Episode 103: You don’t have to look far to see the ravages of climate change. In recent weeks, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history killed scores of people in Hawaii, and July was the hottest month ever recorded.

Host Richard Kyte and Scott Rada talk about how we must do two things at once — try to somehow slow the warming while also being better prepared for the effects still to come.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast:

The clean energy future is arriving faster than you think, by David Gelles, Brad Plumer, Jim Tankersley and Jack Ewing, The New York Times

Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana, by Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press

How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown, by Michael Copley, Rebecca Hersher and Nathan Rott, National Public Radio

About the hosts:Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

Episode 103: You don’t have to look far to see the ravages of climate change. In recent weeks, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history killed scores of people in Hawaii, and July was the hottest month ever recorded.
Host Richard Kyte and Scott Rada talk about how we must do two things at once — try to somehow slow the warming while also being better prepared for the effects still to come.
Links to stories discussed during the podcast:
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/12/climate/clean-energy-us-fossil-fuels.html">The clean energy future is arriving faster than you think</a>, by David Gelles, Brad Plumer, Jim Tankersley and Jack Ewing, The New York Times
<a href="https://news.lee.net/partners/ap/national/young-environmental-activists-prevail-in-first-of-its-kind-climate-change-trial-in-montana/article_9b5cd9c8-c278-530b-8f0c-6bac4c9379b7.html">Young environmental activists prevail in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana</a>, by Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson, The Associated Press
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/07/22/1186540332/how-climate-change-could-cause-a-home-insurance-meltdown">How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown</a>, by Michael Copley, Rebecca Hersher and Nathan Rott, National Public Radio
About the hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/TribScott">Scott Rada</a> is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the <a href="https://www.viterbo.edu/db-reinhart-institute-ethics-leadership">D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership</a> at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

Scott Rada, Lee Enterprises social media manager, and Richard Kyte, director of the Ethics Institute at Viterbo University, talk about the intersection of ethics and modern life.

Scott Rada, <a href="https://lee.net/">Lee Enterprises</a> social media manager, and Richard Kyte, director of the <a href="https://www.viterbo.edu/db-reinhart-institute-ethics-leadership">Ethics Institute at Viterbo University</a>, talk about the intersection of ethics and modern life.

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