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Will climate change lead to more intense weather events?
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — While California continues to be inundated by storms and millions of residents remain under flood watches, western New York is still recovering from last month’s historic… Read More
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5 New Year’s resolutions to reduce your carbon footprint
By: Julia Simon | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The new year is underway and with it, you’ll find dozens of New Year’s resolutions to choose from. Perhaps this year, you are looking for resolutions… Read More
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EVs are expensive. These city commuters ditched cars altogether — for e-bikes
By: Adam Bearne | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Electric cars are seen as a key way to reduce climate change causing emissions — but they are expensive. The average price paid for a new… Read More
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Republicans get a louder voice on climate change as they take over the House
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – As Republicans prepare to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives next week, the highlights of their approach to climate change and energy issues can… Read More
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Climate change is making the weather more severe. Why don’t most forecasts mention it?
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — At global climate talks that just wrapped up, one of the few areas of agreement was about the worldwide toll of climate-driven weather disasters. Leaders from… Read More
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Food waste is contributing to climate change. What’s being done about it?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Discarded food is responsible for as much as 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. NewsHour’s Isabella Jibilian reports on… Read More
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Greenhouse gases reach a new record as nations fall behind on climate pledges
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GENEVA (NPR) — The three main greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an “ominous” sign as war… Read More
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Ohio environmentalists note climate change authority now ‘enshrined’ in federal law
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Environmental groups in Ohio say new language in federal law will solidify the scope and authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate… Read More
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Renewable energy is maligned by misinformation. It’s a distraction, experts say
By: Laura Benshoff | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — You can generally trust that when you flip a light switch in the U.S., the power will come on. But earlier this year, a forecast by… Read More
![Havanna Thacker’s mother and an older couple who live near the former high school make hot food to deliver to people up in remote mountain communities still without power and water.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/KY-flooding-feature-e1659897371191-900x422.jpg)
In remote eastern Kentucky, neighbors help where no one else will
By: Justin Hicks | Ohio Valley ReSource
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CARR CREEK, Ky. (OVR) — Over the past week, Havanna Thacker has transformed a historic high school in Carr Creek, Kentucky into a supply depot. While her mother whips up… Read More
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Whitesburg, Kentucky begins to clean up and recover after record flooding
By: Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — In the Parlor Room, a longtime tattoo shop and music venue in downtown Whitesburg, the art-covered walls meet a bare floor, covered in mud. John Falter… Read More
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Flooding devastates eastern Kentucky with more rain expected
By: Ryland Barton | Katie Myers | Ohio Valley ReSource
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HINDMAN, Ky. (OVR) — Eastern Kentuckians are living through one of the most devastating floods in state history. Torrential rains rolled in Wednesday night, washing away homes and submerged entire downtowns by… Read More
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Scientists measure how quickly a crucial Antarctica glacier is melting
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Climate change’s connections with the extreme heat and weather events in the U.S. and around the globe have been well established. But climate change is also… Read More
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Climate change will add nearly $6 billion to Ohio communities’ budgets by 2050, report says
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Local governments in Ohio will spend billions of dollars dealing with the varied impacts of climate change by the middle of the century, according… Read More
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Manchin rejects climate and tax provisions in Democrats’ spending package
By: Ximena Bustillo | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) delivered a serious blow to ongoing Senate negotiations for a Democratic budget package, telling Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday that… Read More
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Changing climate brings more ticks and related diseases to southeast Ohio
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — When discussing the effects of climate change, ticks may not be the first thing that comes to mind for most people. However, these tiny arachnids are… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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How inflation, climate change and energy costs are pushing up food prices
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
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How Dem debate over Biden climate agenda could affect U.S. economy
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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… Read More
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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… Read More
![Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by Sens. Ed Markey (left) and Martin Heinrich, discusses legislation in April to reimpose regulations to reduce methane pollution from oil and gas wells.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ap21118530317655-d6a166bb11ab2eb70f6139e79bdbe5377178674c-scaled-e1624638298314-900x422.jpg)
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.