Climate Cast ®

MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner discusses the latest research on our changing climate and the consequences we’re seeing here in Minnesota and worldwide. Hear Climate Cast each Thursday on MPR’s All Things Considered.

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February 21, 2019 12:41 PM

Challenges, opportunities of climate solutions

An author of the UN climate report assesses the pace of climate solutions.

by Paul Huttner

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February 20, 2019 4:00 AM

MnDOT: State should have 194k more electric vehicles in a decade

Minnesota transit officials have a bold new goal for electric vehicles in the state: electrify 20 percent of all cars, SUVs and light-duty trucks in a decade.

by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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February 14, 2019 2:17 PM

Measuring the costs of climate change

Plus, a climate-change arts event.

by Paul Huttner

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February 13, 2019 5:58 PM

Northern lake ice loss threatens water, economies, culture

Nearly 15,000 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere already have only intermittent winter ice cover, a new study notes, and further loss of ice threatens freshwater availability, economies and culture in the world's north, including Minnesota and Wisconsin.

by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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February 7, 2019 3:49 PM

In Cuba, climate change means harsher hurricanes and tough coffee growing

MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner visited Cuba last week and got a lesson on how climate change is affecting the country.

by Paul Huttner

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February 6, 2019 4:00 AM

What changes Will Steger saw on his latest Antarctica trip

The famed explorer is back from his latest excursion and he told Climate Cast what he saw.

by Paul Huttner

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January 31, 2019 10:43 AM

Why climate change cost the U.S. $160 billion last year

The world's biggest insurers say climate change is costing us billions.

by Paul Huttner

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January 30, 2019 4:00 AM

Ilhan Omar: Green New Deal would help Minnesota, could pass House

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar told Climate Cast about why she supports broad new climate change legislation known as the Green New Deal.

by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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January 24, 2019 11:48 AM

Psst ... climate change is still here, even though it's freezing out

President Trump recently got the internet talking when he suggested, inaccurately, that recent cold and snow in the northeastern U.S. somehow negated modern climate science.

by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson