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Climate change is in the news on an almost daily basis, whether it be your local newspaper or national news outlets. Below is a comprehensive list of all the stories we have featured on the Waves of Change website. There are always things we may miss, so keep on the lookout for other climate change stories in your local or national newspapers, featured on radio or TV, or via social media, e.g., Twitter, Facebook, and blogs.

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“Regional Transportation Program Cuts Emissions Through Fees” ecoRI

“5 Novels About Climate Change to Read Now” PBS

“Climate Change and the New Age of Extinction” New Yorker

“Nest Predators and Rising Waters Threaten Rare Turtles” ecoRI

“Portsmouth Selected for Program to Protect Against Climate Change” Newport Daily News

“Youth Climate Strike Hits Rhode Island Statehouse” ecoRI

“Gender Equality Key to Motivating Climate Adaptation” Acclimatise

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“R.I. Environmentalists Seek Action, Want Accountability on Cutting Carbon Emissions” ecoRI

“How Climate Change Is Forcing Changes on the Farm” Seeker

“The Booming Wind Energy Economy Needs Workers - This High School Program Trains Them” Fast Company

“URI Researcher: Changing Climate Creating Conflict Over International Ocean Governance” ecoRI

“How Science Fiction Helps Readers Understand Climate Change” BBC

“Government Shutdown Raises Fears of Scientific Data Loss, Climate Research Delays” Inside Climate News

“Outlook Dismal for Region's Winter Flounder Stock” ecoRI

“Northeast Region 'Particularly Vulnerable' to Climate Change, Federal Report Says” Mass Live

“Can a Coalition of 'Superheroes' Save the COP24 Climate Talks?” CNN

“Clinging Jellyfish Invade Rhode Island Waters” Providence Journal

“Rising Sea Levels Threatening Historic Lighthouses” Providence Journal

“Rules Near for Renewables on Farms and Open Space” ecoRI

“Commission on Ocean Acidification Is Now Law” Cape Cod Today

“UMaine Team Researching Ways to Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change” Maine Public

“Government Report Warns of Worsening US Disasters” The Atlantic

“UN Report on Global Warming Carries Life-or-Death Warning” Associated Press

“Offshore Wind Research Finds Noise Low After Construction Completed” ecoRI

“We're Moving to Higher Ground': America's Era of Climate Mass Migration Is Here” The Guardian

“Rhode Island Orders Up More Renewable Energy” ecoRI

“URI Professor Leading U.S., Israeli Probe into Adaptability of Coral Reefs” URI Today

“Hurricane Florence Crippled Electricity and Coal - Solar and Wind Were Back the Next Day” CBS News

“Climate Change's Influence on Hurricane Florence: A Larger and Wetter Storm?” The Weather Channel

“Fishing Report: So Far, So Good for Anglers Near Block Island Wind Farm” Providence Journal

“Report Knocks Rhode Island for Dirty Renewables” ecoRI

“Front Line of Climate Change: Black Sea Bass Surge Off R.I.” Providence Journal

“Alaska, Rhode Island Share Concern Over Oceans” Providence Journal

“State Grant to Help Bourne Prepare for Climate Change” Cape Cod Times

“Climate Change Is Supercharging a Hot and Dangerous Summer” Washington Post

“Surrendering to Rising Seas” Scientific American

“R.I. Celebrates Independence Day with Climate Fireworks” ecoRI

“Report: How R.I. Can Prepare for Climate Change” Providence Journal

“Red-Hot Planet: All-Time Heat Records Have Been Set All Over the World During the Past Week” Washington Post

“Rising Seas and Raising Questions in Booming Boston District” AP

“Climate Change Brought a Lobster Boom. Now It Could Cause a Bust.” New York Times

“Contiguous U.S. Had its Warmest May on Record” NOAA

“Global Warming, Now Brought to You By Your Local TV Newscaster” NBC News

“New Wind Projects Would Deliver Enough Power for 400K Homes” Providence Journal

“How Does Climate Change Affect Your Community?” Geek.com

“URI to Offer Lecture Series on Climate Change, Science Journalism” Providence Journal

“Dismal Western Snowpack Is a Climate "Warning Sign"” Scientific American

“It's Time to Take Climate Change Personally” WBUR

“Saltmarsh Sparrows Advocate for Gender Equality” ecoRI

“R.I. Agrees to Spend Volkswagen Settlement Money on Electric Buses and Charging Stations” Providence Journal

“Super Idea: Repurpose Toxic Sites to Produce Solar Energy” ecoRI

“17 States Sue Trump Administration Over Rolling Back Vehicle Emission Standards” The Hill

