Rounding up a week of climate devastation

1 big thing

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🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Natural disasters punished the country this week. There’s been devastating flooding in Louisiana and the New York region, alongside wildfires in California and Nevada. Plus, how Texas could affect abortion laws in other states. And, inside the first all-civilian space flight. Guests: Axios' Andrew Freedman, Oriana González, Miriam Kramer, and Nick Halter. Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Hope King, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you hear that?
0:05.5	It might sound like nothing to you, but it's actually the sound of nuclear, wind and
0:10.0	solar energy.
0:11.0	At EDF, we're busy generating more British zero carbon electricity than anyone to help
0:16.8	keep future energy costs down for everyone and help cut UK carbon emissions to nothing.
0:22.6	Sound good to you?
0:24.2	Find out more about our zero carbon generation at EDFenergy.com slash help in Britain.
0:34.2	Good morning.
0:35.2	Welcome to Axios Today.
0:37.1	It is Friday, September 3rd.
0:38.8	I'm Hope King, filling in for Nila Budu.
0:41.6	Here's what you need to know today.
0:43.8	How Texas could impact abortion laws in other states.
0:47.3	Plus, inside the first all-sevilleian spaceflight.
0:51.8	But first, rounding up a week of climate devastation is today's one big thing.
1:02.5	Natural disasters punished the country this week.
1:05.3	There's been flooding in Louisiana and now the New York region alongside wildfires in
1:11.0	California and Nevada.
1:12.8	Typically, on Fridays, we round up the week in politics, but this morning, we're rounding
1:17.4	up the week with climate news because it's catching up to us now in our homes.
1:21.8	We also want to talk about what we can do to better prepare for and live with more extreme
1:27.1	weather events.
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