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    North America drought podcasts water pollution
    Freshwater
    North America
    Update
    August 30, 2022

    Small Reservoirs More Vulnerable to Climate Extremes

    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    A manmade reservoir with powerlines in the background
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • Water Security
    • water pollution
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    March 3, 2021

    How to Make Energy Systems Resilient Across the Globe, After the Texas Freeze

    • podcasts
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Podcast-thumbnail-square
    • podcasts
    • Energy
    • renewable energy
    Freshwater
    Oceania Asia North America
    Insights
    March 4, 2019

    In World That Says It’s Cutting Nutrient Pollution, Progress Is Lacking

    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Algal blooms in Florida’s Santa Fe River
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    February 22, 2019

    After 15 Years, EPA Updates Water Quality Trading Policy. It Could Do More.

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Wetlands like these in the Chesapeake provide cost-effective water quality services.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 19, 2019

    PODCAST: What to Watch for in a Green New Deal

    • U.S. Climate
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Sunrise at the Capitol.
    • U.S. Climate
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate change
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    January 28, 2019

    PODCAST: What's Next for U.S. Renewables?

    • Energy
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Rooftop solar at National Renewable Energy Lab.
    • Energy
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 7
    • renewable energy
    Climate
    North America
    News
    November 23, 2018

    STATEMENT: Fourth National Climate Assessment Confirms Climate Change Will Affect All Regions and All Sectors of U.S. Economy

    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    • Air Quality
    • Water Security
    • fires
    • climate science
    • natural infrastructure
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • health
    • climate impacts
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • sea level rise
    • Ocean
    North America
    Insights
    August 1, 2018

    PODCAST: Climate Change Is On The Agenda. WRI Helped Put It There.

    • podcasts
    • climate change
    Irving Mintzer and Rafe Pomerance of WRI.
    • podcasts
    • climate change
    Climate
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    September 5, 2017

    Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Escapees from hurricane flooding.
    • floods
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • sea level rise
    • water pollution
    Freshwater
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    March 14, 2017

    INSIDER: Stormwater Trading Can Help the Chesapeake Bay Meet Vital Pollution Targets

    • water pollution
    • Water Quality
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • Water Quality
    • Freshwater
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    March 14, 2017

    PODCAST: How We Can Clean the Chesapeake and Save Money in the Process

    • Freshwater
    • podcasts
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • Water Quality
    Marsh
    • Freshwater
    • podcasts
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • pollution
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 27, 2017

    PODCAST: What Does the US Stand to Lose if it Pulls Out of the Paris Agreement?

    • podcasts
    • U.S. policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    President Trump
    • podcasts
    • U.S. policy
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Insights
    December 14, 2016

    Weather Patterns that Fueled Great Smoky Mountains Forest Fire Could Increase with Climate Change

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Wildfire at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • fires
    Africa North America
    Insights
    October 28, 2016

    If Climate Change Is the Existential Crisis of Our Age, Why Isn’t it Getting More Attention?

    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    California drought
    • climate science
    • drought
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • food security
    • sea level rise
    • U.S. policy
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 11, 2016

    Guacamole Coasts: Not Just Florida, Not Just Now

    • water pollution
    • mapping
    • pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    • water pollution
    • mapping
    • pollution
    • wastewater
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    June 18, 2015

    Cleaner US Rivers, Lakes and Estuaries with Water Quality Trading

    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Fishing in Mitkof Island. (Petersburg, Alaska, U.S.) Photo by Penny Meyer/Flickr.
    • agriculture
    • water pollution
    • Freshwater
    • Water Quality
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    April 10, 2015

    California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • drought
    • natural resources
    • U.S. policy
    • Freshwater
    • water risk

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