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TribCast: Extreme heat and the toll of climate change on Texas

In this week’s episode, we speak with The Texas Tribune’s climate reporter Erin Douglas about why it’s been so hot in Texas and examine the long-term implications as climate change shifts the entire range of Texas heat upward.

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Jackson Maniradukunda, 20, runs sprints while working out in the early morning at Yellow Jacked Stadium at Eastside Early College High School in Austin on June 28, 2023.
Jackson Maniradukunda, 20, runs sprints while working out in the early evening on June 28 at Yellow Jacket Stadium at Eastside Early College High School in Austin. Credit: Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune

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In this week’s episode, we speak with The Texas Tribune’s climate reporter Erin Douglas about why it’s been so hot in Texas lately — and the weather’s deadly toll — and examine the long-term implications as climate change shifts the entire range of Texas heat upward.

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