oscar-nominated features passed - National Public Radio (Mar 1) |
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Mar 1 · Does climate change exist? And does a character know it? The Oscar-nominated films Nyad, left, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One and Barbie met the criteria for a new challenge inspired by the famous Bechdel Test. Liz Parkinson/Netflix; Christian Black/Paramount Pictures and Skydance; Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Does climate change exist? And does a character know it? The Oscar-nominated films Nyad, left, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One and Barbie met the criteria for a new challenge inspired by the famous Bechdel Test.
Though it undoubtedly sends a strong feminist message, no one would describe Barbie as a movie about the impacts of ... Read more ...
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ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action - National Public Radio (Feb 29) |
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Feb 29 · The ExxonMobil logo appears above a trading post at the New York Stock Exchange. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
The ExxonMobil logo appears above a trading post at the New York Stock Exchange.
ExxonMobil faces dozens of lawsuits from states and localities alleging the company lied for decades about its role in climate change and the dangers of burning fossil fuels. But now, ExxonMobil is going on the offensive with a lawsuit targeting investors who want the company to slash pollution that's raising global temperatures.
Investors in publicly-traded companies like ExxonMobil try to shape corporate policies by filing shareholder proposals that are voted on at annual ... Read more ...
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EPA Proposes Price Tag On Methane Leaks - National Public Radio (Jan 12) |
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Jan 12 · Environment Story Of The Day NPR hide caption
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A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration.
WASHINGTON - Oil and natural gas companies for the first time would have to pay a fee ... Read more ...
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U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming - National Public Radio (Jan 10) |
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Jan 10 · The James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Alabama is a coal-fired facility. In 2023 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9% because less of the country's electricity came from plants like this one. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Alabama is a coal-fired facility. In 2023 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9% because less of the country's electricity came from plants like this one.
The United States reduced emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gasses last year, after two years in which emissions rose. But the decline wasn't enough to meet ... Read more ...
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Oil firms are out in force at the climate talks. Here's how to decode their language - National Public Radio (Dec 5) |
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Dec 5 · Sultan al-Jaber is the president of this year's climate talks and the head of the UAE's state-run oil company. Oil companies have a big platform at the climate conference, and experts say their language is important because it can make it into policy. Ryan Lim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sultan al-Jaber is the president of this year's climate talks and the head of the UAE's state-run oil company. Oil companies have a big platform at the climate conference, and experts say their language is important because it can make it into policy.
Just a few years ago, oil companies said they felt unwelcome at United Nations climate talks. Not this year.
This year's ... Read more ...
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3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees - National Public Radio (Nov 29) |
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Nov 29 · As world leaders gather at COP28, the annual climate change negotiations held in Dubai this year, one number will be front and center: 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). That's the amount countries have agreed to limit warming to by the end of the century.
The world is already perilously close to that number. Since the Industrial Revolution, the planet has warmed by about 1.2 degrees Celsius, predominantly due to heat-trapping emissions that come from burning fossil fuels. This year is expected to be the hottest on record, with temperatures in September reaching 1.8 degrees Celsius above average.
Currently, the world is on track for just under 3 degrees ... Read more ...
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'It feels like I'm not crazy.' Gardeners aren't surprised as USDA updates key map - National Public Radio (Nov 17) |
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Nov 17 · A newly updated government map has many of the nation's gardeners rushing online, Googling what new plants they can grow in their mostly warming regions.
It's called the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "plant hardiness zone map," and it's the national standard for gardeners and growers to figure out which plants are most likely to survive the coldest winter temperatures in their location.
This week the map got its first update in more than a decade, and the outlook for many gardens looks warmer. The 2023 map is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 2012 map across the contiguous U.S., says Chris Daly, director of the PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University ... Read more ...
