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Vacuuming carbon from the air could help stop climate change. Not everyone agrees
By: Lauren Sommer | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Some of the biggest companies in the world, including Facebook and Google, are planning to spend almost $1 billion on a new climate change strategy. It’s not renewable energy or planting trees. It’s pulling carbon dioxide emissions right out of the air. The world has moved so slowly over the last… Read More
Supreme Court to hear a case that could limit the EPA’s power to fight climate change
By: Nina Totenberg | Ryan Ellingson | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a major environmental case that could hobble the ability of federal agencies to regulate air pollution — and potentially, much more. The case has been years in the making. It began in 2009 when the Obama administration faced an unpleasant reality. Climate change… Read More
Extreme weather in the U.S. cost 688 lives and $145 billion last year, NOAA says
By: Scott Neuman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and a winter storm and cold wave were among 20 weather and climate disasters in the U.S. last year that cost $1 billion or more, totaling $145 billion and killing 688 people, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In an overview of an annual report released… Read More
From the Capitol riot to abortion rights, here are the top political stories of 2021
By: Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — This year was supposed to be one of recovery, but it has been far from that. It began with the insurrection at the Capitol, a second impeachment of former President Donald Trump and President Biden’s inauguration. As the year went on, Trump continued to lie about the election results while he… Read More
How inflation, climate change and energy costs are pushing up food prices
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — In the US, inflation is now above six percent, and globally, food prices are at their highest since 2011. Climate change, energy demands and inflation are causing shortages and driving up costs in some of the poorest nations. Wall Street Journal reporter Samantha Pearson joins NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan from Sao Paulo,… Read More
Once again, the U.S. has failed to take sweeping climate action. Here’s why
By: Jeffery Pierre | Scott Neuman | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C . (NPR) — In April, President Biden unveiled the United States’ most ambitious plan ever to cut emissions that drive climate change, and he urged other nations to follow. Now, days before Biden prepares for a pivotal climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the White House’s keystone legislative plan to tackle climate disruption appears… Read More
How Dem debate over Biden climate agenda could affect U.S. economy
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The coming weeks will be pivotal for President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda as Congress and the White House debate the trade-offs of a major bill that could affect the pocketbooks, working conditions and social safety net for Americans. NewsHour’s William Brangham looks at what it could mean for coping with climate… Read More
Flood Insurance Rates Are Spiking For Many, To Account For Climate Risk
By: Greg Allen | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The cost of federal flood insurance is rising for millions of homeowners, threatening to make homes in coastal areas unaffordable for many. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says its new rates better reflect flood risk in a warming climate. There may be few places affected more by the new risk rating… Read More
Congress Votes To Restore Regulations On Climate-Warming Methane Emissions
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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The Trump administration rolled back the regulations last year, a move that was so controversial even some oil companies opposed it. Methane is an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
The ‘Beef’ With Beef: Cattle, Climate Change, And Alternative Meat
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CALLOWAY COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — Many people might think of Blake Munger as a cattle farmer as he walks through his pasture land in western Kentucky, but he sees things a little differently nowadays. “I don’t know which is more valuable, my cattle or the pasture at this point. I used to say cattle, but… Read More
A Tiny Fund Has Scored A Historic Win Against ExxonMobil Over The Future Of Oil
By: Camila Domonoske | NPR
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A brand-new hedge fund wants ExxonMobil to take climate change more seriously. And despite Exxon’s intense opposition, it managed to fill at least two seats on the oil giant’s board of directors.
WATCH: Has The U.S. Set Realistic Goals To Combat Climate Change? A Climate Scientist Weighs In
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — To discuss the ambitions of the climate summit and the very real challenges to President Joe Biden’s plans, we’re joined by Michael Mann, a climate scientist and professor of atmospheric sciences at Penn State University. He’s the author of, “The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet.” This… Read More
How The U.S. Could Halve Climate Emissions By 2030
By: Lauren Sommer | NPR
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Environmental groups and business leaders are pushing President Biden to cut U.S. emissions 50 percent by 2030. The question is: what kind of climate policies will work that fast?
Slip Sliding Away: Landslides Follow Flooding As Major Risk To Appalachian Communities
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (OVR) — Elaine Tanner lives with her life partner, Jimmy Hall, at the head of Mill Creek in Letcher County, Kentucky. Jimmy is a sixth-generation Letcher Countian, and the land is his family land. Together, they like to roll around on their property on their ATV. But lately, Tanner’s spent more time… Read More
White House Climate Advisor Sees A Path To A Clean Energy Transition Through Coal Country
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — For decades now, rhetoric around action on climate change has been about things like saving the planet, or saving polar bears. Just think: How many times have you seen an image of ice crashing into the sea from a melting glacier, or a sad-eyed seal atop a floe, as part of… Read More
Climate Change Increases Flooding Risk For Some 230,000 Ohio Valley Homes
By: Suhail Bhat | Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (OVR) — A new analysis of flooding risk that accounts for the effects of climate change finds many more homes in Appalachian communities in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia are at risk of flooding than the federal government’s emergency managers have indicated. In 12 Appalachian counties in the region, at least half of… Read More
Pandemic Causes Historic — But Fleeting— Drop In U.S. Climate Emissions
By: Lauren Sommer | NPR
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As Americans stayed home during the pandemic, cars and planes produced less heat-trapping emissions. But the effect is only temporary.
U.S. Faces Global Criticism For Ditching Paris Climate Deal
By: Jaclyn Diaz | NPR
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The United States received a deluge of criticism from national and international organizations for its departure Wednesday from the Paris Agreement.
Living In Harm’s Way: Why Most Flood Risk Is Not Disclosed
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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About 15 million properties in the U.S. are prone to flooding, but patchwork and ineffective disclosure laws mean most people get little to no information about flood risk before they move.
Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (OVR) — When newly elected President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, he said, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” The goal of the landmark Paris Agreement, which was signed in 2015 by 189 parties,… Read More
Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth
By: Rebecca Hersher | Nathan Rott | Lauren Sommer | NPR
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Hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves and disease outbreaks are all a preview of our hotter future. Dramatically cutting greenhouse gas emissions would help.
Ohio University Receives Grants for Green Roof Project
By: Elise Hammond | Taylor Bruck
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ATHENS (WOUB) – Right now the roof connected to the third floor of Schoonover Center at Ohio University is empty. Small pieces of equipment sit out in the sun. The white cover is so glaring in the sun that professors have to shut their blinds – but not for long. By April, the roof will… Read More
WATCH: Visiting the Most Vulnerable Place on Earth: the ‘Doomsday Glacier’
By: PBS Newshour
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The Thwaites Glacier is the largest, most menacing source of rising sea levels all over the world, and it is melting at an alarming rate. For years, scientists have warily watched it from afar, but in November, a team set out on a perilous journey to investigate what is happening below. PBS NewsHour science correspondent… Read More
After Deadly Floods, West Virginia Created A Resiliency Office. It’s Barely Functioning.
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The rain came hard and fast early on the morning of June 23, 2016. By 2 p.m., water was knee deep in Bill Bell’s appliance store on Main Street in Rainelle, a small town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Bell began elevating the washing machines and dishwashers, thinking that would be… Read More
Kids’ Climate Case ‘Reluctantly’ Dismissed By Appeals Court
By: Nathan Rott | NPR
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The court said the nearly two dozen young people who were trying to force action by the government on climate change did not have standing to sue. The judges said climate change is a political issue.