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Encore: Recovering from storms, California communities hope for a long-term plan

6:04pm February 06, 2023

by Ezra David Romero/KQED

Communities in California are slowly recovering from flooding earlier this year and hoping for lasting protections as severe weather may become more common.

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Maine home can stay at 70 degrees without a furnace, even when it's freezing out

5:10am February 06, 2023

by Keith Shortall

In the middle of a Maine winter, a super insulated house keeps its family warm. There's no furnace — just a small heat pump. The same heat pump is used to cool the home in the summer months.

Guet N'dar, Senegal (October 7, 2022) - The neighborhood Khar Yalla, which means 'Waiting for God," in Wolof, was meant as a place for those who had been displaced by rising seas to live. But this neighborhood soon, too, was inundated with water.

When the seas rise in Senegal, so do the fortunes of far-right parties in Europe

5:00am February 06, 2023

Sweeping global trends are changing the world. As climate change heats up the planet and pushes people to migrate, far-right politicians see both a threat and an opportunity.

World leaders recently announced a $20 billion climate deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal because - for one thing - the country is planning to build new coal plants, including here in Kalimantan.

Despite billions to get off coal, why is Indonesia still building new coal plants?

7:01am February 05, 2023

by Julia Simon

World leaders recently announced a $20 billion deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal, because -for one thing- the country is building brand new coal plants.

First graders from The Friends School of Atlanta share their hopes for the world.

We asked for wishes, you answered: Send leaders into space, free electricity, dignity

5:00am February 05, 2023

Send leaders into space for perspective, tap solar power to offer electricity for all, make "dignity" a priority — those are some of the wishes readers have for 2023.

Arctic sea smoke rises from the the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger ferry passes Spring Point Ledge Light, on Saturday, off the coast of South Portland, Maine. The morning temperature was about minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Arctic chill brings record low temperatures to the Northeast

6:45pm February 04, 2023

by Emma Bowman

Record temperatures and powerful winds are blasting several states with dangerous subzero wind chills. The cold snap is expected to let up in the coming days.

A meteorologist explains the record-breaking cold snap in the Northeast

5:25pm February 04, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin talks to meteorologist Francis Tarasiewicz about the cold front freezing parts of the northern United States.

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Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change.

Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it

9:33am February 04, 2023

by Jeff Brady

Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may may be about to change.

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The Great Salt Lake is roughly 8-9 feet lower than it should be. A snowy winter recently has helped lake levels some.

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Climate change and a population boom could dry up the Great Salt Lake in 5 years

11:28am February 03, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.

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Morning news brief

6:39am February 03, 2023

Chinese surveillance balloon, spotted over the U.S., complicates Antony Blinken's trip to China, a Guantánamo prisoner is released to Belize, report says Great Salt Lake is at risk of drying up.

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