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Karen Weigert

Will Rich Countries Help Poor Countries? Takeaways From COP27

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WBEZ
Karen Weigert

Karein Weigert joins WBEZ to discuss the COP27 conference and the need for an international plan to fight climate change and reduce global emissions.

US President Joe Biden speaks at COP27.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Trees, Wetlands Play Key Role in Mitigating Climate Change

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WBEZ Reset
Karen Weigert

Ahead of Arbor Day, Nonresident Senior Fellow Karen Weigert discusses efforts in Chicago to create more wetlands and plant trees with WBEZ’s Reset.

View of Chicago's Field Museum from trees and wetland area.
Walter Martin
Climate and the Environment

EPA's New Rule Replaces Obama's Key Climate Change Plan

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WBEZ
Karen Weigert

The new rule will replace the Clean Power Plan unveiled by the former Obama administration in 2015 and is expected to go into effect within 30 days.

EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during a media availability at the Environmental Protection Agency, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Washington. Climate and the Environment

Chicago Aims High With Renewable Energy Goals For 2035

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WBEZ
Karen Weigert

Chicago plans on transitioning all of its buildings to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 and to electrify the CTA bus fleet by 2040.

Lights illuminate the downtown Chicago skyline Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in Chicago Tech and Science

Chicago has the best weather for Amazon's HQ2. Why? No destructive hurricanes.

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Chicago Tribune
Coauthors

Has Chicago's notorious weather suddenly become its biggest asset? Does the city of wind chill and blizzards actually have the climate that somebody would pay $5 billion for?

Chicago's skyline with snow and gray sky Global Economy

Chicago Reaction to Trump Withdrawing US From Paris Climate

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PBS
Karen Weigert

Chicago elected officials and environmental leaders react to President Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.

Screenshot of Karen Weigert on PBS Climate and the Environment

13 Years After Northeast Blackout, U.S. Power Grid Remains Vulnerable

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The Wall Street Journal
Karen Weigert

The vulnerability of the U.S. electrical grid was illustrated in 2003, when the largest blackout in US history left 50 million people in darkness.

Cars try to navigate through New York City as the sun sets during a blackout on Aug. 14, 2003. Tech and Science