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Wind turbines silhouetted against the sky at dawn near Spearville, Kan. in January. Senator Joe Manchin's rejection of a sweeping spending bill effectively kills President Biden's ambitious climate plan to transform the nation's heavily fossil-fuel powere

Manchin says Build Back Better's climate measures are risky. That's not true

4:37pm December 19, 2021

by Jennifer Ludden

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin had spent months watering down Biden's ambitious climate plans. His final objections to the bill's climate measures are misleading.

Vice President Harris charges an electric vehicle during a tour of the Brandywine Maintenance Facility in Prince George's County, Md. There, she highlighted electric vehicle investments.

The White House wants a robust electric vehicle charging network. Here's the plan

12:43pm December 18, 2021

by Alana Wise

The White House this week outlined a plan to install electric vehicle charger nationwide, a step it says is vital to improving the accessibility and practicality of nontraditional vehicles.

Indonesian villagers stand with Mount Semeru in the background on Saturday. Indonesian authorities raised the alert level for the highest volcano on Java island, saying it could blow up again after a sudden eruption earlier this month that killed dozens o

Indonesia raises volcano warning to second-highest level

6:37am December 18, 2021

by The Associated Press

Indonesia's geological agency said it sees increasing activity that could trigger an avalanche of lava and searing gas, similar to the Dec. 4 eruption,

Birds fly past as a fire consumes an area next to the Trans-Pantanal highway in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on Sept. 11, 2020.

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Nearly 17 million animals died in wildfires in Brazil's wetlands last year

5:06pm December 17, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

The estimate comes from scientists who examined the number of carcasses they found up to 48 hours after a fire event. The rate of climate change makes such wildfires inevitable, they say.

Why the cost of carbon is increasing — and how that affects climate policy

5:53pm December 16, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Greenstone, professor and director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago the impact of the rising cost of carbon on climate policy.

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After an unprecedented year in natural disasters, cities like Hoboken and New York City, pictured here after Hurricane Ida, say better weather forecast can save lives.

After a year of deadly weather, cities look to private forecasters to save lives

4:28pm December 16, 2021

by Jeffrey Pierre

New York City and Hoboken are the latest localities finalizing a deal with a private weather service, stepping away from something that has largely been the job of the federal government.

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In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a rescuer assists a girl as they wade through flooding caused by Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, southern Philippines.

Powerful typhoon hits Philippines, nearly 100,000 evacuated

4:56am December 16, 2021

by The Associated Press

A powerful typhoon slammed into the southeastern Philippines on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of nearly 100,000 people. Officials say 10,000 villages lie in the projected path of the typhoon.

Dayton Hall, left, and Jackson Mountjoy use calipers to measure a baby oyster at the school's oyster garden in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The school is among more than 50 locations in Mississippi and more than 1,000 nationwide where people raise oysters to help

Volunteers are growing oyster gardens to help restore reefs

5:03am December 15, 2021

by The Associated Press

There are more than 1,000 oyster gardens in the coastal waters of Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama as volunteers try to restore a keystone of coastal ecosystems.

A gloomy report card from the Arctic

5:00pm December 14, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Twila Moon, co-editor of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2021 Arctic Report Card, which shows oceans warming and sea ice disappearing.

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Megadrought is renewing debates about how to manage water in the arid American West

4:23pm December 14, 2021

by Nathan Rott

The Western megadrought is revealing a famed desert landscape long drowned by a controversial dam. It's raising questions about the future of this oasis, and water in the American West.

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