Environment

Overcoming America's Resistance To Climate-Proof Infrastructure

5:55pm September 04, 2021

Amid another season of extreme weather, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with anthropologist Gretchen Bakke about the vulnerability of our infrastructure and how humans adapt to climate change.

In The West, 2 Conditions Are On A Collision Course: Drought And Growing Population

5:16pm September 03, 2021

An epic drought and population explosion is draining Lake Mead and the Colorado River, which millions in the Southwestern U.S. rely on.

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Alexis Nikole Nelson: How Foraging Restored My Relationship With Food

12:30pm September 03, 2021

Forager and TikTok influencer Alexis Nikole Nelson shares how the great outdoors has offered her both an endless array of food options and an outlet to reconnect with her food and her culture.

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Your Next Car May Be Built With Ocean Rocks. Scientists Can't Agree If That's Good

11:14am September 03, 2021

by Alexandra Gillespie

Deep sea mining could provide minerals essential for making electric vehicles. But regulations are incomplete, and questions persist about the impact on the ocean's ability to store carbon dioxide.

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Jasmine Crowe: What Can We Do To Tackle Food Waste And Hunger?

9:28am September 03, 2021

Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe has one mission: feed more, waste less. Her company Goodr is tackling food waste and getting food to those who need it most.

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Sean Sherman speaks at the TEDxSiouxFalls 2020. Photo courtesy of TED.

Environment

Sean Sherman: What Can We Learn From Indigenous Culinary Traditions?

8:26am September 03, 2021

The loss of Native American food traditions has been taking place for centuries. At Owamni, chef Sean Sherman is trying to change that by serving food that celebrates and preserves Lakota cooking.

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Amanda Little speaks at TED@Dell, October 22, 2020. Photo courtesy of TED.

Amanda Little: What Is The Future Of Our Food?

8:26am September 03, 2021

How should we ethically feed our world? Are we supposed to return to organic pastoral practices or trust new technology? Journalist Amanda Little believes the answer lies in the middle.

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Mimi Routh, 79, unloads a suitcase from her car after evacuating from the Tahoe Senior Plaza to a shelter in nearby Gardnerville, Nev.

At A Shelter, Lake Tahoe Residents Fleeing A Massive Fire Wonder What's Next

6:00am September 03, 2021

An estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated as the Caldor Fire rages on. Shelters are filling up and hotel rooms are hard to find, leaving evacuees struggling to cope with the uncertainty.

Heavy rainfall makes for a stormy Times Square outing Wednesday in New York City.

Ida Brings Historic Flooding To The Northeast, Killing More Than 40 People

8:23pm September 02, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Record-breaking levels of rainfall in New York City, parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania flooded roadways and affected travel throughout Wednesday evening into Thursday.

Left: A firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service battles the advancing Caldor Fire on Aug. 28, in Strawberry, Calif. Right: Marlon Maldonado helps his wife and child into a boat to travel to their home after it flooded during Hurricane Ida on Aug. 31, in

Our Future On A Hotter Planet Means More Climate Disasters Happening Simultaneously

6:26pm September 02, 2021

by Dan Charles

Simultaneous disasters, like the wildfires in California and Hurricane Ida this week, are happening more often as the planet heats up. Emergency managers are preparing for that future.