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National

Encore: Tempe creates emergency response center to be a climate disaster refuge

6:10am May 03, 2022

by Anthony Wallace

Arizona cities say they are worried about suffering a power grid failure like Texas did a year ago. They're developing "resilience hubs." (This story first aired on Morning Edition on Jan. 26, 2022.)

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Chris Castillo throws a freshly cut log as he and his cousins clear a wireline along a family member's home in Las Vegas, N.M., on Monday. Wind-whipped flames are marching across more of New Mexico's tinder-dry mountainsides, forcing the evacuation of are

National

As a wildfire closes in, New Mexico residents prepare to flee

10:08pm May 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Firefighting crews were battling to keep the fire in northern New Mexico, the largest fire burning in the U.S., from making another run across the state's drought-parched landscape.

This photo taken on April 25 shows the top of Lake Mead drinking water Intake No. 1 above the surface level of the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam. The intake is the uppermost of three in the deep, drought-stricken lake that provides Las Vegas

National

A barrel containing a body was exposed as the level of Nevada's Lake Mead drops

8:57pm May 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Police predict that as the water level drops because of drought, more bodies will be found.

New Mexico wildfire surges to cover over 100,000 acres

4:28pm May 02, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with San Miguel county commissioner Max Trujillo about the latest news on fighting the Hermit's Peak wildfire.

In Iceland, a Climeworks project is absorbing carbon dioxide emissions directly from the air and storing it underground. The energy-intensive process is powered by geothermal energy.

Environment

Vacuuming carbon from the air could help stop climate change. Not everyone agrees

2:01pm May 02, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

With the climate warming rapidly, scientists are finding that cutting fossil fuels may not be enough. Carbon dioxide emissions may need to be vacuumed right out of the air.

Health & Safety

Climate change may have one more side effect — another pandemic

9:06am May 01, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Colin Carlson, co-author of a new study projecting that viruses will jump more frequently among species due to climate change, raising the risk of another pandemic.

Norwegian coast guard cutters are used for rescue, fishery inspection, research purposes and general patrols in Norwegian waters.

A new Iron Curtain is eroding Norway's hard-won ties with Russia on Arctic issues

5:00am April 30, 2022

The countries share a border. Along the frontier, residents say a new barrier has disrupted everything from Arctic climate action and nuclear waste control to trade and cross-border sports leagues.

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Oyster harvester Johny Jurisich empties a dredge filled with oysters onto his boat near Texas City, Texas.

Oyster reefs in Texas are disappearing. Fishermen there fear their jobs will too

11:31am April 29, 2022

by Katie Watkins

Texas closed most public oyster reefs for harvesting, dealing a blow to the fishing industry. "It's taken a big toll on me," says Johny Jurisich, whose family has worked in the business for decades.

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Nicola Sturgeon: How can small countries have a global impact?

9:23am April 29, 2022

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon shares ideas on leading Scotland, from her approach to climate change and wellness, to the challenges she's faced as a female leader.

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Fossil fuels power the Texas economy, accounting for some 14% of gross state product between 2019 and 2020. Now, Texas is the first state in the nation to pass anti-divestment laws for fossil fuels.

Texas stumbles in its effort to punish green financial firms

5:01am April 29, 2022

A new Texas law that penalizes financial institutions trying to go green is full of loopholes, and is straight up ignored. But other states are following Texas's punitive approach all the same.

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