1A Across America: Renewable Energy And Resistance
The push for renewable energy is dividing some communities in parts of the country where wind energy has major potential.
Environment
Unilever Vows To Reduce Plastic Packaging Use By 2025
Environmentalists praised the company, but also asked that it commit to more robust reforms to its plastic usage.
'Extreme Weather Will Tell This Truth': Climate Protests Erupt In Major Cities
Hundreds of protesters were arrested in London, Amsterdam and New York, among other cities. "Extreme weather will tell this truth for us unless the Government does it for us first," organizers said.
How A Small English Town Spurred The Group That's Reshaping Global Climate Protests
The town of Stroud has long been an incubator for activism. Last year, it gave rise to the group Extinction Rebellion, which has rallied thousands globally to demand action on climate change.
Fight To Slow Climate Change Produces New Wave Of British Activists
In an activist town in the English countryside, parents have sparked a global movement by planning law-breaking disruptions so their Brexit-consumed politicians will focus on stopping climate change.
The Gulf Of Maine Is Warming, And Its Whales Are Disappearing
Waters off the coast of Maine are warming faster than 99 percent of the world's oceans. That's forcing whales northward in pursuit of prey, threatening some of their already dwindling populations.
Ocean Cleanup Project Finally Collects Plastic From Great Pacific Garbage Patch
That giant pile of plastic trash in the ocean just got a little smaller. Dutch inventor Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup project recently collected its first plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
'We Need Support': Pacific Islands Seek Help And Unity To Fight Climate Change
They are urging the international community for more resources to help manage climate change and calling for larger countries to cut their carbon emissions.
Climate Change In Canada's Yukon
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Paul Josie, a member of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, about how climate change in Canada's Yukon territory is affecting his community.
New Research: China Is Winning Some Health-Care Battles — And Losing Others
A suite of new research shows the country beating infectious diseases over the last two decades. But deaths from lifestyle-related diseases like cancer and diabetes are on the rise.