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2023 Report - Lancet Countdown - National Public Radio (Nov 14) |
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Nov 14 · Climate-influenced disasters are making people sick. When wildfire smoke from massive fires in Canada blanketed the U.S. in the summer of 2023, emergency rooms saw a spike in admissions for lung problems but also heart attacks and other health issues. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
Climate-influenced disasters are making people sick. When wildfire smoke from massive fires in Canada blanketed the U.S. in the summer of 2023, emergency rooms saw a spike in admissions for lung problems but also heart attacks and other health issues.
Burning fossil fuels has driven climate change, and now climate change is costing people their health and increasingly their ... Read more ...
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3 cities face a climate dilemma: to build or not to build homes in risky places - National Public Radio (Nov 6) |
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Nov 6 · New homes are under construction in June at a housing development near Buckeye, Ariz. A growing number of local governments are considering limits on homebuilding in the face of floods, droughts and wildfires driven by climate change. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
With climate-fueled disasters killing hundreds of Americans annually and costing communities billions of dollars, a growing number of local governments are asking a basic question: Are there some places where people shouldn't build homes?
It's one of the most difficult choices a community can make. Local governments typically want more housing, not less, because budgets are generally funded by the ... Read more ...
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It's a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs - National Public Radio (Oct 08, 2023) |
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Oct 08, 2023 · Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities - where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
PARIS - In the 11th arrondissement, a middle-to-working class neighborhood in the east of Paris, if you walk out your front door, you can arrive at a preschool in one minute. A bookstore in three minutes. A cheese store in four minutes. Baguette for that cheese? Bakery's across the street.
Grocery store and pharmacy, five minutes. Parks, restaurants, ... Read more ...
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Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal - National Public Radio (Sep 20, 2023) |
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Sep 20, 2023 · President Biden promised to create the Climate Corps during his first week in office. It's a program meant to appeal to young climate activists. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden promised to create the Climate Corps during his first week in office. It's a program meant to appeal to young climate activists.
The White House on Wednesday unveiled a new climate jobs training program that it says could put 20,000 people to work in its first year on projects like restoring land, improving communities' resilience to natural disasters and deploying clean energy.
The American Climate Corps is modeled after a program that put millions to work ... Read more ...
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Young people think climate change is a top issue but when they vote, it's complicated - National Public Radio (Sep 18, 2023) |
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Sep 18, 2023 · People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit. Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit.
Tens of thousands of climate activists gathered in the streets of midtown Manhattan on Sunday with a common goal: tell President Biden to do more to address climate change.
Biden campaigned in 2020 on an ambitious climate platform and carried that ambition into office, signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act - both of which ... Read more ...
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California sues oil giants, saying they downplayed climate change. Here's what to know - National Public Radio (Sep 16, 2023) |
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Sep 16, 2023 · In this aerial picture taken on Aug. 21, a vehicle drives through floodwaters following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Thousand Palms, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this aerial picture taken on Aug. 21, a vehicle drives through floodwaters following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Thousand Palms, Calif.
The state of California has filed a sweeping climate lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron, as well as the domestic oil industry's biggest lobby, the American Petroleum Institute.
The suit, filed on Friday in San Francisco Superior Court, claims that the companies misled the public for ... Read more ...
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At risk from rising seas, Norfolk, Virginia, plans massive, controversial floodwall - National Public Radio (Sep 02, 2023) |
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Sep 02, 2023 · A section of Norfolk's existing floodwall, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1971. It will be expanded as part of the new project. Katherine Hafner/WHRO hide caption
A section of Norfolk's existing floodwall, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1971. It will be expanded as part of the new project.
Kim Sudderth loves the "porch culture" of Norfolk's tight-knit Berkley area.
She's lived in the historically Black neighborhood for five years, and knows the names of almost everyone on her block. They often wave to each other over morning coffee.
The community dates back to shortly after the Civil War, and many of the houses – including ... Read more ...
