LMA Covering Climate Collaborative

25 local news organizations and six leading science partners collaborating on impacts and local responses to climate change. A project of @localmediaassoc.

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

At water summit, Indigenous youth speak up about the climate future they want

Via @LMAclimate partner @KUNC and the Mountain West News Bureau

https://t.co/WYdYVYM0vG

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

Scientists race to save Florida orange juice, citrus industry

Via @LMAclimate partner @news6wkmg

https://t.co/9xAzTRefYQ

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

As wildfire risk increases in Bay Area, communities are building back better with new technology

Via @LMAClimate partner @abc7newsbayarea

https://t.co/cZZiogDpjA

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

An innovative flush: Phoenix turns to artificial intelligence for improved wastewater monitoring

Via @LMAClimate partner @cronkitenews

https://t.co/AQVEJuCgor

[Michael Crowe 🏔️ @MichaelReports]

Just scheduled the final @LMAClimate newsletter for the year, looking back at the biggest local stories of 2023. Goes out next week, still time to sign up here:

https://t.co/hB6L2Of4fH

@frankwords

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

In Illinois, young, conservation-minded farmers race against climate change to save their soil

Via @LMAClimate partner @WBEZ

https://t.co/bw5CK9XM1O

[Rewiring America @rewiringamerica]

“After you explain to them the benefits that they get, the tax incentives, the rebates, honestly, it doesn’t make any sense to put in a straight air conditioner.”

More Minnesotans are ditching fossil fuel-powered furnaces for all-electric heat pumps: https://t.co/eUnA9uZE7v

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

SF-based company opens 1st commercial facility to remove carbon dioxide from air

Via @LMAClimate partner @abc7newsbayarea

https://t.co/DymycHVEv8

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

New Orleans port officials looking to lure firm turning tires, plastic into 'green' hydrogen

via @LMAclimate partner @NOLAnews

https://t.co/boPO4lgkix

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

Duggan shortlists nine neighborhoods to host city-owned solar farms

via @LMAClimate partner @PlanetDetroit

https://t.co/STTkmFGmjn

[Bernadette Woods Placky @BernWoodsPlacky]

Watch now:
Attributing extreme weather to climate change: Communicating with the public to accelerate action

#COP28 @ClimateCentral @FrediOtto @KimtaiJoy @WWAttribution @MeteoKenya

https://t.co/nvUkf2mGbK

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

Mountain West farms receive billions for crop losses linked to climate change

Via @LMAClimate partner @KUNRPublicRadio

https://t.co/OWTaVaV9le

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

Scientists race to save Florida orange juice, citrus industry

Via @LMAClimate partner @news6wkmg

https://t.co/9xAzTReNOo

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

Gorge winemaker contemplates a smokier future after Tunnel 5 fire: 'This is probably our new reality' via @LMAClimate partner @KGWNews

https://t.co/guwX4Pc2XG

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

Really important analysis from @USTreasury Dept. finds the overwhelming share of clean energy investment driven by the Inflation Reduction Act is occurring in lower income communities, offering real economic opportunity across America:
https://t.co/Z1SwM05qLN This is as intended.

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

A look back at the hazards workers faced from climate change this summer, "How Gulf South outdoor workers dealt with the hottest August on record" via @LMAclimate partner @WWNO

https://t.co/v2xsiY7fm8

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Indigenous Resilience Center puts tribes first in several water solutions projects

Via @LMAclimate partner @KUNC

https://t.co/AZGxLLgYar

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

Andrew Kramer, a biologist at the University of South Florida, says the rise in global trade and travel is a big reason. Another: climate change.

Tiny mud snail could threaten Lake Tahoe’s ecosystem and economy via @LMAClimate partner @KUNRPublicRadio

https://t.co/FYV2G7GwTc

[LMA Covering Climate Collaborative @LMAClimate]

Climate change is the story of our lifetime. This #GivingTuesday we hope you'll support #LocalMediaFoundation by donating to Covering Climate Collaborative, which amplifies stories from 50+ news outlets on the local impacts of climate change.
https://t.co/j3UeaGtndu

[Bernadette Woods Placky @BernWoodsPlacky]

There's still more work needed, but...
"Climate policies and clean technologies deployed over just the past eight years have already erased a full degree Celsius of global warming from the future world in 2100."

https://t.co/ivVMMfgqF6