I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is the Sunday story from Up First.

Our planet is getting hotter.

In fact, the last 11 years have been the hottest on record.

And for people working to address climate change in the U.S., the last year has been a hard one.

The Trump administration has been backtracking on rules and regulations meant to reduce

planet warming pollution.

We are officially terminating the so-called endangerment finding.

That was President Trump in February, announcing his administration was rescinding the scientific

finding that underpins many of the nation's rules,

regulating climate pollution from cars and trucks and coal and gas power plants.

And that's not all.

In the last year, there have been lots of other changes.

The administration has rolled back tax credits for electric vehicles and solar panels.

It's cut research to help us understand climate science and help us adapt to more heat and wildfires.

But even in the face of these federal actions, there are states, cities, and towns across the country that are still finding innovative

solutions for the climate crisis. We're joined now by Julia Simon, NPR's climate solutions

correspondent. Julia, welcome to the podcast. So nice to be here, Aisha.

Julia, I understand that you're going to help us find some bright spots in the midst of all

of this kind of doom and gloom for the climate that happened this past year in the U.S.

So tell me about that.

Aisha, often the focus is on these big decisions on the federal level.

But what's going on locally can be overlooked, and it shouldn't.

...