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Politics & Government

Is offshore wind the answer to a greener future in the U.S.?

5:01am November 16, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with engineer Amy Robertson of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory about the Biden administration's push to drastically increase U.S. offshore wind production.

How UN climate conference negotiations are progressing

9:42pm November 15, 2022

by Nathan Rott

The UN climate conference in Egypt is in its second week. Here's an update on how negotiations are progressing.

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World leaders discuss high food and energy costs at the G20 summit

4:27pm November 15, 2022

by Emily Feng

World leaders are discussing high food and energy costs, boosted by Russia's war in Ukraine, at the G20 summit in Bali.

How UN climate conference negotiations are progressing

4:27pm November 15, 2022

by Nathan Rott

The UN climate conference in Egypt is in its second week. Here's an update on how negotiations are progressing.

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The world population reaches 8 billion, posing challenges for climate change

4:27pm November 15, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

The world population reached 8 billion on Tuesday, according to the UN. It credits advances in public health and nutrition. But the milestone also poses challenges for coping with climate change.

Chicken made from animal cells is made into a dish at Upside Foods.

From science fiction to reality, 'no kill' meat may be coming soon

6:23pm November 14, 2022

by Allison Aubrey

The meat of the future may be cultured directly from animal cells without slaughtering livestock. It's not yet sold in the U.S., but NPR got a tour of a leading start-up and a taste of their chicken.

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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is a founding member of the nonprofit that made a tool to track big polluters.

Al Gore helped launch a global emissions tracker that keeps big polluters honest

5:17am November 14, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The online tool tracks power plants, oil refineries, large ships and other sources of greenhouse gases. Gore plans to expand the tracker to observe every major source of emissions.

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Brazil's President-elect Lula will address protection of the Amazon rainforest at COP27

8:01am November 13, 2022

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is heading to the COP27 summit this week, to reassure the world that Amazon rainforest is in safe hands.

Family members of farmer Dattu Narayan Shewal, who committed suicide after a hailstorm hit his village in Marathwada, India, in 2014. Farmers there were planting single cash crops, so a climate-related disaster would wipe out their livelihoods and leave them unable to buy food. Swayam Shikshan Prayog would seek out their families, particularly the women, and help them get back on their feet.

Climate prize winner empowers women in India to become farmers and entrepreneurs

9:31am November 12, 2022

by Kamala Thiagarajan

The group Swayam Shikshan Prayog, which will be recognized today at the U.N. COP27 summit, focuses on the restoration of livelihoods, especially for women, amid the negative impacts of climate change.

Signs like this one, spotted October 26, 2022, are all over northern Gaston County, North Carolina, near where Piedmont Lithium wants to build a 1500-acre lithium mining and processing operation.

A proposed lithium mine presents a climate versus environment conflict

5:02am November 12, 2022

by David Boraks

The U.S. wants to mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries to meet climate change goals. But residents near a proposed open-pit mine object.