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MPR News with Angela Davis
Dan Kraker and Maja Beckstrom

Should Minnesota prepare for climate migration? 

Wildfires burn in a California forest
Fires like the Beckwourth Complex Fire burning north of Lake Tahoe on July 9, 2021 have become more frequent and extreme in California, prompting some people think about moving out of the state.
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Wildfires, hurricanes and oppressive heat have pummeled the West and South in recent years. As the planet warms, large swaths of the U.S. will become even hotter and drier.

Where will people go when home becomes unpleasant or unbearable? 

One answer is … maybe Minnesota. In fact, climate migration to the state is already happening. 

MPR News guest host and Duluth correspondent Dan Kraker talks to a climate migrant who moved her family to Duluth, and a journalist who writes about climate migration. 

Guests:

  • Jamie Alexander is director of Drawdown Labs at Project Drawdown, a climate-focused organization. She moved her family from San Francisco to Duluth in 2020 to escape worsening wildfire seasons in California. 

  • Abrahm Lustgarten is a senior environmental reporter for ProPublica who frequently works with the New York Times Magazine. He’s written about climate migration globally and within the United States. He lives in Marin County, California.

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