Climate Change

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Environment

Climate And Floodwaters Are Top Of Mind For Some Iowa Voters

Davenport, Iowa, faced historic flooding last year that damaged much of the city's downtown riverfront. Business owners are concerned about future floods and how climate change plays a part.
James Doubek

Rachel Martin

Dalia Mortada

Taylor Haney
Business

Archives closing and bakeries opening this week

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter, Crosscut editor-at-large Knute Berger, and The Stranger's digital editor Chase Burns.
Bill Radke

Sarah Leibovitz
Environment

Biggest Carbon Loser: Staying grounded, cutting carbon, when you have the travel bug

Three contestants. Two months. One planet. A lot of carbon. KUOW’s Biggest Carbon Loser series aims to see how deeply three Seattle-area residents can cut their carbon footprints -- from travel, food, energy, and more -- while navigating their daily lives. What will it take our contestants, and our region, to kick the carbon habit and help fend off climate catastrophe? Many may try, but only one will take the coveted title: The Biggest Carbon Loser.
Dyer Oxley

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

John Ryan
Science

How To See The Future (No Crystal Ball Needed)

When disaster strikes, we want to know, who screwed up? This week we explore the psychology of warnings: Why some warnings get heard, and why some of us are better at seeing what lies ahead.
Shankar Vedantam

Rhaina Cohen

Parth Shah

Tara Boyle
Arts & Life

Gen Z teens on balancing growing up with saving the world

Two teens share an hour of stories created by young people, and discuss the balance between teen activism and just being a kid.
Marian Mohamed

Antonio Nevarez

Simone St. Pierre Nelson

RadioActive Youth Media
Environment

State Supreme Court hobbles Inslee climate-pollution rule

Whose pollution is it when a driver burns gasoline made by a big oil company?
John Ryan
Update: NPR's Climate Coverage Team Expanding

A new editor will coordinate coverage of the urgent topic with the goal of bringing it more visibility.
Elizabeth Jensen
Environment

Microsoft Pledges To Remove From The Atmosphere All The Carbon It's Ever Emitted

The tech giant, which says it has been "carbon neutral" for years, is now vowing to go "carbon negative" — by cutting emissions, planting trees and investing in new carbon removal technology.
Camila Domonoske
Environment

2019 Was The 2nd-Hottest Year On Record, According To NASA And NOAA

Last year's data collected by NOAA and NASA is the latest confirmation that the Earth is steadily getting hotter. The planet is now about 1 degree Celsius warmer than it was in the mid-20th century.
Rebecca Hersher
Environment

World's Largest Asset Manager Puts Climate At The Center Of Its Investment Strategy

"We believe that sustainability should be our new standard for investing," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says. The investment giant's move puts pressure on companies to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Laurel Wamsley

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