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Six to 11 Hurricanes Coming? Hurricane Season Heats Up As NOAA Updates Forecast - National Public Radio (Aug 10, 2023) |
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Aug 10, 2023 · Hurricane Fiona moves up the United States Atlantic coast, Thursday night, Sept. 22, 2022. This image provided by the National Hurricane Center shows a satellite view as Hurricane Fiona pounded Bermuda with heavy rains and winds. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hide caption
Hurricane Fiona moves up the United States Atlantic coast, Thursday night, Sept. 22, 2022. This image provided by the National Hurricane Center shows a satellite view as Hurricane Fiona pounded Bermuda with heavy rains and winds.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now projected to have "above-normal level of activity" according to the annual forecast update by scientists at the ... Read more ...
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Power outages continue across the southern U.S. as a heat wave grips Texas - National Public Radio (Jun 20, 2023) |
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Jun 20, 2023 · The Associated Press
Forrest Avenue, in the South Highland neighborhood, is dark except for streetlights in the early hours of Saturday, June 17, 2023, following a storm, in Shreveport, La. Henrietta Wildsmith/AP hide caption
Forrest Avenue, in the South Highland neighborhood, is dark except for streetlights in the early hours of Saturday, June 17, 2023, following a storm, in Shreveport, La.
AUSTIN, Texas - More than 300,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday following damaging weekend storms, leaving residents searching for relief as sweltering temperatures continued to scorch the region.
At least one person in Oklahoma died due ... Read more ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL - National Public Radio (Feb 20, 2023) |
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Feb 20, 2023 · Ben Jealous has been named as the 7th Executive Director of the Sierra Club. He was formerly the head of the NAACP and will be the first person of color to lead the Sierra Club. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Stand Up Americ hide caption
Ben Jealous has been named as the 7th Executive Director of the Sierra Club. He was formerly the head of the NAACP and will be the first person of color to lead the Sierra Club.
The Sierra Club has been at the forefront of the American environmental movement for decades. However, the group has also face criticism for racist and exclusionary attitudes embedded in some of its founding ideals.
The Sierra Club's new executive director, ... Read more ...
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Climate change and a population boom could dry up the Great Salt Lake in 5 years - National Public Radio (Feb 03, 2023) |
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Feb 03, 2023 · The Great Salt Lake is roughly 8-9 feet lower than it should be. A snowy winter recently has helped lake levels some. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
The Great Salt Lake is roughly 8-9 feet lower than it should be. A snowy winter recently has helped lake levels some.
Trekking along the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake - the largest remaining saltwater lake in the western hemisphere - can feel eerie and lonely.
"These might even be my footprints from last week," says Carly Biedul, pointing to indents in the mud. Biedul is a biologist with the Great Salt Lake Institute. She's bundled up in an orange puffy jacket, gloves and hat. Most important she's wearing thick, ... Read more ...
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One Oil Company Expertly Predicted This Week's CO2 Milestone Almost 40 Years Ago - National Public Radio (Jan 12, 2023) |
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Jan 12, 2023 · Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Oct. 22, 2019, in New York City. ExxonMobil was found not guilty of misleading investors about how climate change would affect its finances. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Oct. 22, 2019, in New York City. ExxonMobil was found not guilty of misleading investors about how climate change would affect its finances.
Decades of research by scientists at Exxon accurately predicted how much global warming would occur from ... Read more ...
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U.S. climate goals threatened by continued investment in natural gas : NPR - National Public Radio (Dec 05, 2022) |
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Dec 05, 2022 · To close America's remaining coal plants, many industry analysts believe the country needs natural gas to ensure reliable energy supplies until cleaner options like battery storage are widely available. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
To close America's remaining coal plants, many industry analysts believe the country needs natural gas to ensure reliable energy supplies until cleaner options like battery storage are widely available.
Under President Joe Biden, the United States aims to cut all carbon pollution by 2035 from the power plants that run American homes and businesses. It's a first step toward the broader goal of zeroing out greenhouse gas emissions ... Read more ...
