Weather Whiplash: What to Do About Worsening Droughts and Floods

From droughts to fires to floods, a year of extreme weather is taking a toll on communities from Jackson, Mississippi to Pakistan. Climate change is here and impacting our homes and drinking water. Andy speaks with climate scientist Daniel Swain and former EPA Southeast Coordinator Heather McTeer Toney about why global warming is increasing the intensity of natural disasters, who’s most at risk, and how communities should spend Inflation Reduction Act funds to boost their resiliency.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

• Read about Daniel’s latest study on California’s coming megastorm: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/12/climate/california-rain-storm.html
• Read Heather’s book, “Before the Streetlights Come On Black America’s Urgent Call for Climate Solutions”: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506478623/Before-the-Streetlights-Come-On
• Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: https://www.covid.gov/
• Order Andy’s book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 

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