Environment

Climate Deal Contributions Focus On Deforestation Limits

7:57am December 05, 2015

Talks have been held under the Lima-Paris Action Agreement aimed at galvanizing action on climate. One of the areas where there's been progress has been on reducing deforestation.

U.N. Delegates Confront The Cost Of Stopping Climate Change

7:23pm December 04, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

Climate conferences over the past decade have foundered on finance, especially on who's going to pay for the huge cost of shifting away from fossil fuels. Most difficult is the disconnect between developing countries, who want money from the rich countries, and the reluctance by those rich countries to agree to open-ended commitments. Moreover, getting risk averse private investors into the new green energy market is turning into a big obstacle in Paris.

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Fake Climate Change Ads Aim To Point Out Corporate Hypocrisy

6:36pm December 04, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

As the climate change conference opened in Paris, ads appeared around the city, many from sponsors of the conference — or were they? The ads looked genuine, but the messages were a bitingly satirical.

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Atlanta's Mayor Highlights Local Effects Of Climate Change At Paris Summit

3:27pm December 04, 2015

by Molly Samuel

Atlanta's mayor wants to convince businesses that the city is a regional leader on climate change initiatives. But, in a city whose efforts are contradicted by its state, how much can the mayor do?

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Netherlands Shares Climate Change Advice With Poorer Countries

3:26pm December 04, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Most of the low-lying coastal countries suffering the consequences of climate change are poor. The Netherlands breaks that mold, and offers advice from its centuries of flood control to other nations.

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Effort To Build The World's Biggest Telescope Hits A Big Snag

1:44pm December 04, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Project officials say they're assessing what to do after Hawaii's Supreme Court invalidated their building permit.

Bangladesh is facing drought, cyclones and floods. This expanse of water, photographed in September 2014, was a field the month before. It's in the Kalashuna village in Gaibandha district.

They Need Millions — Make That Billions — To Cope With Climate Change

11:43am December 04, 2015

by Vicky Hallett

Developing countries are often located in the parts of the world that are most vulnerable. Here's what's on their wish list at the Paris conference.

A piece of ice floats in Los Glaciares National Park in Santa Cruz province, Argentina.

Environment

Heating Up: An NPR News Special Report

3:37pm December 03, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro hosts a 1-hour special on the science, politics and diplomacy of climate change ahead of the U.N. Climate Conference in Paris.

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Federal prosecutors said Don Blankenship operated Massey Energy as a "lawless enterprise." He's seen here leaving a federal courthouse in Charleston, W.Va., on Nov. 17, when the jury began deliberations.

Former Coal CEO Blankenship Found Guilty Of Conspiracy In Mine Disaster Case

2:10pm December 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was acquitted of two other counts, meaning he'll face far less than the potential 30-year prison sentence prosecutors had sought.

ExxonMobil, Columbia University Clash Over Student Journalists' Reports

9:14pm December 02, 2015

by David Folkenflik

The students' articles, published by the Los Angeles Times, helped to bring attention to whether the energy firm misled investors and the public about the risks associated with climate change.

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