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Two months after Hurricane Ian, boats are still being extricated from trees, houses and the sea

7:57am December 17, 2022

by Chris Remington

Two months after Hurricane Ian scattered boats across southwestern Florida and its coastal waters, salvage firms are still working to extricate them from trees, houses and the sea floor.

In this photo taken by a drone on Dec. 9, cleanup continues in the area where the ruptured Keystone pipeline dumped oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan.

The Keystone pipeline leaked in Kansas. What makes this spill so bad?

5:00am December 17, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The cause for the spill is still unclear. What's known is the type of oil that was piped: tar sands oil, also called diluted bitumen. It's a lot harder to clean up than conventional oil.

The commission that regulates California's utilities decided to cut a key incentive for rooftop solar. That move has climate activists worried.

California plans to cut incentives for home solar, worrying environmentalists

10:33pm December 15, 2022

by Julia Simon

California regulators voted to reduce financial incentives for people considering rooftop solar. Climate activists worry that this will undercut greater adoption of solar in the state--and nationwide.

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Water scarcity in Westlands Water District has caused some almond growers to tear out their older orchards.

Environment

Some of America's biggest vegetable growers fought for water. Then the water ran out

6:47pm December 15, 2022

by Dan Charles

For years, powerful farmers in California's Central Valley fought for more water from the state's rivers. Now some are changing course, because there's no more water to be found.

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Qatar made a carbon-neutral World Cup pledge. But is it possible?

4:19pm December 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shaprio speaks with Associated Press reporter Suman Naishadham about Qatar's ambitious carbon-neutral World Cup pledge and whether it's possible.

Reformist farmers in California are rethinking water

4:44pm December 13, 2022

by Dan Charles

Reformist farmers in California have deposed the leader of the country's biggest irrigation district, who was known for fighting water regulations. Farmers are accepting less water means less farming.

NOAA releases its annual report on the Arctic

4:44pm December 13, 2022

by Barbara Moran

In 2022, the Greenland ice sheet continued to melt with two extreme melt-offs. Seabirds are dying off at an alarming rate. More ships are passing through the Arctic as the climate warms.

The transportation sector makes up 27% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Of that percentage, medium and heavy duty trucks — everything from delivery vans to big rigs –- make up 26% according to an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions by the EPA.

Truck makers lobby to weaken U.S. climate policies, report finds

5:27pm December 08, 2022

by Laura Klivans

A new report finds that truck manufacturers and an industry trade group privately lobbied to weaken U.S. climate policies while publicly promoting zero-emissions trucks.

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The federal government helps tribal communities in Alaska move to higher ground

6:13pm December 07, 2022

by Emily Schwing

The federal government is giving millions of dollars to tribal communities in Alaska to help them move to higher ground. The relocations are necessary because of the effects of climate change.

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Deforestation is a major threat to the survival of orangutan. Here a baby sumatran orangutan plays around in a tree as they train at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme's rehabilitation center in Indonesia.

A UN biodiversity convention aims to slow humanity's 'war with nature'

8:36am December 07, 2022

by Nathan Rott

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.

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