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With higher utility bills, a house that produces more energy than it uses may be appealing. In southern California, one such house has existed for more than a decade. NPR's Jeff Brady visited the "Green Idea House" in Hermosa Beach, California.

Natural gas prices are low now, especially when adjusted for inflation. But gas utility rates keep going up. Here's why...

Gas utility bills have changed. 40 years ago 2/3 went to gas and 1/3 to pipes, profits and taxes. Now it's flipped -- 1/3 goes to gas and 2/3 to the rest. Here's my explanation of what happened for @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

"The fake minerals are friezium and stralium, apparent references to Christopher Friez and David Straley, attorneys for North American Coal who were closely involved in drafting the bill" - @northdakotamonitor.com northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/19/n...

Many other reporters are ahead of me of this story, but some critical local context: Rep @joeneguse.bsky.social thinks dismantling NCAR is partially motivated "by a desire to retaliate against CO" for refusing to release former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. www.cpr.org/2025/12/17/t...

57 years ago today, December 15, 1968, Philadelphia Eagles fanatics did something that would help define the city for the rest of the country -- they pelted Santa Claus with snowballs. Here's my 2018 story for @npr.org: www.npr.org/2018/12/15/6...

"I don't want to come back here again. I don't want to go through what we went through again" - Kwigillingok resident Noah Andrew Sr. after the remnants of Typhoon Halong floated his house 2 miles, with him inside. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...

Kwigillingok, Alaska, has long grappled with erosion and flooding. Residents want to move to higher ground, further inland, especially after the remnants of Typhoon Halong damaged nearly every house. n.pr/4pDXQpz

Editors and journalists, please consider coming to WITF to help us rebuild the newsroom as a full-time News Director. We have big things planned. recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

ISO real live swing voters, for instance Biden ‘20>Trump ‘24. If this is you please fill out this form or send it to a family member. I’m looking for people willing to tell us about your lives and have thoughtful convos about politics. www.npr.org/2025/12/05/g...

"But the ceremony comes at an awkward moment because Machado appears to have given up on using peaceful means to dislodge Venezuela's authoritarian regime."

You never know what story assignment will come up on a Saturday duty shift at NPR!

NEW: America’s largest gas utility is using ratepayer funds to incentivize rebuilding with fossil gas appliances after LA wildfires SoCalGas is taking advantage of “broken rules” Thank you @missionvespa.bsky.social for going down the rabbit hole with me: insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...

"The Trump administration has proposed eliminating FEMA as it currently exists, leaving the future of the agency's search and rescue teams unclear." Reporting from my @npr.org Climate Desk colleagues @rhersher.bsky.social & Ryan Kellman. www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

"real estate agents complained they hurt sales. Some homeowners protested the scores and found there was no way to challenge the ratings" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

The first sentence of this story is quite a journalistic masterpiece (pasted in comments). www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

"The United States was conspicuously absent from this year's talks, known as COP30... the conference delivered only modest progress on international efforts to curb global warming" - @npr.org @michaelcopley1.bsky.social @juliaradio.bsky.social @rhersher.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...

"The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Massachusetts' goals for grid-scale battery storage faces a growing challenge: The anti-battery movement sweeping the state and country 🔌💡 @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...

Oregon is "nuclear curious." One of the first stories I filed for NPR was about dismantling the Trojan nuclear plant in 1999. It would be interesting to see how a nuclear proposal would be received today.

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI

Some COP30 optimism in Belém for an agreement to stop burning fossil fuels. “This COP reminds me of Paris very much,” Former Ireland President Mary Robinson told AP. apnews.com/article/cop3...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.

From @jeffbradynews.bsky.social A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.

A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department. n.pr/4qVulQV

As villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta clean up from remnants of Typhoon Halong, they face another loss. Public radio and television station KYUK has lost federal funding and plans to make cuts in January. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...

NEW on @npr.org: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.

Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH

BREAKING: We won! Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes. n.pr/3JTlyyg

A coalition of 15 states including Washington and Oregon says a Trump administration proposal to turn a blind eye to greenhouse gas pollution is illegal.

A federal judge said the Trump administration can reevaluate a finalized federal permit for an offshore wind project near MA, raising questions about whether any energy developer can trust that a final permit issued by the federal gov is, in fact, actually final  www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...

Bend, Oregon is considering a fee to discourage new gas appliances, to meet its climate goals. The city wants to cut fossil fuel use 70% by 2050. Story from reporter Nic Moye at The Source. www.bendsource.com/news/localne...

“According to Vail School District… claims that the costumes mocked Kirk’s death were untrue. The shirts… were a joke about solving math problems — worn to school both this year and for Halloween in 2024.” @camrynsanchez.bsky.social @kjzz.org

Wrote about the history of villages in Alaska and policies spanning centuries inform the deep impact caused by Halong alongside the thawing permafrost

Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit. As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change. grist.org/indigenous/n... #AK #Alaska #Weather

"Judge James Gion reduced the award after finding some of the jury’s damages had no legal basis, were duplicative or had exceeded statutory caps on punitive damages."

Natural gas prices are relatively low, thanks to a frac'ing-fueled drilling boom... So why are gas utility prices reaching record highs? Answers are in my @npr.org Climate Desk story: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

"Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

"Oregon and Washington are falling so far behind on upgrades to the electrical grid that the states could start seeing rolling blackouts during extreme weather as soon as next year" - Monica Samayoa @opb.org www.opb.org/article/2025...

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse? It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.

“Margarita Simonyan, the editor of Russia Today, celebrated V.O.A.’s closure as ‘a holiday for me and my colleagues.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...

great reporting by @miriamwasser.bsky.social

From The (LGBTQ) Center on Colfax: Saturday morning, an individual threw a large rock and attempted to shatter three of our front windows. The incident triggered our alarm system, and the person fled before police arrived. Security footage captured video and images of the attack. It was purposeful.

"Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday." @heyjohnryan.bsky.social @kuow.org @npr.org kuow.org/stories/furl...

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Gas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel.