Environment

How Much Is The Weather In Texas Due To Climate Change?

7:14am February 18, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to James Marshall Shepherd, director of the atmospheric sciences program at the University of Georgia, about if climate change is responsible for the nation's violent storms.

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People carry groceries from a gas station on Monday in Austin, Texas. A winter storm has brought historic cold weather to the state, causing traffic delays and millions of customers to lose power.

Texas Governor Calls For Investigation Into Group That Manages State Power Grid

5:06pm February 16, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Dire warnings of price hikes are coming from electricity retailers that normally offer customers low prices based on daily wholesale rates. They are telling customers to conserve or switch providers.

Forest Thinning To Reduce Wildfire Risk Gives Opportunity To New Startups

4:57pm February 16, 2021

by Sam Brasch

The country's overgrown forests need to be aggressively thinned to reduce wildfire risk. That creates massive piles of worthless brush and branches, but some businesses see a new market for them.

Environment

ENCORE: Why Sea Level Rise Varies Across The World

4:57pm February 16, 2021

by Rebecca Hersher

The sea level is rising more in some coastal places than in others. But why is that? It has to do with wind, currents, glaciers and even the last Ice Age.

Why Firefighters Are Facing A Growing Mental Health Challenge

5:47am February 16, 2021

by Nathan Rott

Climate change is fueling more destructive, harder-to-control disasters like last year's massive wildfires. The mental and emotional toll for firefighters and first responders is alarming.

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Deforested land on Indonesia's Borneo Island. Activists are using satellites to monitor deforestation, but cloud cover sometimes hides it from view.

Pillagers Of Tropical Forests Can't Hide Behind Clouds Anymore

2:33pm February 15, 2021

by Dan Charles

Environmental watchdogs now can detect deforestation even when it's hidden from sight by rain and clouds. They're using data from radar on a European satellite.

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Environment

Northwest Natural Gas Company's Plan For A Carbon Neutral Gas System

6:28am February 15, 2021

by Cassandra Profita

Natural gas companies face an existential threat as more governments and businesses move to tackle climate change. But a growing number have their own plans to decarbonize, by creating renewable gas.

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What Can We Do Next To Change Nature — In Order To Save It?

4:22pm February 11, 2021

Mary Louise Kelly talks with Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under A White Sky. The book tackles the ways humans have sought to control nature — only to create unintended problems for future generations.

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In Wyoming, public schools such as Pinedale's middle school, face significant cuts to their budgets due to slumping oil, gas and coal prices.

Facing A Reckoning, Wyoming Wrestles With A Transition From Fossil Fuels

11:57am February 10, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

The Biden administration is expected to be sued over its ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal land. In top fossil fuel states like Wyoming, cuts to services and mass layoffs were already looming.

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From Electrifying Rivers To Dimming The Sun, How Humans Try (And Fail) To Master Nature

1:18pm February 09, 2021

by Dave Davies

New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert talks about the ways humans have harmed the natural world — and the unintended consequences of efforts to reverse the damage. Her new book is Under a White Sky.

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