climate

Politics & Government

Without the help of Congress, Biden tries to do more to address climate change

7:56am July 21, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Leah Stokes, an expert on clean energy and climate policy, about options the Biden administration can use to address climate change in the absence of Congressional action.

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National

How to keep your pets cool and safe during a heat wave

5:32pm July 20, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sy Woon, the Florida representative for the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, about how to care for pets during heat waves.

President Biden announced climate actions, but didn't declare a climate emergency

5:10pm July 20, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden traveled to a factory supporting offshore wind energy in Massachusetts to announce climate actions, but he did not declare a climate emergency as climate advocates had hoped for.

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A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm on July 7, 2022 near Block Island, RI.

Politics & Government

Facing legislative failure, Biden announces incremental climate initiatives

3:36pm July 20, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

The president touted investments in extreme heat resilience and offshore wind at the site of a converted coal plant in Massachusetts, but stopped short of declaring a "climate emergency."

Biden is expected to lay out climate strategies when he visits a wind turbine plant

5:04am July 20, 2022

Critics say the Biden climate agenda is on life support. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Gina McCarthy, the White House National climate adviser, about the administration's initiatives.

Firefighters put out hot spots from the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on July 11.

Decades of 'good fires' save Yosemite's iconic grove of ancient sequoia trees

7:58pm July 19, 2022

by Eric Westervelt

Saving the centuries-old trees in Yosemite's famed Mariposa Grove took hard work from firefighters but also half a century of intentional fires.

Residents of London enjoy some shade on Tuesday, as the United Kingdom recorded its hottest temperature ever.

World News

Why 100-degree heat is so dangerous in the United Kingdom

4:53pm July 19, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

"We're used to treating hot spells as a chance to go play in the sun," said a top government scientist. "Our lifestyles and our infrastructure are not adapted to what is coming."

World News

The European heatwave is spreading northward, fueling wildfire and drought dangers

4:43pm July 19, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

The heatwave embroiling southern and central Europe is making its way north. A report says the heat with low rainfall means nearly half the EU's land area will be affected by drought this summer.

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A man refreshes his face at a fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London on Tuesday.

Environment

The U.K. breaks its record for highest temperature as the heat builds

9:08am July 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.

A firefighter cries Sunday near a wildfire in the Losacio area in northwestern Spain. Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in Spain and France as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities in Madrid blamed for hund

Heat torches Southern Europe, killing hundreds

9:58pm July 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ferocious wildfires are burning in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters. Officials and scientists cited climate change as a factor.