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Biden tightens methane emissions rules, even as the U.S. pushes for more oil drilling - National Public Radio (Nov 11, 2022) |
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Nov 11, 2022 · The Associated Press
A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen in August 2021 on a well pad near Watford City, N.D. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen in August 2021 on a well pad near Watford City, N.D.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to reduce methane emissions, targeting the oil and gas industry for its role in global warming even as President Joe Biden has pressed energy producers for more oil drilling to lower prices at the gasoline pump.
Biden was set to announce on Friday a supplemental rule cracking down on emissions of methane - a potent greenhouse gas ... Read more ...
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Fiona wallops Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico still stunned - National Public Radio (Sep 23, 2022) |
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Sep 23, 2022 · Playa Salinas is flooded after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Monday. Alejandro Granadillo/AP hide caption
Playa Salinas is flooded after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Monday.
In the wake of Hurricane Fiona walloping Puerto Rico, communities are underwater, bridges and roads destroyed, and many residents' homes are unlivable. Early figures indicate a tough road ahead as residents attempt to recover.
It will be some time before experts get a full handle on the scale of the damage caused by Fiona, according to Rachel Cleetus, the policy director for the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned ... Read more ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL - National Public Radio (Sep 03, 2022) |
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Sep 03, 2022 · NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristi P. Fedinick, Executive Director of the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy, about her research into water violations in predominantly communities of color.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
What's happening in Jackson, Miss., is the latest example of a failing water system, but it's not the only one. Our next guest says this is more common than you might think, especially for communities of color. She says citizens across the country are struggling to get consistent access to contaminant free water. Back in 2019, Kristi Pullen Fedinick co-wrote a report on this called "Watered Down Justice." In it, she detailed the relationship between social ... Read more ...
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Zombie ice will raise sea levels more than twice as much as previously forecast - National Public Radio (Aug 30, 2022) |
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Aug 30, 2022 · The Associated Press
A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland on Aug. 15, 2019. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption
A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland on Aug. 15, 2019.
Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) - more than twice as much as previously forecast - according to a study published Monday.
That's because of something that could be called zombie ice. That's doomed ice that, while still attached to thicker areas of ice, is no longer getting replenished by parent glaciers now receiving less snow. Without replenishment, ... Read more ...
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A cataclysmic flood is coming for California. Climate change makes it more likely. - National Public Radio (Aug 12, 2022) |
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Aug 12, 2022 · Grape vines at Korbel vineyards are submerged under floodwater Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, near Guerneville, Calif. The Central Valley produces $17 billion worth of crops every year. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Ben Margot/AP hide caption
Grape vines at Korbel vineyards are submerged under floodwater Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, near Guerneville, Calif. The Central Valley produces $17 billion worth of crops every year. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
When the big flood comes, it will threaten millions of people, the world's fifth-largest economy and an area that produces a quarter of the nation's food. Parts of California's capital will be underwater. The state's crop-crossed Central Valley will ... Read more ...
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The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds - National Public Radio (Aug 11, 2022) |
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Aug 11, 2022 · Temperatures in Longyearbyen, Norway above the Arctic Circle hit a new record above 70 degrees Fahrenheit in July 2020. The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the planet as a whole since 1979, a new study finds. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Temperatures in Longyearbyen, Norway above the Arctic Circle hit a new record above 70 degrees Fahrenheit in July 2020. The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the planet as a whole since 1979, a new study finds.
The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the Earth as a whole, according to new research. The findings are a reminder that the people, plants and animals in polar regions are ... Read more ...
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At least 25 people have died in Kentucky's floods, governor says - National Public Radio (Jul 30, 2022) |
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Jul 30, 2022 · A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Creek in Ned, Ky., on Friday. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption
A Perry County school bus lies destroyed after being caught up in the floodwaters of Lost Creek in Ned, Ky., on Friday.
Heavy rains that drenched Appalachia earlier this week brought what Gov. Andy Beshear called one of the most devastating flooding events in Kentucky's history.
