Nathan Rott
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Extreme weather, fueled by climate change, cost the U.S. $165 billion in 2022
The U.S. endured 18 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2022, highlighting the growing damages of human-caused climate change. → Read More
How Russia is weaponizing the Ukrainian winter
Ukraine says Russia is using the cold as a weapon against Ukrainians, by targeting the country's ability to heat and power homes. Repair crews are struggling to restore power to damaged areas. → Read More
Climate talks are wrapping up. The thorniest questions are still unresolved.
Despite new agreements to limit methane emissions and beef up weather forecasts, vulnerable countries aren't getting any more help and the Earth is headed for catastrophic warming. → Read More
Where Do Climate Negotiations Stand At COP27?
Climate negotiations continue at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Tens of thousands of attendees from around the world have gathered in the seaside resort town. They've come to discuss some of the key issues to figure out how to combat climate change, remedy its effects, and to focus on implementing the big changes discussed last year in Glasgow. Correspondent Nathan Rott joins Emily Kwong to… → Read More
Explosive suicide drones rock Ukraine's capital, hitting residential buildings
Explosions rang out across Kyiv early Monday, a week after nationwide strikes rocked the city for the first time since June. → Read More
Heat waves, remote work, iPhones
Crank up that AC because a record-breaking heat wave is sweeping through the American West. That, plus workplace surveys, and Apple's newest drop on indicators of the week. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. → Read More
California will ban sales of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035
The measure is the first in the nation, but other states are expected to follow. The aim is to curb emissions that contribute to global warming and health issues. → Read More
The Amazon, the Colorado River and a price on nature
From sea to shining sea, rivers in the United States are drying up, including the Colorado River. For indicators of the week, three environmental indicators about the state of Mother Nature. → Read More
A Rising Demand for Coal Amidst War in Ukraine
Demand for coal in Europe is rising as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the country's vast natural resource and fossil fuel reserves - and subsequently, the world's energy supply. With trillions of dollars of Ukrainian energy deposits now under Russian control, the effects of the war are being felt far beyond the country's borders. → Read More
A cataclysmic flood is coming for California. Climate change makes it more likely.
There's a long history of massive inland flooding in California. New research finds that climate change has already doubled the odds it happens again. → Read More
In eastern Ukraine's coal fields, Russia's invasion sparks hopes of a comeback
Ukraine's coal industry was in decline. Now miners find themselves in the middle of a war with Russia — and global demand for coal is rising. → Read More
Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature
The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself. → Read More
With time ticking for climate action, Supreme Court limits ways to curb emissions
The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in a key environmental case, WV v. EPA, says the federal agency lacks authority to use greenhouse gas emissions caps to force fossil fuel power plants out of business. → Read More
The once-quiet southwestern corner of Ukraine is now playing a key role in trade
As the Russian invasion blocks much of Ukraine's food exports elsewhere, ports in the far south are the few Ukrainian-run transit points for goods in and out of the country. → Read More
Ukraine closes humanitarian corridors because it says Russia may attack them
Intelligence reports warned of Russian provocations along the routes, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine and Russia have regularly agreed to establish corridors from some of the hardest-hit cities. → Read More
Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years
In tree ring records dating back to AD 800, the only multidecade drought that came close to today's was in the 1500s. Researchers say climate change is a factor and the U.S. must plan for less water. → Read More
Our roads are killing wildlife. The new infrastructure law aims to help
For the first time, the federal government is making a sizeable investment in wildlife road crossings. The goal is to help slow extinctions, and also protect people from animal collisions. → Read More
A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change
The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico, in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce. → Read More
The Western megadrought is revealing America's 'lost national park'
A famed desert landscape has reemerged as water levels in Lake Powell reservoir have fallen to record lows. It's raising questions about the future of this oasis and water in the American West. → Read More
A famously far-ranging gray wolf is found dead in Southern California
The Oregon-born gray wolf gained a following this year when it became the first to travel to Southern California in a century. Wildlife officials say it appears to have been struck by a vehicle. → Read More