Can Climate Legislation Pass In Washington's Political Environment?
Audie Cornish talks to U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz the morning after President Obama addressed the U.N. Climate Summit.
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Scientists Step Up Food Fraud Efforts Following Horse Meat Scandal
The latest report in response to the horse meat scandal of 2013 reminds us that the potential for fraud in the food supply is high. But scientists are working to predict and prevent the next incident.
Obama Calls For More Ambitious Approach To Climate Change In U.N. Speech
"There is such a thing as being too late," President Obama says in his address to the U.N. Climate Summit. The White House is touting tools to boost "global resilience" in the face of climate change.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Forsakes Its Legacy
On Monday, at the U.N. climate change conference in New York, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and several dozen other groups will announce their divestment from fossil fuels.
Calderon: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Create Carbon Tax
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon lead a group to encourage heads of state to propel climate change. He discusses the obstacles that block aggressive efforts to curb climate change.
Climate Activists Look For Solutions From Business, Diplomats
Business and corporate leaders are starting to take climate risk seriously enough to put money on the table to do something about it.
Large Protests In Hundreds Of Cities Vent Ire Over Climate Change
The People's Climate March was timed to draw the notice of world leaders gathering for this week's U.N. Climate Summit in New York.
Climate Marchers Try To Build Momentum For 2015
Tens of thousands of people demanding action on climate change are expected to march in New York City, ahead of the UN Climate Summit. Joel Rose speaks with NPR's Wade Goodwyn from the protests.
Organizers Hope U.N. Climate March Will Be Largest In History
Hundreds of thousands are expected at a march in New York City ahead of the United Nations climate summit. Organizers want to send a message to world leaders that it's time to take concrete action.
His Camera Takes Us To The World 'We Must Preserve'
In the new exhibit "Genesis," the noted photographer Sebastiao Salgado shares his vision of "a kind of state of humanity of the planet," from Amazon tribes to frozen Siberia.