Environment

Morning News Brief: Trump On Paris Climate Deal, U.K. Elections

8:26am June 01, 2017

President Trump is set to announce on Thursday whether he wants to keep the U.S. in the Paris climate agreement. And campaigns for the U.K.'s Parliament are closer than expected.

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The State Of The Great Barrier Reef

5:04am June 01, 2017

by Rob Schmitz

A new paper says coral bleaching episodes due to climate change have made irreversible changes to the world's coral reefs. The challenge now is to keep them alive with good governance.

President Trump Expected To Make Decision On Paris Climate Accord

4:41pm May 31, 2017

President Trump is expected to make a decision regarding whether or not the U.S. will pull out of the Paris climate accord. NPR takes a look at the potential political and environmental impacts of leaving the agreement.

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Chief Climate Negotiator Warns Against Consequences Of Leaving Paris Accord

4:41pm May 31, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Todd Stern, former United States special envoy for climate change, about President Trump's likely withdrawal from the Paris climate accord. Stern led the negotiations for this deal.

Scientists Urge Governments To Protect Coral Reefs From Climate Change

4:41pm May 31, 2017

by Rob Schmitz

A paper published in Nature by the world's top scientists says climate change is making irreversible changes to the world's coral reefs, and the role before governments is to steer coral reefs in a way that maintains their biological functions.

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President Trump greets EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, a Paris accord critic, in March prior to signing an order that reverses the Obama-era climate change policies.

Trump Has Multiple Escape Routes From Paris Climate Accord

2:58pm May 31, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump is nearing a decision on whether to pull out of the Paris climate agreement and has been meeting this week with competing voices in his Cabinet.

U.N. Official Says Pulling Out Of Paris Climate Deal Will Cost Jobs

8:17am May 31, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks with U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim, who says the U.S. would lose out on green jobs if President Trump pulls out of the Paris climate agreement.

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A First Nations rally participant in Toronto, Canada, December 2012.

Opinion: My First-Nations Identity Feels More Like An Absence

1:21pm May 30, 2017

by Benjamin Doxtdator

Indigenous stories are ongoing, not simply legends from the past. I don't want my students to have the distorted idea that First Nations people have vanished or are not "modern."

Monitoring Endangered Species With Phones And Drones

12:52pm May 30, 2017

by Eddie Garcia

Here's the idea: people see animal footprints in the wild more often than they see actual animals.

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Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., earlier this month.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Shut Down In 2019

12:31pm May 30, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The company that owns the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, site of the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history, says the facility will be closed unless the state of Pennsylvania decides to bail it out.