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News Articles: climate

Prolonged heat hit Arizona for weeks over the summer, part of what scientists are finding is the hottest year on record.

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  • Climate

2023 will be the hottest year on record. Is this how it's going to be now?

Global temperatures soared past previous records this year. Scientists say it's what they expect to see as the climate keeps changing.

December 28, 2023
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  • Lauren Sommer
South Fork Wind — a 12-turbine wind farm near Long Island —began generating electricity in December.

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  • Climate

Offshore wind in the U.S. hit headwinds in 2023. Here's what you need to know

Rising interest rates, inflation, and global supply chain issues brought delays in 2023 for the offshore wind industry, but also some projects began generating energy.

December 27, 2023
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  • Miriam Wasser - WBUR
Shovels and an excavator are visible at the groundbreaking celebration for the Stratos direct air capture plant in West Texas on April 28. Construction began on the site in late 2022, and it's slated to begin operations in 2025.

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  • Business

This oil company invests in pulling CO2 out of the sky — so it can keep selling crude

A technology that could help combat climate change is being championed by an unlikely proponent: Occidental Petroleum, a big oil company. And that's raising all kinds of knotty issues.

December 27, 2023
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Students at The Wesley School in the Los Angeles neighborhood of North Hollywood collected their food waste for a year and turned it into compost.

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  • Climate

How to inspire climate hope in kids? Get their hands dirty

A school composting program in Los Angeles helps teach students how to take climate action through its composting program.

December 26, 2023
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By:
  • Caleigh Wells
South African naturalist Adam Welz traveled the world to understand how climate change is "weirding" ecosystems. One of his questions: How to stay hopeful in a warming world?

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  • Climate

A naturalist finds hope despite climate change in an era he calls 'The End of Eden'

South African naturalist Adam Welz has traveled the world, documenting the profound impact of climate change on wild species. He says his research has convinced him despair isn't the answer.

December 23, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
Hydrogen storage tanks are visible at the Iberdrola green hydrogen plant in Puertollano, central Spain, on March 28. The Biden administration on Friday released its highly anticipated proposal for how the U.S. plans to dole out tax credits to hydrogen producers.

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  • Energy

Biden administration unveils hydrogen tax credit plan to jump-start industry

The plan outlines a tiered system, with cleaner energy projects receiving more, and smaller credits going to those that use fossil fuel to produce hydrogen.

December 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Oval Heating and A/C workers install a more efficient condensing gas boiler in a Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania home. New Department of Energy efficiency standards can only be met with these boilers or furnaces, which save customers about 15% on their gas utility bill.

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  • Climate

Land of the free, home of the inefficient: appliance standards as culture war target

To meet climate goals, energy efficiency for dozens of appliances is getting renewed attention from the Biden administration.

December 21, 2023
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  • Jeff Brady
Ian Billick, a field biologist and the mayor of Crested Butte, Colo., led a push to ban natural gas hookups in new construction as part of an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • Climate

How a utility company fought to keep two Colorado towns hooked on fossil fuels

Environmental advocates worry natural gas providers are using customer dollars to block local action on climate change. Colorado is one of a handful of states trying to limit the practice.

December 21, 2023
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  • Sam Brasch
Two women embrace and cry as they look out over Lahaina, in Maui, Hawaii, which was severely damaged by a wildfire in August.

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  • Climate

2023 was a tragic and bizarre year of wildfires. Will it mark a turning point?

Unusual and tragic are two words that might describe the 2023 wildfire season which experts say might end up being a game changer for U.S. fire policy.

December 21, 2023
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  • Kirk Siegler
Firefighters survey the fire during operations to battle the Kincade Fire in Healdsburg, Calif., on Oct. 26, 2019.

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  • Climate

A known carcinogen is showing up in wildfire ash, and researchers are worried

The high heat of California wildfires transformed a benign metal into a toxic form, new research finds. Exposure to high levels of hexavalent chromium is linked to increased rates of lung cancer.

December 19, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Hamidullah Nadeem, an Afghan climate advocate, attended the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai as part of his university delegation. He was on a mission to get help for his homeland in the face of climate-related droughts and floods.

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  • Climate

Afghan student made a plea for his uninvited homeland at U.N. climate summit

Afghanistan is one of the countries most affected by climate change. But it was not invited to COP28. A young Afghan student came and advocated for his homeland. Did he make any progress?

December 19, 2023
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  • Ruchi Kumar
People watch as the night sky is illuminated caused by the eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland seen from the capital city of Reykjavik on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023.

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  • Environment

A volcano in Iceland erupts weeks after thousands were evacuated from a nearby town

Police evacuated Grindavik in November after strong seismic activity in the area damaged homes and raised fears of an imminent eruption. Officials said magma could continue in that direction.

December 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
An empty lot where a house once stood in Houston. The former residents moved because of flood damage. A new study suggests that people are moving away from the most flood-prone neighborhoods in cities that are otherwise growing in population.

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  • Climate

People are leaving some neighborhoods because of floods, a new study finds

There are hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods where the population is declining due to flood risk, a new study suggests. Climate change drives flooding from heavy rain and sea level rise.

December 18, 2023
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  • Rebecca Hersher
GPB News NPR

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  • Energy

The tough economics of getting hard-to-find minerals for electric vehicle batteries

America's only cobalt mine opened last year to great fanfare, as the mineral is crucial for green energy. But it surprisingly closed just months later.

December 15, 2023
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith
Mosquitoes can carry viruses including dengue, malaria, chikungunya and Zika. They are a growing public health threat abroad and in the United States.

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  • Health

The U.S. is unprepared for the growing threat of mosquito- and tick-borne viruses

Experts warn that new tropical viruses are headed for the U.S. – and the country should take active measures to fend them off.

December 15, 2023
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  • Pien Huang
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