The flooding has claimed the lives of at least 25 people, including four children, but the governor said he expects the death toll to rise as search and rescue efforts continue.
"It is devastating," Beshear told NPR's Scott Simon. ... Read more ...
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How climate change will increase storm surge flooding in NYC, Miami and D - National Public Radio (Jul 28, 2022) |
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Jul 28, 2022 · Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky
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As climate change warms the planet, drives up sea levels and energizes hurricanes, the arsenal of dangerous impacts delivered by the fierce storms is expected to get supercharged.
Among the most worrisome: powerful flooding from storm surge.
Rising seas and stronger winds mean the punishing waves pushed ashore by tropical storms and hurricanes will make their way farther and farther inland. That inland march would expose a larger swath of the U.S. coast to the kind of flooding unleashed during Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, and put more people at risk of drowning, the leading cause of death in ... Read more ...
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Corporations push to develop African natural gas despite climate concerns : NPR - National Public Radio (Jun 29, 2022) |
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Jun 29, 2022 · Protestors rally in front of London's High court against U.K. financing of a new gas project in Mozambique. Mozambique plans to export its first ever liquified natural gas later this year. Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty hide caption
Protestors rally in front of London's High court against U.K. financing of a new gas project in Mozambique. Mozambique plans to export its first ever liquified natural gas later this year.
As Europe scrambles to replace the Russian natural gas that funds Moscow's war effort, fossil fuel companies are using this moment to push for new gas projects all over the world. Much of the industry lobbying centers on almost a dozen ... Read more ...
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How can we tap into the vast power of geothermal energy? - National Public Radio (May 20, 2022) |
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May 20, 2022 · Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Repair, Repurpose, Reimagine.
Geothermal energy is a clean, renewable, nearly limitless energy source. Technologist Jamie Beard wants us to use more of it - and to do that, she's recruiting experts from the fossil fuel industry.
About Jamie Beard
Jamie Beard is the founder and executive director of Project InnerSpace, a non-profit focused on expanding the use of geothermal energy around the world.
Previously, she founded and served as executive director for the Geothermal Entrepreneurship Organization, a U.S. Department of Energy-funded program that recruits talent from the fossil fuel industry to launch geothermal energy ... Read more ...
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A climate time capsule - National Public Radio (May 11, 2022) |
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May 11, 2022 · In 1992, diplomats and scientists at the United Nations negotiated the first-ever treaty intended to tackle the scientific phenomenon now known as climate change. This brought the issue to the forefront and led to a series of conferences that would occur almost every year for the next 30 years.
Short Wave host Emily Kwong talks to freelance climate reporter, Dan Charles, about how those at the conference wrote a clear and ambitious goal that they didn't even fully understand.
Email the show at .
This episode was produced by Eva Tesfaye, edited by Gisele Grayson, and fact-checked by Margaret Cirino. Josh Newell was the audio engineer.
Sponsor ... Read more ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL - National Public Radio (Apr 30, 2022) |
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Apr 30, 2022 · Air pollution in California's Central Valley. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
Air pollution in California's Central Valley.
Communities of color are the most harshly affected by climate change in the United States. While the importance of environmental justice is becoming more mainstream, too often people in this movement who are Black, Indigenous and people of color are overlooked and left out of conversations about how to solve the crisis.Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, policy expert and writer, wants the broader environmental movement to understand the crucial link between the fight to save the planet and the fight for racial justice.And we'll ... Read more ...
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China promotes coal in setback for efforts to cut emissions : NPR - National Public Radio (Apr 25, 2022) |
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Apr 25, 2022 · The Associated Press
Smoke and steam rise from towers at the coal-fired Urumqi Thermal Power Plant as seen from a plane in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 21, 2021. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Smoke and steam rise from towers at the coal-fired Urumqi Thermal Power Plant as seen from a plane in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 21, 2021.
BEIJING - China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish economy, prompting warnings Beijing is setting back efforts to cut climate-changing carbon emissions from the biggest global source.
