Environment

Climate change is having an adverse effect on South Carolina's Low Country

7:29am November 01, 2021

by Rachel Martin

On the coast of the eastern U.S., a combination of climate change and development is threatening the fertile fishing grounds and salt marshes that have sustained and protected the region.

News brief: climate summit, Texas abortion case, Rittenhouse trial

6:13am November 01, 2021

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in two challenges to a Texas law that bans most abortions. Jury selection begins Monday in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial. The U.N. climate summit is underway.

Activist Sufian Khatun worries that more frequent cyclones, triggered by climate change, will make her community in Bangladesh uninhabitable. Storm surges bring saline water into the river in the southwest part of the country where she lives, taking a tol

They call it 'climate injustice.' Here's how Sufia Khatun of Bangladesh is fighting it

8:43am October 31, 2021

by Dan Charles

Cyclones come more often and the sea is rising, says this activist. Livelihoods and lives are threatened. Here's what she'd like to tell the nations gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit.

The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass, Texas in 2016.

Despite their climate pledges, the U.S. and others export huge amounts of fossil fuels

7:00am October 31, 2021

by Jeff Brady

Under the Paris climate deal, exports of oil, gas and coal don't count toward a country's emissions. That's coming in for scrutiny as leaders gather for another global climate summit.

President Biden poses for a selfie with first responders who joined world leaders Saturday for the traditional family photo at the G-20 summit in Rome.

The G-20 gets together for the 1st time since the pandemic. Here's what you missed

6:22pm October 30, 2021

by Ayesha Rascoe

It's been two years since the heads of most leading economies met in person. "We can finally look at the future with great — or with some — optimism," said Italy's Mario Draghi, the summit host.

The U.S. wants to cut its own emissions, but plans to keep exporting fossil fuels

4:29pm October 29, 2021

by Jeff Brady

Even as the U.S. aims to cut climate-warming emissions at home, it still exports huge amounts of natural gas, oil and coal. That's coming in for scrutiny ahead of another global climate summit.

A chart showing the large gap between greenhouse gas emissions under current policies and emissions needed to limit warming to around 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.

Environment

These 4 charts explain why the stakes are so high at the U.N. climate summit

3:43pm October 29, 2021

How hot will the planet get? What nations negotiate at the international climate summit will help determine that. Here are 4 things to know about what's being decided.

When it comes to talking to your kids about climate change, the most important thing is to be willing to have the conversation.

Environment

Learn to live more sustainably with this podcast playlist

10:07am October 29, 2021

Many of us are anxious about climate change, and that's understandable. While no one person can solve this global issue, there are some things that we, as individuals, can play a role in.

House panel questions oil executives over industry's part in climate disinformation

6:23am October 29, 2021

NPR's A Martínez talks to Kert Davies of the Climate Investigations Center about House lawmakers questing oil executives about alleged disinformation concerning fossil fuels' effect on global warming.

Environment

Britain plans to phase out coal. Why then are there plans to open a new mine?

7:28am October 28, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

There are plans to open the U.K.'s first new coal mine in three decades — just as the government is trying to tout its environmental record as host of the U.N.'s climate meeting.