To Go Green, Bars Try To Reuse Their Booze
Bartenders are finding novel ways to reuse leftover wine and spent ingredients from cocktail-making. It's just one part of a nascent movement toward sustainability in the industry.
Environment
Paris Climate Change Negotiators Need More Time
Delegates from nearly 200 countries will continue to talk past the original Friday night deadline, and hope to have an agreement Saturday. Conflicts over money and oversight remain as sticking points.
At Climate Change Conference, More Time Is Needed To Reach A Deal
Negotiations at the Paris climate summit will be wrapping up soon and a global agreement is expected this weekend. A deal signed in Paris would come into being in 2020.
Environmental Activists Adjust Their Tactics Since First Climate Talks
It's been 17 years since the Koyto climate talks. What have environmental groups learned about advocacy, lowering expectations and the realities of international politics, government and business?
How To Stay Carbon-Neutral When Getting To Paris Is Carbon-Costly
Tens of thousands of people flew to Paris for the U.N. climate summit. Flying emits a lot of carbon. How to deal with the contradiction? NPR's Ari Shapiro finds one answer. It cost a dollar.
Postcard From Paris: Meet The Matchmaker Of Clean Technology
The Climate Technology Centre and Network is like a green-tech dating agency. Nations with problems are matched with those that have solutions. More than 40 countries so far submitted help requests.
Dear U.N., Why Is It Mainly A Man's World At The Climate Conference?
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told women to "get cross" if they see gender inequality. The male-female ratio at the Paris Climate Conference makes our writers very "cross."
Scientific Evidence Doesn't Support Global Warming, Sen. Ted Cruz Says
There's a huge partisan divide on the issue of global warming in the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to the Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate about his views on climate change.
Deadline Nears For Negotiators To Reach Deal On Climate Change
At the U.N. climate summit in Paris, negotiators have 48 hours until their deadline to reach a deal on global warning. NPR has the latest from the summit.
North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins Dies In Kayaking Accident In Chile
Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72.