Jeff Brady

Guadalupe Higuera stands in front of trucks being repaired at his family's shop in Phoenix.

'At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?'

Jeff Brady

"At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an EV?" NPR listener Guadalupe Higuera of Phoenix asked this question and worked with Climate Desk reporter Jeff Brady to answer it.

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NPR wants your big question about reducing your climate impact and saving money

Jeff Brady

As energy prices rise and climate change intensifies, NPR wants to hear your questions about spending decisions you'll make that could reduce climate pollution and save you money.

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ICE officers could remain at airports after TSA workers are paid

Jeff Brady

Even when Transportation Security Administration workers get paid, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could still be present at U.S. airports.

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Class-action lawsuit filed after the Potomac sewage spill

Jeff Brady

A class-action lawsuit has been filed after part of a decades-old sewer line in Maryland collapsed in January, sending raw sewage into the Potomac River. After weather delays, repair work has resumed.

Bhavin Misra and his son, Rumi, attach a solar panel while assembling a plug-in solar kit at their home in Houston.

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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them

Jeff Brady

Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

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Tax credits for solar panels are available, but the catch is you can't own them

Jeff Brady

Rooftop solar installers are steering customers toward leases instead of purchases. Federal tax credits for purchased systems have ended but are still available for leased ones.

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Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight

Jeff Brady, Camila Domonoske

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.