The idea that people will move to Western New York because of climate change is not simply a future possibility; turns out, it's already happening. The numbers are small, but could portend a much more significant surge in the future, assuming trends aren't arrested.
We meet a group of people who chose the Rochester area after dealing with wildfires and other climate impacts on the west coast. Our guests:
- Jasmin Singer, climate migrant from California, Weekend Edition host at WXXI News, author of “The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan” and “Always Too Much and Never Enough,” and co-founder of the podcast, “Our Hen House”
- Moore Rhys, climate migrant from California, and assistant director of the Office of the Human Research Protection Program at UCLA
- Melissa Ray, climate migrant from Oregon
- Nate Salpeter, climate migrants from California, and co-founder of Sweet Farm, a nonprofit animal sanctuary
