Nate Perez
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-12-2024 9PM EST
Barbados and other island states, they're facing immediate impacts like rapid sea level rise. Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine said countries who have burned the most fossil fuels need to play a bigger role.
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NPR News: 11-12-2024 9PM EST
Haina said climate change will affect every aspect of life in vulnerable countries, from education to health care and to the economy. Nate Perez, NPR News.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
The Biden administration is proposing to protect a stretch of northeast Nevada from energy development for the next 20 years. NPR's Nate Perez reports.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
The move would protect nearly 300,000 acres of Nevada's Ruby Mountains from future oil, gas, and geothermal drilling. The region is popular for fishing and birdwatching. And it's the ancestral homeland of the Tomoak tribe of western Shoshone Indians who had requested the protection. The Biden administration has made several announcements protecting public lands since the November election.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
President-elect Donald Trump could reverse many of the announcements once he's in office. For now, the announcement protects the land from fossil fuel extraction for two years, and it opens a 90-day window for public comment. But some environmentalists were not satisfied.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
In a statement, the Center for Biological Diversity called the protections incomplete, pointing out it does not ban gold mining. Nate Perez, NPR News.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Astronauts on the International Space Station are wishing everyone a Happy New Year as the clock strikes midnight at this hour. Well, Happy New Year from the International Space Station. That was Butch Wilmore. He's one of the two Boeing astronauts who've been stranded in orbit for months.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
This is NPR News in Washington. Medicare recipients are about to save a big chunk of money at the pharmacy counter. Starting January 1st, there will be a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket drug spending. The provision was part of the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Biden in 2022.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
The White House estimates an estimated 19 million seniors and people with disabilities will save an average of $400 per year. Every year, scientists describe thousands of new species, and 2024 was no different. NPR's Jonathan Lambert highlights some notable critters added to the scientific record this year.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
Health officials say bird flu is infecting more dairy herds, mainly in California. More than 65 people have caught the virus in the U.S. over the past year, but researchers say the risk of catching the virus remains low for most of the public. Almost all the human cases of bird flu have occurred after someone had close contact with infected animals. This is NPR News.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
He says it's not often that you can bring in the new year more than once.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
The United Kingdom and Ireland are welcoming 2025 at this hour with fireworks displays and musical performances. In New York City, celebrations are underway in Times Square, where more than a million people are expected to gather to watch the crystal ball drop at midnight.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
President Biden has spoken to the governor of Puerto Rico as the island works to restore power after widespread outages left most of the island in the dark on this New Year's Eve. The White House has offered the U.S. territory federal assistance to fast-track restoration. More than a million Puerto Ricans are without electricity.
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NPR News: 12-31-2024 7PM EST
Kayvon Antonio Hidari reports it could take days to get the lights back on.
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NPR News: 02-03-2025 8PM EST
Smoke from the Hughes fire in late January quickly spread to Ventura County, where thousands of farmworkers picked strawberries, citrus and other produce. Nonprofits scramble to get around 21,000 N95 respirators to people in the fields. Elizabeth Strader with the United Farm Workers says workers are concerned about their health, but have no choice but to work.
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NPR News: 02-03-2025 8PM EST
Employers in California are legally required to provide N95 respirators to workers when the Air Quality Index reaches 150. Oregon and Washington are the only other states that also have this requirement. Nate Perez, NPR News. The Dow dropped 122 points today.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-05-2025 7PM EST
They're going to be in armories throughout Kentucky with heavy equipment to be ready to help in that backup or ready to help stranded motorists.