Heating Up: An NPR News Special Report
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.
Environment
Former Coal CEO Blankenship Found Guilty Of Conspiracy In Mine Disaster Case
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
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.
How Obama Hopes To Achieve U.S. Climate Goals
Past U.S. leaders tried to commit the nation via treaty to steep cutbacks in greenhouse gases. But without congressional support, those pledges fizzled. President Obama is trying regulation, instead.
Republican Candidates Slam Obama's Focus On Climate Change
Donald Trump said it's "a ridiculous situation" that the president is spending time confronting climate change while the ISIS threat looms.
World Leaders To Debate Role Of Nuclear Power At U.N. Climate Summit
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Matthew Bunn, a nuclear and energy policy analyst and professor of practice at the Harvard Kennedy School, about the role nuclear power will play in the future. As world leaders meet in Paris for the U.N. climate summit, they discuss if countries are moving away or toward nuclear energy and and given safety and budget concerns, whether atomic power makes sense anymore.
Obama Urges Other Nations To Take Action On Climate Change
In Paris, President Obama made the case for taking action against climate change and addressed the ongoing fight against ISIS.
Businesses Awaken To The Opportunities Of Action On Climate Change
Companies, once seen as an obstacle to or even an enemy of curbing emissions, now realize that tackling climate change can be good for their bottom line.
Facing Rising Waters, A Native Tribe Takes Its Plea To Paris Climate Talks
As international leaders convene in Paris to talk about solutions for climate change, one tribe on the Washington coast reluctantly plans its retreat from the encroaching Pacific Ocean.
Obama On Climate Change: 'I Actually Think We're Going To Solve This Thing'
In a press conference in Paris, Obama said that climate change is probably the hardest kind of problem for politicians to solve, yet despite the hurdles, he's optimistic.