Climate

A look at the new plan for managing the drought stricken Colorado River

4:57pm April 11, 2023

by Michael Elizabeth Sakas

The Biden administration announced an emergency plan to save lakes Mead and Powell from drying. It gives Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland authority to cut water use of the Colorado River.

To avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be eliminated or offset by midcentury, according to the United Nations. To get there, activist investors say banks and insurance companies need to account for the emissions they contribute to by underwriting and investing in fossil fuel infrastructure like this natural gas plant in California.

Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

6:00am April 09, 2023

by Michael Copley

At annual meetings this spring, shareholders will be pushing publicly-traded companies for information about how they're contributing to climate change, and what they're doing about the problem.

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Climate activist and Pajaro Valley High School senior Denia Escutia, 18, looks around her mud-coated bedroom in Pajaro, California on March 24, 2023. Days earlier, residents began returning to their homes after a levee breach flooded the area several weeks earlier.

Why California's floods may be 'only a taste' of what's to come in a warmer world

5:30am April 08, 2023

by Ezra David Romero/KQED

Climate scientists say this winter's storms in California are nothing compared to what's predicted in a warmer world. Some residents in one community question whether its time to leave.

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Warmer temperatures may be linked to a rise in baseball home runs, study finds

5:08pm April 07, 2023

by Ari Daniel

A new study finds a link to warming temperatures and a rise in baseball home runs.

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Heist thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores the case for destructive protest

4:56pm April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director Daniel Goldhaber and actor and cowriter Ariela Barer about environmental activism through sabotage in their heist film How To Blow Up a Pipeline.

Solar executive DK Kim poses for a photo with Kimberly Richardson, left, Lisa Nash, right, and members of the Qcells team Thursday during a visit to the company's solar plant in Dalton, Ga.

National

A new solar energy deal will bring power to 140,000 homes and businesses in 3 states

7:47pm April 06, 2023

by The Associated Press

The agreement calls for Qcells and Virginia-based Summit Ridge Energy to deploy community solar projects capable of generating 1.2 gigawatts of electricity in Illinois, Maine and Maryland.

National

Scientists warn California's floods may be a sample of the megafloods to come

4:37pm April 06, 2023

by Ezra David Romero/KQED

California residents are reeling from this winter's intense storms. Climate scientists say these storms are just a fraction of what's expected in a warmer world.

An airplane flies at sunrise over Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9.

Environment

Airline passengers could be in for a rougher ride, thanks to climate change

10:16am April 06, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Research in recent years has pointed to more incidents of clear-air turbulence in the jet stream brought on by rising temperatures. Airline crews and passengers are feeling the effects firsthand.

Scientists warn California's floods may be a sample of Megafloods to come

5:13am April 05, 2023

by Ezra David Romero

California residents are reeling from this winter's intense storms. Climate scientists say these storms are just a fraction of what's expected in a warmer world.

The Apple TV+ series Extrapolations tells the story of what's at stake for our planet over the next few decades. Sienna Miller plays scientist Rebecca Shearer.

Arts

There are plenty of doomsday climate stories — 'Extrapolations' is about the everyday

7:00am April 04, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

"We wanted to focus on what we call the 'messy middle...' " says Scott Burns, creator of the AppleTV+ series. "Before we get to the end, there's a lot of life that we're all gonna have to go through."