“Northeast Tries to Dig Out After 2nd Storm - and More May Be Coming” Providence Journal

“Climate Change Is Messing with Your Dinner” Bloomberg

“Climate Change Could Slowly Alter Northeast Forests” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Worry Over Solar Sprawl Spreads Across Rhode Island” Providence Journal

“Deepwater Wind Expands Projects into Massachusetts” ecoRI

“Splitting of the Polar Vortex: The Arctic Is Melting in the Dead of Winter” Forbes

“Brown University Convenes Artists, Scientists to Discuss Polar Climate Change” Providence Journal

“Climate Impacts Leave Southern N.E. With Expensive Tab” ecoRI

“Powerful Winter Storm Shows Damage High Tides With Sea Level Rise Can Do” Inside Climate News

“Scientists: Rhode Island Is Sinking and Sea Levels Continue to Rise” WPRI

“2017 Was the Hottest Year Yet in the World's Ocean” National Geographic

“Conservation Practices Help Lobsters Weather Climate Change” WCAI (Local NPR for Southern MA)

“R.I. Poised to Take 400-Megawatt Step Toward Renewable-Energy Goal” Providence Journal

“Floods Seen as Warning of Boston's Future” Boston Globe

“Science Says: Why There's a Big Chill in a Warmer World” Providence Journal

“Carbon-Capture Machines Part of Southern New England's 'Climate Change Moonshot' Initiative” ecoRI

“New England Power Grid Operator Says Reliance on Natural Gas Will Last Decades” Providence Journal

“Hurricanes, Wildfires Made 2017 the Most Costly U.S. Disaster Year on Record” Washington Post

“These Are the Melting Glaciers That Might Someday Drown Your City, According to NASA” Providence Journal

“Syria Signs Paris Agreement - Leaving US Only Country in the World to Refuse Climate Change Deal” The Independent

“For a Vision of Offshore Wind in New England, Look to the U.K.” WBUR Boston

“R.I. Environment Council Focused on Climate Change” ecoRI

“Boston Plans Strategies to Lessen Effects of Climate Change” Boston Globe

“Political Scene: House Panel Is Nation's First to Study 'Geoengineering'” Providence Journal

“Scientists Create 'Observatory' for Monitoring Climate Impacts on Narragansett Bay” ecoRI

“New Science Suggests the Ocean Could Rise More - and Faster - Than We Thought” Washington Post

“URI Receives $19m to Study Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Ecosystems” Rhode Island Public Radio

“3 Things We Learned at This Week's U.N. Climate Change Meeting” Washington post

“Trump Administration Releases Report Finding 'No Convincing Alternative Explanation' for Climate Change” Washington Post

“On the Edge: Marshes, Oysters and Waterfront Homes” ecoRI

“R.I. Intensifies Climate Planning with First Resiliency Officer” ecoRI

“Leonardo Dicaprio, John Kerry Speak out at Yale on Climate Change” Fox 61

“Let the Sun Shine In: Solar Prices Decreasing” ecoRI

“G. Wayne Miller: Science Storytelling Crucial in Era of Climate Change” Providence Journal

“South Shore Towns Get State Aid for Climate Change” Boston Globe

“Climate Change Did Not "Cause" Harvey, but it's a Huge Part of the Story” Vox

“Rhode Island's New Renewable-Energy Laws Address Economy and Climate Change” ecoRI

“What Should You Say to a Climate Change Skeptic?” Los Angeles Times

“2016 Weather Report: Extreme and Anything but Normal” Providence Journal

“Climate Change: Governors Talk Resilience, Protesters Demand Action” ecoRI

“Deepwater Project Combines Wind, Energy Storage” ecoRI

“General Assembly Boosts R.I.'s Ascending Solar Sector” ecoRI

“Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U.S.” New York Times

“California Legislature Extends State's Cap-and-Trade Program in Rare Bipartisan Effort to Address Climate Change” Los Angeles Times

“Coal on the Rise in China, US, India After Major 2016 Drop” Providence Journal

“Donald Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Paris Accord in Crushing Blow to Climate Fight” Huffington Post

“Warming of Narragansett Bay Subject of URI Oceanography Series” Providence Journal

“Energy Bills Address Transition Away From Fossil Fuels” ecoRI

Disclaimer: While the intent of this website is not to take a political stance, when there is proven science as is the case with climate change, we will periodically include articles that may have references to political positions. We urge you to read the science as a means to inform your political or apolitical position.

