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The new session of Classes/Workshops has OPENED for registrations!!!! Find your creativity at the Dairy Barn with classes/workshops in Pottery, Painting, Drawing, Stained Glass, Screenprinting and More! We’ve also added… Read More
Climate data show the past is no longer a good predictor when it comes to preparing for severe weather in Appalachia
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — July delivered close to 9 inches of rainfall in the Athens area, well above the normal amount in years past. But does it make sense to… Read More
The climate is changing. What’s at stake for Ohio?
By: Kendall Crawford I Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Climate change will affect Ohio in a myriad of ways: it could alter farmers’ growing seasons, increase energy bills, change the price tag on food… Read More
Tornado Alley’s shift into Ohio is causing insurance costs to surge
By: Noah Cavin
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Tornado Alley has shifted into the Buckeye State, causing insurance rates to rise for all Ohioans. “We’ve seen many tornado outbreaks in Ohio in the past… Read More
The Green Project Camp
The Green Project Camp is a literacy-based environmental education program at OHIO’s Stevens Literacy Center in The Patton College of Education. Join us for exciting field trips, hands-on experiments and… Read More
Influence: A Film in Verse (Athens International Film and Video Festival)
Influence: A Film in Verse is a groundbreaking film written by 13 incarcerated artists. This powerful story follows a budding young artist who loses a friend to street violence—forcing him… Read More
Local farmers are worn out by drought as a new farm bill remains distant — and potentially unhelpful for smaller operations
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — It’s been a bad year for Lindsay Klaunig. The co-owner of Trouvaille Farm started the spring with contracts for $30,000 worth of crops. As… Read More
Libby’s Pumpkin Patch, a popular fall destination in Athens County, won’t open due to drought
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ALBANY, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — For over a decade, southeast Ohio residents have been visiting Libby’s Pumpkin Patch outside Albany for hay rides, corn mazes and, of course, pumpkins…. Read More
Why young Americans are pushing for climate change to be taught in schools
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — As the planet warms and sea levels rise, eighty-five percent of Generation Z is concerned about climate change, according to a January Marist poll. In response,… Read More
This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The hottest year on record is coming to a close, emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal on pollution set… Read More
It’s unlikely, but not impossible, to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius, study finds
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — It is unlikely, but not impossible, for humans to hit the lower temperature target for global warming set by the landmark 2015 Paris agreement, according to new… Read More
Here’s how Americans feel about climate change
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Most Americans say that climate change is harming people in the United States, and that climate impacts will get worse over their lifetime, according to a new… Read More
A bad apple season has some U.S. fruit growers planning for life in a warmer world
By: Mara Hoplamazian | NHPR
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CONCORD, N.H. (NPR) — Chuck and Diane Southers’ thermal alarm for their apple orchard went off around 10:30 p.m. on a fateful night in mid-May. The alarm takes the temperature… Read More
It’s a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs
By: Julia Simon | NPR
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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… Read More
An Ohio University meteorology professor warns melting Antarctic ice threatens penguins with extinction
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Melting Antarctic ice could contribute to rising sea levels and doom Antarctica’s penguin population to extinction by the end of the century. 2023 saw the lowest… Read More
Individual actions you can take to address climate change
WASHINGTON (NPR) — Humans are driving climate change. And that means we humans can change our trajectory. While governments and businesses have a key role to play in reducing planet-heating… Read More
Earth is on track for its hottest year yet, according to a European climate agency
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the… Read More
Poison ivy is poised to be one of the big winners of a warming world
By: Gabrielle Emanuel | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Over a decade ago, when Peter Barron started removing poison ivy for a living, he decided to document his work. “Every year I always take pictures of… Read More
Exxon minimized climate change internally after conceding that fossil fuels cause it
By: Michael Copley | NPR
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Updated September 15, 2023 at 10:09 AM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Executives at ExxonMobil continued in recent years to raise doubts internally about the dangers of climate change and… Read More
Extreme heat is cutting into recess for kids. Experts say that’s a problem
By: Sequoia Carrillo | Beth Wallis | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — This week, sweltering heat has forced districts around the country – up and down the East coast and across the Midwest – to close schools early or… Read More
Why can’t Canada just put the fires out? Here are 5 answers to key questions
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Smoke from Canada’s wildfires has filled U.S. skies with an unhealthy haze for weeks, becoming a hallmark of the 2023 summer. The smoke raises a number… Read More
How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown
By: Michael Copley | Rebecca Hersher | Nathan Rott | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Big wildfires had started burning more often in California, creeping closer to Beth Pratt’s home near Yosemite National Park. So Pratt did what homeowners in fire-prone… Read More
2 out of 3 North American bird species face extinction. How we can save them
By: Ali Rogin | Kaisha Young | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife. The bird population in North America has declined by 3 billion in the last 50 years. Brooke… Read More
Fixit culture is on the rise, but repair legislation faces resistance
By: Chloe Veltman I NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Americans are responsible for throwing out more stuff than any other nation in the world. According to the Public Interest Research Group, people in this country… Read More
Biden administration announces nearly $11B for renewable energy in rural communities
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON, D.C. O (NPR) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country…. Read More
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