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MPR News with Angela Davis
Emily Bright and Cari Dwyer
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Climate change and how to address it

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MPR News guest host Emily Bright (right), Patrick Hamilton (center), who developed environmental projects for the Science Museum of Minnesota for 40 years, and Nina Axelson (left), president of Grid Catalyst, a Minnesota company that helps energy and clean tech startups grow their business and get their first customers, pose for a portrait in the Kling Public Media Center in St. Paul on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

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A record-hot summer in California during 2024, combined with near-record dryness in Southern California late in the year, helped set the stage for the catastrophic wildfires that have devastated the region over the past week.

And last Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported 2024 was the Earth’s hottest year in recorded history. The previous hottest year was 2023.

MPR News host Emily Bright and her guests talk about climate change and ways to address it.

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MPR News guest host Emily Bright (right) talks with Nina Axelson (center), president of Grid Catalyst, a Minnesota company that helps energy and clean tech startups grow their business and get their first customers, and Patrick Hamilton (left), who developed environmental projects for the Science Museum of Minnesota for 40 years, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Tuesday.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

Guests:

  • Jeff Masters is a meteorologist who writes about extreme weather for Yale Climate Connections, a news service that focuses on climate change and what we can do about it. He is a former hurricane hunter and the co-founder of the commercial weather service, Weather Underground.

  • Nina Axelson is president of Grid Catalyst, a Minnesota company that helps energy and clean tech startups grow their business and get their first customers.

  • Patrick Hamilton retired last October after a 40-year career developing environmental projects for the Science Museum of Minnesota, where he now holds the honorary title of fellow. 

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