“Early Heat Wave Breaking Records in Northeast Us Cities” Providence Journal

“Wind Power Replaces Block Island's Diesel Addiction” ecoRI

“Most Vulnerable Roads, Bridges to Sea-level Rise Identified” ecoRI

“Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord” New York Times

“People's Climate March Draws Hundreds to the R.I. State House” Providence Journal

“Antarctic Scientists Go Chasing Waterfalls” The Atlantic

“Renewable Energy Could Be Cash Cow for R.I. Farms” ecoRI

“R.I. Sewage Plants Threatened by Rising Tide of Climate Change” Providence Journal

“Ocean State Needs to Plan Now for Extreme Sea-level Rise” ecoRI

“Pictures Show Climate Change's Dramatic Arctic Impact” National Geographic

“How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps” New York Times

“Trump delaying decision on Paris climate deal” Providence Journal

“Ocean State Sea Level Rise Estimate Now above 9 Feet” ecoRI

“2016 Another Record Warm Year; Second Warmest for R.I.” ecoRI

“Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Will Be Built Off Long Island” New York Times

“Trump Prepares Directives Aimed at Dismantling Obama's Climate Rules” Bloomberg

“‘A Sense of Despair’: The Mental Health Cost of Unchecked Climate Change” CBS News

“Maps Show Where Americans Care about Climate Change” Scientific American

“Why Midwestern Wetlands Are Especially Important for Combating Climate Change” Michigan Radio

“9 Things You Can Do About Climate Change” Forbes

“In Final Address, Obama Urges U.S. to Deal with Climate Change” Scientific American

“Wind Energy to Flow to and from Block Island by Spring” ecoRI

“R.I. Climate Report Looks to Spark Action in 2017” ecoRI

“Deepwater Gets OK for Full Throttle at Block Island Wind Farm” Providence Journal

“Eye on Weather: Sea Level Rise Could Have Big Impact in Boston” CBS Boston

“Climate Change Skepticism Fueled by Gut Reaction to Local Weather” Scientific American

“One Turbine Offline but Block Island Wind Farm a Go” ecoRI

“EPA Boss: Here's the Good News about Climate Change (Yes, That Exists)” CNN

“Save the Bay Challenges Army Corps Plan to Elevate Homes” ecoRI

“COP22: Key Outcomes Agreed at the Un Climate Talks in Marrakech” Carbon Brief

“R.I. 'Leading the Charge' in Projecting Risks from Coastal Storms” Providence Journal

“Virtual Reality Shines Light on Ocean Acidification” Stanford Daily

“U.S., China Join Paris Climate Accord” Providence Journal

“Climate Change Is Already Forcing Americans to Move” Bloomberg View

“Federal Program to Fund Elevating South Coast Homes” ecoRI

“Hitting Emissions Targets a Challenge for Rhode Island” ecoRI

“New York Floods Could Be Normal by 2100” Seeker

“Ocean Health is Focus of Environmental Conference in Providence” Providence Journal

“US Not on Track to Meet 2025 Carbon Pollution Cutting Goal” Associated Press

“First Offshore Wind Farm Completed” Providence Journal

“Paris Climate Change Deal Becomes International Law” Providence Journal

“Warmer Waters Might Prevent Baby Lobsters from Surviving” Providence Journal

“EPA Official Announces $4 Million in Grants for Water-Quality, Climate-change Initiatives” Providence Journal

“Obama on Climate Change: The Trends Are 'terrifying'” New York Times

“In Providence, Workshop Focuses on Preparing for Climate Change” Providence Journal

“Warming Oceans Could Mean Boom in Southern New England's Jellyfish Populations” ecoRI

“Climate Change Looms Large in Obama's Final Trip to Asia” Reuters

“More Tropical Fish Arriving in Narragansett Bay Earlier” ecoRI

“Olympics Ceremony Shines Spotlight on Climate Change” Scientific American

“US Military Bases at Risk from Sea Level Rise” Seeker

“North American Forests Unlikely to Save Us From Climate Change, Study Finds” Phys.org

“Extinction Predicted Within 50 Years for Local Sparrow” ecoRI

“Block Island Wind Farm: Building the Turbines One Blade at a Time” Providence Journal

“Maldives Pressuring First-world Countries to Ratify Climate Change Agreement” Nature World News

“Climate Change: The Missing Issue of the 2016 Campaign” The Guardian The inclusion of this article is by no means an endorsement or condemnation of any political party; rather, it is a recognition that this scientifically compelling issue is being given short shrift in an election year. This is of particular note given that concern about climate change is at an 8-year high among all Americans.

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