Environment

For six months, filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer vowed to eat only food entering the waste stream. They document their experiment, and the problem of food waste, in Just Eat It.

In 'Just Eat It,' Filmmakers Feast For 6 Months On Discarded Food

6:24pm November 18, 2015

by NPR Staff

Roughly 133 billion pounds of food go uneaten each year — much of it still edible. So for a half-year, the two filmmakers behind Just Eat It vowed to eat nothing but food entering the waste stream.

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Environment

Calif. Drought Adds To The Perils Of Endangered Chinook Salmon

6:07am November 18, 2015

by Richard Gonzales

For the second year, there's a diminishing count of juvenile salmon migrating downstream away from their spawning grounds in northern California. The drought isn't the only problem the salmon face.

Paris Climate Conference Represents 'Best Chance' For World To Act

7:26pm November 17, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Todd Stern, the U.S. special envoy for climate change, ahead of the Paris Climate Conference. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss how to slow climate change.

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A traditional fisherman in La Paz, Mexico, who works with SmartFish brings sustainable seafood to market. SmartFish was one of the competitors in last week's Fish 2.0 competition.

Entrepreneurs Pitch Sustainable Seafood Ideas; Investors Take The Bait

5:42pm November 17, 2015

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

At Fish 2.0, entrepreneurs get the chance to sell their ideas for modernizing the industry to a roomful of investors and venture capitalists. It's kind of like TV's Shark Tank — for the fish world.

Wis. Tanker Derailments Revive Debate Over Safest Way To Transport Crude

3:42pm November 16, 2015

by David Schaper

Some worry the Obama administration's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline will lead to a significant increase in the amount of crude being shipped by rail. It can also be shipped by truck.

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Tug Of War Over Obama's Clean Power Plan Takes Center Stage In Colorado

7:43pm November 12, 2015

by Dan Boyce

The Obama administration's Clean Power Plan has divided the states. It requires carbon emission reductions from power plants, and more than two dozen states have sued to stop it. But many others are in favor. This tug of war is playing out in Colorado and could head to the state Supreme Court.

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Rising Sea Levels Threaten Tiny Islands Home To Indigenous Panamanians

4:25pm November 12, 2015

by Jacob McCleland

Sea rise is threatening the way of life for a Panamanian indigenous group that lives on islands off the Caribbean coast. They're now pondering moving back to the mainland and abandoning their way of life.

NPR Amazon Reporting Team Tries To Offset Its Carbon Footprint

1:57pm November 12, 2015

by Stacey Vanek Smith

When we drive, fly or walk, we contribute to carbon emissions that cause global warming. One solution often cited is to pay to heal the harm by underwriting the cost of planting a tree.

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Mike Owen, park biologist at Fakahatchee Strand Preserve in Florida, documents an orchid growing on a cypress tree.

Scientists Work With Cuba To Bring Lost Orchids Back To Florida State Park

7:23am November 11, 2015

by Greg Allen

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve is home to more than 40 native species of orchids; many more were lost to poaching and habitat destruction. Some of those blooms can still be found in Cuba and may return.

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Ivo Cassol is a prominent Brazilian senator from the western state of Rondonia in the Amazon. He made his fortune in timber and cattle ranching. Environmentalists say these activities are responsible for much of the deforestation in the rain forest.

The Amazon, As It Looks To A Man Who Made His Fortune There

3:29pm November 10, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Ivo Cassol is a prominent Brazilian politician who made his money in cattle ranching and logging in the Amazon. He says the world should pay Brazil a lot more if it wants to preserve the rain forest.

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