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Green building meets Indigenous knowledge in Taos, New MexicoMany people moved to Taos in the 1970s to break free from modern architectural conventions. Today, that tradition continues, with architects and builders incorporating the latest green building trends. ResumeHere & Now10:54Jun 25, 2024
'For people and planet’: Earthships are off-grid refuges made from beer cans and tiresIt takes a lot of fossil fuel to heat and cool a typical American home. But Earthships prove it doesn’t have to be that way.ResumeHere & Now10:39Jun 24, 2024
'Giving birth on a planet in crisis': Climate change's impact on reproductive healthAs climate change continues to reshape our world, its impacts may have devastating effects on reproductive health.ResumeHere & Now05:37May 30, 2024
How Tuscon is utilizing PFAS cleanup fundsIn April, the Environmental Protection Agency set aside $9 billion to help local governments with PFAS cleanup. Tucson is among the first cities to get the funding help.ResumeHere & Now03:42May 22, 2024
How one California town is transitioning from oil to carbon captureThe area's famous oil industry is in decline due to falling revenues and the state's aggressive climate action.ResumeHere & Now05:39May 15, 2024
Aluminum production has a huge carbon footprint. A new U.S.-based smelter could help change thatA new U.S.-based aluminum smelter could be operating before the end of the decade. And that smelter could be substantially less polluting than older models.ResumeHere & Now05:37May 8, 2024
Indigenous climate activists honored for defeating offshore drilling effortEach year, the Goldman Prize awards scientists, activists and artists for their work for environmental causes. ResumeHere & Now09:41May 6, 2024
Can you survive summer indoors without AC? In Arizona, many don’tNearly half of the people who suffered heat-related deaths in Arizona last year lived outdoors without shelter, but public health officials and lawmakers are starting to pay more attention to...ResumeHere & Now09:03May 3, 2024
'Daybreak' board game tasks players to collaborate to stave off climate changeThe game has players take the roles of world governments as they race to draw down emissions before climate change makes Earth uninhabitable.ResumeHere & Now05:42May 2, 2024
Shipbuilders harness the wind to clean up global shippingContainer ships use heavy fuel oil called bunker fuel. They’re more efficient than trains, trucks and planes. But bunker fuel is highly polluting, and container ships produce about 3% of...ResumeHere & Now09:40Apr 24, 2024
Planes pollute the planet, but new technology could clean up the aviation industryA nonstop flight from Los Angeles to New York spews about 1,300 pounds of planet-warming carbon into the air — per passenger.ResumeHere & Now10:49Apr 23, 2024
School buses in NY must go electric by 2035. One district has plans on how to do itSome districts and lawmakers are resistant. But, as Amy Feiereisel of North Country Radio reports, one school district in Northern New York has already started electrifying its school bus fleet.ResumeHere & Now05:51Apr 23, 2024
Extreme heat: The science behind climbing temperaturesHeat is the most direct and perhaps most deadly effect of climate change.ResumeHere & Now09:17Apr 22, 2024
California sets indoor heat rules as climate change intensifies hot weatherThe rules ensure people who work in warehouses, restaurants and manufacturing facilities have access to breaks, water and places to cool down.ResumeHere & Now04:25Mar 28, 2024
What climate justice could look like for an island threatened by rising seasThe small island nation of Tuvalu is among one of the most vulnerable places in the world to sea level rise.ResumeHere & Now05:52Mar 22, 2024
Gas utility company to launch geothermal energy project to reduce reliance on fossil fuelsEversource is the first utility company to build a so-called "networked geothermal system" to deliver climate-friendly heating and cooling for residential and commercial buildings.ResumeHere & Now05:50Mar 14, 2024
What is ecocide?Last week, the EU passed a new law that criminalizes certain cases of environmental damage known as ecocide. ResumeHere & Now05:21Mar 7, 2024
Arizona tribe first to span canals with solar panelsThe Gila River Indian Community broke ground on an ambitious new project to save water and create renewable power.ResumeHere & Now06:15Feb 19, 2024
United CEO Scott Kirby explains the airline's plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050The plan includes replacing fossil fuels with "sustainable aviation fuels" made from things like cooking oil, farm waste and even carbon pulled right out of the air.ResumeHere & Now08:12Feb 14, 2024
Biden administration pauses new liquified natural gas exportsThe decision has been celebrated by climate activists and criticized by others, including 23 Republican-led states that are threatening to take legal action.ResumeHere & Now05:36Feb 14, 2024