Climate

A flooded parking lot on the campus of Rice University after it was inundated with water from Hurricane Harvey in August 2017.

Debt, missed classes and anxiety: How climate-driven disasters hurt college students

4:28pm February 28, 2024

by Rebecca Hersher

Floods, wildfires and hurricanes can have long-term financial consequences for college-age people. As climate change makes disasters more common, more and more students are struggling.

National

Anchorage, Alaska, is accustomed to snow — but this year has been overwhelming

2:00pm February 28, 2024

by Jeremy Hsieh, Alaska Public Media

It's been a big snow year in Anchorage, Alaska. The city reached 100 inches of snow earlier than ever before and sent notices to thousands of people warning of potential roof collapses.

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In this photo provided by the Flower Mound, Texas, Fire Department, Flower Mound firefighters respond to a fire in the Texas Panhandle, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.

National

Expanding wildfires force Texas nuclear facility to pause operations

11:26pm February 27, 2024

by The Associated Press

Rapidly moving Texas wildfires Tuesday prompted evacuations in small towns and shut down a nuclear facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fueled the blazes.

EPA's newly tightened air pollution rules are welcome news in polluted places

4:28pm February 27, 2024

by Alejandra Borunda

Fresno, in San Joaquin Valley, has some of the worst air in the nation. Residents are getting a burst of hope that new, stricter rules on air pollution could help their health — eventually.

World News

Mexico City is teetering on the edge of a massive water crisis

5:15pm February 26, 2024

by Emily Green

Mexico City is grappling with a water shortage — exacerbated by poor infrastructure and climate change. And if the rain doesn't come in the next few months, the situation could become critical.

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Damon Tillman says coal will not surge back in Keyser to the way it once was.

This is what happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town

9:12am February 26, 2024

Keyser in West Virginia represents a national shift in American energy production. And in a town that was defined by coal for generations, change can be difficult.

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Why ExxonMobil is taking climate activists to court

5:13am February 26, 2024

by Michael Copley

ExxonMobil is suing two investors over a shareholder proposal that called for it to reduce emissions. If Exxon succeeds, advocates worry the case could chill shareholder activism on climate change.

Gabi Huerta, with the Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps, replants trees in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

Environment

Wildfires are killing California's ancient giants. Can seedlings save the species?

5:00am February 26, 2024

Extreme wildfires have destroyed about one-fifth of all giant sequoia trees. To safeguard their future, the National Park Service is planting seedlings that could better survive a hotter climate.

FILE - A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck that can carry up to 250 tons of coal at the Spring Creek coal mine, April 4, 2013, near Decker, Mont. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a U.S. appeals court struck down a judge's 2022 order that imposed a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Federal appeals court revokes Obama-era ban on coal leasing

6:45pm February 21, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

A U.S. appeals court struck down a judge's 2022 order that imposed a moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands.

Supreme Court hears arguments in important case about ozone pollution rule

6:11pm February 21, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Supreme Court justices heard arguments in an important environmental case. Lawyers for a group of red states and businesses are trying to block a federal rule designed to limit ozone pollution.

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