The Big Climate Stories of 2018
b'We\\u2019re making a list (and checking it twice) of 2018\\u2019s biggest climate stories, with the help of Vox reporter David Roberts. Roberts notes that while President Trump\\u2019s continued rollbacks of environmental protections made the news, the Green New Deal and ongoing decline in costs of clean energy technologies are the year\\u2019s big stories. For other parts of the country, wildfires and other extreme weather events made the biggest headlines. Greg Dalton talks to some of California\\u2019s leading wildfire experts about how to adapt to the \\u201cnew abnormal\\u201d of more intense and more frequent wildfires.\\n\\nGuests (in order of appearance):\\nDavid Roberts, Staff Writer, Vox\\nJ. Keith Gilles, Chair, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection; Professor of Forest Economics, UC Berkeley\\nMaggi Kelly Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Environmental Science, Policy and Management Department, UC Berkeley\\nThom Porter, Chief of Strategic Planning, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'