Is Chicago Ready For More Frequent Arctic Plunges?

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Chicago Snow
Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

Is Chicago Ready For More Frequent Arctic Plunges?

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The U.S. is coming out of an early Arctic plunge.

Reset discusses how more frequent episodes of extreme cold, due to climate change, will affect marginalized peoples and communities.

GUESTS: Karen Weigert is Reset sustainability contributor and vice president at Slipstream, a Chicago-based clean energy innovation non-profit. She served as chief sustainability officer for the City of Chicago.

Margaret Garascia is senior manager of research and innovation at Elevate Energy