Burning Questions: What are the climate wins and setbacks from the election?

11/12/24 • 15 min

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Last week’s elections delivered climate wins and setbacks. What will a second Donald Trump presidency mean for climate policy going forward? What can President Joe Biden accomplish in the remainder of his term? And how did state climate measures perform? Host Amy Scott talks with Washington Post climate reporter Shannon Osaka to unpack it all.

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Burning Questions: What’s driving climate misinformation (and what to do about it)?

In the wake of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, the internet was flooded with conspiracy theories and misinformation, ranging from false claims that the government geo-engineerd the storm on purpose, to false rumors around FEMA blocking aid from people who needed it.

In this installment of “Burning Questions,” “How We Survive” host Amy Scott interviews climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe to find out what drives conspiracy theories after a climate disaster and what we can do to combat misinformation with our friends and loved ones.

Resources to combat misinformation:

Katharine Hayhoe’s tools
You can also check out Katharine’s “Talking Climate” newsletter
FEMA’s hurricane rumor response
Skeptical Science resources
National Climate Assessment

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The Banks Growing Money on Trees (bonus episode from “Outside Podcast”)

This week, we’re sharing another podcast we like from our friends at Outside Magazine.

A quarter of the money at the world’s largest banks goes directly to funding fossil fuel projects. But what if it didn’t? In this episode of “Outside Podcast,” reporter Cat Jaffee calls customer service at her bank — one of the world’s largest financial institutions — to ask them if they might consider investing her money differently. It goes about as well as you’d expect.