Environment

Postcard From Paris: Meet The Matchmaker Of Clean Technology

5:49pm December 10, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

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.

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Delegates attend a plenary session at the COP21 United Nations Climate Conference.

Dear U.N., Why Is It Mainly A Man's World At The Climate Conference?

5:12pm December 10, 2015

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

10:00pm December 09, 2015

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.

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Deadline Nears For Negotiators To Reach Deal On Climate Change

9:56pm December 09, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

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.

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Douglas Tompkins started The North Face in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood in 1966. He later eschewed the business world to focus on environmentalism, purchasing large swaths of land for conservation in Chile and Argentina.

North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins Dies In Kayaking Accident In Chile

5:40pm December 09, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72.

President Obama addresses the opening ceremony of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) on Nov. 30.

Much Of The World Perplexed That Climate Debate Continues In U.S.

5:23pm December 09, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The 20th century's biggest carbon emitter is also one of the few advanced democracies where climate change is not accepted as fact. This makes it hard for some to trust U.S. efforts on the issue.

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De Brum says that the long-term goal of the climate summit, keeping temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius, would still be a disaster for his country. Its slogan is "1.5 to stay alive." He's shown here at a 2013 climate meeting in the Marshall Isla

For The Marshall Islands, The Climate Goal Is '1.5 To Stay Alive'

5:22pm December 09, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

The islands have more to lose than most any country at the Paris climate summit. Some territory is already disappearing under rising seas. The foreign minister explains the predicament.

Environmentalists Sound Alarm On Proposed Drilling Near Florida Everglades

4:18pm December 09, 2015

by Greg Allen

The National Park Service is weighing a Texas company's proposal to do seismic oil testing in the Big Cypress National Preserve. But some worry it will open the door for fracking in the Everglades.

A coal mound stands outside a Kentucky Utilities Co. station.

India To U.S.: Cut Back On Your Consumption!

9:54am December 09, 2015

by Julie McCarthy

The Paris climate talks are said to be the best chance in 20 years to reach a global treaty. But India argues little will change unless fossil-fuel-reliant rich countries change their habits.

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The Sticking Point: U.N. Climate Delegates To Debate Financial Measures

9:37pm December 08, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Rachel Kyte, special envoy for climate change for the World Bank, who explains the push-pull between rich and poor countries over financing measures to stop climate change.

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