Climate choices

The Associated Press ^ | November 19, 2025 | BY CALEIGH WELLS (D-AP)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

As climate change threatens our planet, AP climate choices reporter Caleigh Wells is explaining what readers can do. Here’s what she said:

Climate change stories can be devastating — frustrating policy fights, environmental destruction, public health disasters — and my fellow AP climate reporters are great at telling them.

That’s not my job.

I cover “climate choices.” I tell readers how their actions impact the planet. It’s important for two reasons: First, if we’re going to tackle this big existential climate threat, we have to know how, and 2) climate news sparks dread and anxiety. And the best antidotes I’ve found are accessible solutions that empower readers to participate.

For years, I told those stories from my hometown, Los Angeles. But the thing is, I’m hearing stories mostly reported from the coasts. The Midwesterners and Great Lakes region dwellers deserve to hear themselves in stories, too. So this year, I walked the walk, moved to Cleveland, and started writing about climate choices that I hoped would resonate with them.

I’m out here walking the walk, right? I’m not looking for the best example of climate-friendly living. I want an example of a typical, single-family Cleveland home in an old neighborhood. Something imperfect, and relatable and average. So, I wrote about my house. I’ve since installed insulation and a car charger. I’ve turned the thermostat down and I’m saving up for solar panels. It’s not perfect. But it’s a start.

That’s what the climate choices beat is all about: efforts by imperfect people with imperfect resources in imperfect circumstances. And what better proof of that endeavor than to show readers that I’m learning right along with them?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; hoax; journalism; lunatics; media; press; propaganda

[TheRake]

All bullshit.