Ben Tracy
Senior National and Environmental Correspondent at CBS News
@CBSNews Senior National & Environmental Correspondent + writer & question-asker + traveler + @MarquetteU grad #BeTheDifference #ClimateEmergency
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Jun 3, 2024 |
cbsnews.com | Ben Tracy |Paulina Smolinski
Billions of cicadas are emerging across about 16 states in the Southeast and Midwest. Periodical cicadas used to reliably emerge every 13 or 17 years, depending on their brood. But in a warming world where spring conditions arrive sooner, climate change is messing with the bugs' internal alarm clocks.
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Aug 29, 2023 |
cbsnews.com | Ben Tracy |Elizabeth Campbell |Kerry Breen |Costanza Maio
After the deadly fires on Maui killed over a hundred people and destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, officials told people looking to travel to the Hawaiian island to stay away. Now, as the economic toll of the fires grows, that message has changed. West Maui is losing about nine million dollars a day, and the rest of the island is feeling the impact. Gina Dello, a cafe owner in South Maui, said that business at her establishment came to a screeching halt in the wake of the fires.
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Jul 28, 2023 |
cbsnews.com | Ben Tracy |Kerry Breen |Chris Spinder
It may look like something from a low budget science-fiction movie, but this underwater robot could help accelerate a high-tech future. The batteries that power electric vehicles are made from various metals, including copper, cobalt and nickel. The materials are also used to build solar panels, wind turbines and smartphones.
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Jun 18, 2023 |
cbsnews.com | Ben Tracy
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Jun 18, 2023 |
yahoo.com | Ben Tracy
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