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Puerto Rico's Recovering Forests, California's Climate Leadership, and more
Published 7 years, 10 months ago
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California Moves Toward Carbon-Free Economy / Resilience In Puerto Rico's Tropical Forests After Hurricane Maria / Beyond The Headlines / Rising: Dispatches From The New American Shore California commits to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045, and as the Global Climate Action Summit kicked off, citizens took to the streets to call for swifter action.
Also, Hurricane Maria stripped Puerto Rico's trees of their leaves, but forests that evolved in the hurricane belt have ways to cope with the damage and they are re-growing.
And we speak with a writer who set out to document the stories of people caught in the rising tides along the American seaboard.
Those stories and more, in this installment of Living on Earth from PRI.
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