Climate

National

A portion of the Colorado River is among the 10 most endangered rivers in the country

8:11am April 18, 2023

by Alex Hager

A conservation group says pollution and climate change are among the pressures on rivers. A stretch of the Colorado River that flows through Grand Canyon National Park is the most endangered river.

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New emissions rules can only be met if auto makers can sell lots of EVs soon

5:10pm April 17, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang and Keith Barry of Consumer Reports discuss whether now is a good time to buy a new electric vehicle, or whether it's best to wait.

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Galveston, Texas has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt.

How disappearing ice in Antarctica threatens the U.S.

4:58pm April 17, 2023

by Rebecca Hersher

Galveston, Texas has some of the fastest sea level rise in the world. To protect the city, engineers need to know how fast ice in West Antarctica will melt. Scientists are racing to figure it out.

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Why melting ice sheets and glaciers are affecting people thousands of miles away

5:03am April 17, 2023

The world's massive ice sheets and glaciers are melting as climate change raises temperatures. Scientists warn that disappearing ice is having surprising and far-reaching effects.

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, May 4, 2022. The National Park Service plans to install gas-fired boilers at Independence National Historical Park, despite a 2007 law mandating new and remodeled federal buildings be 100% free of fossil fuels by 2030.

A 15-year-old law would end fossil fuels in federal buildings, but it's on hold

6:44am April 16, 2023

by Jeff Brady

A 2007 law could help the country meet its climate change goals by barring fossil fuels from new and remodeled federal buildings. But the law has been on hold and gas utilities want to repeal it.

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Tesla cars sit on a lot in Chicago on March 28, 2022. A $7,500 tax credit for purchasers of new electric vehicles is changing again after the U.S. unveiled new guidelines that will impact the list of car models that qualify.

A $7,500 tax credit for electric cars changed, again. These are the models impacted

10:28pm April 15, 2023

by Camila Domonoske

Starting on Tuesday, fewer vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 tax credit, but many popular vehicles will still get a substantial discount. Here's what automakers have confirmed so far.

National

Fed up with floods, Florida homeowner moves to higher ground

5:17pm April 15, 2023

by Gerard Albert

Fort Lauderdale's historic flooding left some homeowners stranded outside this week. We talk with one resident who has decided to move.

A new research study says that maintaining backyard pools, like this one pictured in Los Angeles in August, 2005, are one way that rich city dwellers are over-consuming water.

Swimming pools and lavish gardens of the rich are driving water shortages, study says

6:00pm April 12, 2023

by Emily Olson

Socioeconomic disparity is just as influential as climate change and population growth when it comes to explaining why so many cities are struggling with their water supply, researchers say.

A new study finds that climate change is causing more home runs.

Global warming could be juicing baseball home runs, study finds

9:53am April 12, 2023

by Ari Daniel

Baseball home runs appear to be getting a little extra help from climate change, a new study finds. That's because baseballs can fly farther through air that's made thinner by warmer conditions.

Traffic moves along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration proposed new tough emission rules so tough it would force auto makers to boost sales of electric cars to meet the requirements.

Environment

The big reason why the U.S. is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions

9:11am April 12, 2023

by Camila Domonoske

The EPA is proposing tailpipe emission rules so strict that carmakers would need two-thirds of their sales to be zero-emission by 2032 to comply. And that seems to be precisely the goal.

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