Official ... Read more ...
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On Earth Day, a few of our favorite books, movies and art installations - National Public Radio (Apr 22, 2022) |
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Apr 22, 2022 · In 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River went up in flames when a spark from a passing train ignited oil-soaked trash floating in the water. The latest in a series of environmental crises, it inspired activists to organize environmental teach-ins and demonstrations across the country.
That activism gained momentum, leading to the first Earth Day, which took place the following year. Since then, the environmental movement has transformed into a significant force in American political life. In the years that followed, Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency and went on to sign a number of environmental policies – including the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act – with broad ... Read more ...
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Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes - National Public Radio (Mar 31, 2022) |
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Mar 31, 2022 · The business model of luxury ski areas is again under scrutiny as the perils of climate change take hold in the Rocky Mountains. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
The business model of luxury ski areas is again under scrutiny as the perils of climate change take hold in the Rocky Mountains.
Interstate 70, which cuts through the Colorado Rockies and its famous ski resorts, was a parking lot on a recent Sunday. It's like this a lot. SUVs with ski racks choke the thoroughfare alongside scores of idling semi-trucks, belching out an untold amount of smog into the pristine high country that everyone is escaping the city to play in.
"Honestly it's ruining the integrity of ... Read more ...
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Fossil fuel interests and Sen. Joe Manchin - National Public Radio (Mar 15, 2022) |
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Mar 15, 2022 · Sarah Bloom Raskin speaks during her confirmation hearing at the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 3 in Washington, D.C. Raskin on Tuesday withdrew her nomination to a key Fed banking role. Ken Cedeno/AP hide caption
Sarah Bloom Raskin speaks during her confirmation hearing at the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 3 in Washington, D.C. Raskin on Tuesday withdrew her nomination to a key Fed banking role.
President Biden's nominee for a top regulatory post at the Federal Reserve has withdrawn after opposition from fossil fuel interests dashed her hopes of confirmation in the closely divided Senate.
Sarah Bloom Raskin had drawn criticism from Senate Republicans for ... Read more ...
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Biden and Xi will meet - National Public Radio (Nov 12, 2021) |
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Nov 12, 2021 · President Biden speaks during a visit to the Port of Baltimore on Nov. 10. He has said the United States needs to invest in infrastructure to help catch up to China. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
President Biden speaks during a visit to the Port of Baltimore on Nov. 10. He has said the United States needs to invest in infrastructure to help catch up to China.
President Biden will hold a high-stakes virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday evening, the White House said, a meeting that comes as the relationship between the world's two largest economies has become increasingly antagonistic.
"The two leaders will discuss ways to responsibly manage the ... Read more ...
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Biden's infrastructure win gives him some momentum - National Public Radio (Nov 07, 2021) |
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Nov 07, 2021 · President Biden was ebulliant as he described the contents of the infrastructure bill and what it took to get it across the finish line. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
President Biden was ebulliant as he described the contents of the infrastructure bill and what it took to get it across the finish line.
Friday night was a long one for President Biden, working the phones at the end of a week where his party lost a bellwether race in Virginia, following months of Democratic infighting over his agenda. Down in the polls, he had just returned from an overseas trip where he said he faced questions about whether he had support to back the pledges he made on the world ... Read more ...
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A biodiesel boom - National Public Radio (Oct 20, 2021) |
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Oct 20, 2021 · There's a biodiesel boom happening! It's fueled by incentives and policies intended to cut greenhouse emissions, and is motivating some oil companies like World Energy in Paramount, California to convert their refineries to process soybean oil instead of crude. NPR's food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles explains why farmers are happy, bakers are frustrated and people who want to preserve the world's natural forests are worried. Email the show at .
This episode was produced by Brit Hanson, edited by Sara Sarasohn, and fact-checked by Rasha Aridi and Margaret Cirino. Leo Del Aguila provided engineering help.
In the original version of the episode, we identified ... Read more ...
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