Environment

Columbia Journalism Report Criticizes Exxon CEO's Position On Climate Change

4:30pm December 13, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Susanne Rust, senior reporter and director of the Energy and Environment Reporting Project at Columbia University, about Exxon Mobil's climate change policies under the leadership of CEO Rex Tillerson, who is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state.

When they are gorging themselves, the maggots' metabolic heat can reach 130 degrees.

National

For These Entrepreneurs, Cutting Food Waste Starts In A Maggot Bucket

10:09am December 13, 2016

by Luke Runyon

Instead of letting food rot, some entrepreneurs want to use it to feed insects, which can then nourish livestock. But federal regulations have been slow to catch up to the growth of insect farms.

Thirty years ago, when the grass grew tall, cashmere goats made up 19 percent of all livestock in Mongolia. Since then, their numbers have skyrocketed to make up 60 percent today.

How Your Cashmere Sweater Is Decimating Mongolia's Grasslands

10:41pm December 09, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

Mongolian goats produce the world's highest quality cashmere wool, and international demand has soared. There's a problem, though. These goats are turning the country into an ecological wasteland.

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Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Vow To Fight Through Fierce Winter

6:33pm December 09, 2016

by Tim Nelson

The teeth of winter are closing on the makeshift camp in North Dakota where demonstrators are trying to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Some are heeding tribal calls to leave, while others are digging in. But the company building the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline was in federal court Friday, trying to overturn a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers blocking the project.

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Advocates File Complaint Over Hog Farm Pollution Inspections

3:07pm December 09, 2016

by Associated Press and Sean Bueter

Environmentalists say they're trying to force Gov.

The epicenter of Thursday's earthquake was about 100 miles off the coast of Northern California.

Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Shakes California

6:19pm December 08, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was about 100 miles off the coast and that there was no risk of a tsunami. Residents in Ferndale, Calif., said they felt the earth "roll" under them.

Giraffe Now Listed As 'Vulnerable' To Extinction As Population Plummets

11:50am December 08, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature says the giraffe population has declined by as much as 40 percent in the past 30 years and could face extinction if the trend is not reversed.

Land and sea temperatures were above average in most parts of the world last year, as seen in this graphic from NOAA.

Weather Channel To Breitbart.com: Don't Use Our Content To Mislead On Climate Change

4:34pm December 07, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Weather Channel published an article telling the right-wing news site, "The next time you write a climate change article and need fact checking help, please call."

Trump Selects Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt To Run The EPA

4:32pm December 07, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the incoming administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt is a self-avowed opponent of what he calls "the EPA's activist agenda."

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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt arrives for meetings with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York City.

Trump Reportedly Picks Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt To Lead EPA

3:58pm December 07, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Pruitt has made no secret of his disdain for the Environmental Protection Agency — his official biography calls him "a leading advocate against the EPA's activist agenda."