Environment

Countries Struggle To Agree On Rules For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

5:53pm December 14, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

As a major climate conference nears its end in Poland, negotiators are still haggling over the rules nations must follow in order to meet their commitments to reduce greenhouse gases.

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Every summer, downy mildew spreads from Florida northward, adapting to nearly every defense pickle growers have in their arsenals and destroying their crops.

Scientists Are Fighting For The Stricken Pickle Against This Tricky Disease

8:02am December 14, 2018

by Carolyn Beans

Downy mildew, once just a nuisance, has evolved into a devastating adversary to the pickle, as it now quickly adapts to fungicides and pickle hybrids, and can lay waste to crops in a matter of days.

Environment

2-Week Climate Conference In Poland Comes To A End

6:59am December 14, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

Among the attendees to this year's climate conference were several major corporations, which are increasingly committed to reducing the emissions of their own operations.

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How The U.S. Can Still Advance Climate Negotiations Under The Trump Administration

4:34pm December 13, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jonathan Pershing, former Special Envoy for Climate Change under President Obama, about how the U.S. can advance climate negotiations under President Trump.

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Just outside of Paradise, the charred remains of the Camp Fire stops just short of a home that survived the blaze.

'Rethinking The Past' In The Aftermath Of California's Deadly Wildfires

7:49pm December 12, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

Last month's deadly Camp Fire has become a turning point in the debate over how western forests should be managed.

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Sea ice is seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft off the northwest coast of Greenland in March 2017. A new report says rapid warming over the past three decades has led to a 95 percent decline of the Arctic's oldest and thickest ice.

Arctic Report Card Documents 'Cascading Effects' Of Warming Ocean Temperatures

7:01pm December 12, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

The U.S. government says warming ocean temperatures and melting ice have resulted in the "most unprecedented transition in history" in the Arctic, leading to extreme weather events across the globe.

What's Wrong With The Argument 'The Climate Is Always Changing'

4:55pm December 12, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with climate scientist Stephanie Herring about why the argument "the climate is always changing" is problematic in explaining the temperature changes around the world today.

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Rhetoric And Reaction: The Trade War In Northern Minnesota

3:50pm December 12, 2018

We spoke with union leaders about what it's like when federal policy affects the only trade in town.

California Gov. Jerry Brown Outlines Challenges In Fight Against Wildfires

6:27pm December 11, 2018

California Gov. Jerry Brown explains the challenges facing his state in trying to prevent more deadly wildfires in coming years.

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Reporter Nate Hegyi helps butcher an elk during a hunting workshop in McCall, Idaho.

OPINION: What My Dad And I Learned In Hunting Class

5:44pm December 11, 2018

by Nate Hegyi

A father and son are part of the majority of Americans who don't hunt and didn't learn from their parents. So they take a class, and learn a little about hunting and a few things about themselves.

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