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Floods took their family homes. Many don't know when — or if — they'll get help

More than 13,000 residents have applied for federal aid, but reconstruction will take months, officials say. There is no official count of how many people have been left homeless.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Katie Myers
Republican politicians claim big financial firms are using environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing to try to bankrupt the fossil fuel industry and to advance other purported liberal objectives they couldn't achieve at the ballot box.

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  • Climate

How ESG investing got tangled up in America's culture wars

Amid Republican attacks, investors focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues say they are just trying understand emerging risks and opportunities.

September 12, 2022
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  • Michael Copley
The Cedar Creek fire pictured Friday, the day officials ordered the evacuation of the towns of Oakridge and Westfir.

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  • National

More than 2,000 Oregon homes are evacuated as the Cedar Creek fire quadruples in size

Gusty winds and dry conditions starting in the middle of last week propelled the fire from 18,000 acres to 86,000, prompting evacuations and power outages as firefighters worked to control the blaze.

September 11, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Teal Lehto uses TikTok to comment on the West's water scarcity crisis.

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  • National

Colorado River megadrought got you down? Feel hope with TikTok's 'WesternWaterGirl'

The river guide's videos offer short explanations for the water woes in the West, garnering her more than 48,000 followers since she started in April.

September 10, 2022
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By:
  • Luke Runyon
Sarah Cameron Sunde will produce the finale to her "36.5: A Durational Performance with the Sea" on Sept. 14 in New York City.

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  • Art & Design

This artist gets up to her neck in water to spread awareness of climate change

Sarah Cameron Sunde brings her tidal cycle performance to New York City to cap off a nine-year global tour to spread awareness of sea level rise.

September 09, 2022
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  • Matthew Schuerman
Coastal development along the Tybee Island beachfront in Chatham County, Georgia

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  • Climate

As sea levels rise, Coastal Georgia's property tax base could sink, new analysis says

By 2050, about $2 billion of Chatham County's tax-assessed property will likely be affected by sea-level rise.

September 09, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Flooding in Ocean City, N.J. in October 2020. Thousands of coastal cities around the world are already dealing with rising sea levels, and face catastrophic sea level rise if global warming triggers runaway ice melt.

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  • Climate

Humans must limit warming to avoid climate tipping points, new study finds

The Earth has already warmed more than 1 degree Celsius. New research suggests that above 1.5 degrees, massive ice melt, ocean current disruptions and coral die-offs are likely.

September 08, 2022
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  • Rebecca Hersher
The O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Jackson, Mississippi, shown late last month. Jackson is currently struggling with access to safe drinking water after flooding caused a disruption at a main water processing facility.

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  • Climate

The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change is threatening water supplies

Historic flooding and record droughts are stressing water systems across the country, and experts warn that with climate change intensifying the crisis in Jackson, Miss., may be just the beginning.

September 07, 2022
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  • Scott Neuman
Mary Peltola has been fishing on the Kuskokwim since she was a child.

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  • Elections

Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native heading to Congress, journeys home to the river

The daughter of a Yu'pik mom and a dad from Nebraska, Peltola defeated Sarah Palin in a special election. She'll be the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the U.S. House in 50 years.

September 05, 2022
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  • Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
A heat wave is smothering much of the Western region including Los Angeles. Worrisome weather trends like this can contribute to climate stress.

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  • Health

Stressed out about climate change? 4 ways to tackle both the feelings and the issues

Heat waves, drought, massive storms. The bad news just keeps coming and there's no denying these issues are anxiety-provoking. If you feel that way, you're not alone.

September 03, 2022
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By:
  • Lisa Doggett
Ali Zaidi speaks to White House reporters during the daily briefing on Dec. 16, 2021.

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  • Politics

Biden has a $369 billion climate plan — and new advisers to get the program running

President Biden has brought one of Washington's most experienced political hands into the White House to help implement the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.

September 03, 2022
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  • Ximena Bustillo
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters try to stop flames from the Mill Fire from spreading on a property in the Lake Shastina subdivision northwest of Weed, Calif. on Friday.

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  • National

A Northern California wildfire has injured several people and destroyed homes

About 7,500 people in the town of Weed and several nearby communities in Northern California were under evacuation orders.

September 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Congresswoman Nikema Williams and Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a roundtable conversation with leaders from Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood September 1, 2022.

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  • News

Federal funds offer green solutions for divided Atlanta neighborhoods

After facing decades of environmental harm caused by a highway dividing the neighborhood in the 1950s, residents in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn neighborhood want solutions. Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act could help.

September 02, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
Left to right: Nazia, Mubina and Leila saw their homes washed away in the flooding. They now share a tent at a technical college that has been converted into a camp for displaced people.

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  • Global Health

Mothers tell how Pakistan's monsoon floods have upended their lives

In the city of Nowshera, tent cities for flood refugees are springing up on college campuses. At one such haven, mothers spoke to NPR about their struggle to survive.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
An aerial photo taken Wednesday shows people sheltering in a makeshift camp after heavy monsoon rains in the Jaffarabad district of Pakistan's Balochistan province.

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  • World

Officials and volunteers struggle to respond to catastrophic flooding in Pakistan

Unprecedented, deadly floods in Pakistan have submerged an area bigger than Colorado. Morning Edition spoke with the country's climate minister and a civilian volunteer about ongoing relief efforts.

September 01, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
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