Climate

Colorado could stop utility ratepayers from subsidizing the cost of extending service

4:26pm November 03, 2022

by Sam Brasch

In most states, utility ratepayers subsidize the cost of extending service to a new customers. Colorado could join California in getting rid of the incentive as the states work to meet climate goals.

A view of soybeans being planted on a farm in Balfour, South Africa on Oct. 20, 2021. Regenerative agriculture is a loosely defined term, but generally involves promoting on-farm soil health and carbon sequestration through practices like cover cropping and no-tilling.

Big food companies commit to 'regenerative agriculture' but skepticism remains

4:26pm November 03, 2022

by Dana Cronin

Ahead of the U.N. climate change conference, CEOs of huge food corporations, including Mars, PepsiCo and McDonald's, are making regenerative agriculture commitments.

Africa's last remaining glaciers, including on Mount Kilimanjaro, are expected to melt by 2050. The mountain is seen here in 2009.

World News

Glaciers from Yellowstone to Kilimanjaro are predicted to disappear by 2050

3:05pm November 03, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

A new report says glaciers in a third of UNESCO World Heritage sites will disappear. Two-thirds of glaciers in the heritage sites can be saved — but only if carbon emissions are cut quickly, it says.

People wade through floodwaters in Pakistan after heavy monsoon rains this summer. Scientists say climate change helped drive the deadly floods.

Countries hit hardest by climate change need much more money to prepare, U.N. says

1:48pm November 03, 2022

by Michael Copley

Impacts from global warming hit the world's poorest countries hardest, although they're responsible for a relatively small share of climate emissions. They need more money to protect against risks.

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From October to December, Pumpkins For Pigs connects community members across the country with local farms, so their leftover pumpkins can be used for animal feed.

Ready to toss out your pumpkins? Here's how to keep them out of the landfill

1:24pm November 03, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

The U.S. produces billions of pumpkins each year, most of which end up in the trash when Halloween ends. From composting them to putting them out for wildlife to eat, here are some recycling ideas.

Phoebe Plummer, pictured at a demonstration in London's Piccadilly Circus in early October, spoke to Morning Edition about the tactics Just Stop Oil is using to draw attention to the urgency of climate change.

The activist who threw soup on a van Gogh says it's the planet that's being destroyed

9:02am November 01, 2022

by Lilly Quiroz

Phoebe Plummer, a climate activist with Just Stop Oil, speaks with NPR's Morning Edition about what the group wants, and why they're turning to controversial tactics to get it.

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Environment

The Mississippi River's water level is at a record low, which affects grain exports

5:02am November 01, 2022

by Christopher Blank

The Mississippi River is at a record-low level, grounding boats and causing shipping delays. From the Port of Memphis, here's a story about efforts to keep America's largest river open for business.

Drag queen Pattie Gonia's dress was made by Zero Waste Daniel, a designer in Brooklyn, N.Y., who focuses on sustainable clothing and accessories.

Drag queen Pattie Gonia wanted a scary Halloween costume. She went as climate change

10:53pm October 31, 2022

by Halisia Hubbard

Drag queen Pattie Gonia said she wanted a very scary costume for Halloween this year. The scariest thing she came up with is climate change.

Rescuers work to retrieve a body at Maguindanao's Datu Odin Sinsuat town, southern Philippines on Sunday. Victims of a huge mudslide set off by Tropical Storm Nalgae in a coastal Philippine village that had once been devastated by a killer tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran to higher ground toward a mountain and were buried alive, an official said Sunday.

World News

Nearly 100 people are dead and dozens are missing in storm-ravaged Philippines

10:49pm October 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Nearly 100 people have died in a destructive storm, with dozens more feared missing after villagers fled in the wrong direction and got buried in a boulder-laden mudslide.

People walk near the remains of burned homes after Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City on Oct. 31, 2012. Over 50 homes were reportedly destroyed in a fire during the storm.

Environment

A decade after Sandy, hurricane flood maps reveal New York's climate future

10:34am October 29, 2022

National Hurricane Center data for New York City shows development happening in at-risk areas, even as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.