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The Big Climate Stories of 2019

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Climate One

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4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

2019 saw a number of significant events in the climate world. Wildfires, floods, wind and extreme weather continued to batter the nation from California to Florida. There were firestorms in Congress and Tweetstorms from the White House. The rise of the youth climate movement, the advance of electric cars...and the emergence of climate as a top-tier campaign issue. Two reporters who cover the climate beat discuss the stories dominated their news feeds this year - and the ones that aren’t getting heard. Visit climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts for more information on today's episode. Guests: Coral Davenport Reporter, Energy and Environmental Policy Reporter, New York Times David Roberts, Energy and Climate Change Reporter, Vox This program was recorded at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey everyone, I have an exciting announcement. We recently secured a gift of $15,000 to match all

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donations given by the end of the year. As a fully self-funded

0:39.1

project of the Commonwealth Club, we rely on supporters like you to bring this podcast to you every week.

0:44.8

To support more climate conversations like this one, please consider making a tax-deductible donation

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to climate1.org slash donate. Your gift of any amount will be doubled. Thank you for listening and for your

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support. Now for this week's pod. What were the biggest climate stories of 2019?

1:06.8

Climate One conversations feature oil companies and environmentalists, Republicans and Democrats,

1:12.6

the exciting and the scary aspects of the climate challenge.

1:16.3

I'm Greg Dalton.

1:27.3

2019 saw a number of significant events in the climate world. Wildfires, floods, wind, and

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extreme weather continued to batter the nation from California to Florida. There were firestorms

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in Congress and tweet storms from the White House, the rise of the youth climate movement, the advance of electric cars, and more melting in the Arctic.

1:48.0

In the north of the state, the Kincaid fire has scorched more than 76,000 acres.

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