Extreme Weather Means Extreme Food Prices Worldwide, Aid Agency Warns
Reducing greenhouse gases and saving the polar bears tend to dominate discussions on climate change. But to the booming world population, one climate change issue may be even more pressing – hunger.A...
View ArticleColorado's Chimney Rock Gets National Designation
The Obama administration has named Chimney Rock, in Colorado as a new national monument. The ancient people who lived there were a little bit like modern Americans — they had an elite class and a 99...
View ArticleChimney Rock Becomes Newest National Monument
President Obama named a new national monument on Friday: Chimney Rock in southwestern Colorado. With two sandstone spires soaring from a mesa, not only is Chimney Rock a spectacular place; it also...
View ArticleOn The Campaign Trail, Regulations Dominate The Environmental Debate
In previous elections, candidates from both parties have campaigned on pledges to be environmental presidents.
View ArticleMillions Without Power As Sandy Makes Landfall
Sandy hit the East Coast on Monday and knocked out power for millions of people. Utility companies face major challenges to get power back online after the massive storm.
View ArticleSmart Power Grid May Have Lessened Sandy's Impact
Old age and a new threat — climate change — are putting a strain on the East Coast's power infrastructure after Sandy.
View ArticleLoophole Lets Toxic Oil Water Flow Over Indian Land
The air reeks so strongly of rotten eggs that tribal leader Wes Martel hesitates to get out of the car at an oil field on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. He already has a headache from the fumes...
View ArticleEPA Bans BP From Bidding On Federal Contracts
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that it is temporarily banning BP from doing new business with the federal government. The agency cites BP's lack of business integrity as a...
View ArticleScientists Mourn Popular Wolf Shot By A Hunter
The most popular wolf in Yellowstone National Park was shot by a hunter last week, a big blow to scientists and many wildlife enthusiasts who loved following her story."She was very recognizable, and...
View ArticleTexas Man Takes Last Stand Against Keystone XL Pipeline
An east Texas landowner was so determined to block the Keystone XL pipeline from coming through his forest that he took to his trees and built an elaborate network of treehouses eight stories above the...
View ArticleElectric Companies Surprising Winners In New Tax Package
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. The new last-minute tax deal cobbled together by Congress and...
View ArticleDeep In Canadian Lakes, Signs Of Tar Sands Pollution
Canadian researchers have used the mud at the bottom of lakes like a time machine to show that tar sands oil production in Alberta, Canada, is polluting remote regional lakes as far as 50 miles from...
View ArticleCoal Loses Crown As King Of Power Generation
Just a few years ago, Georgia Power generated nearly three-fourths of its electricity with coal. Last year, for the first time, natural gas edged out coal, and just this week the company announced...
View ArticleUnderstanding Climate Change, With Help From Thoreau
Modern scientists trying to understand climate change are engaged in an unlikely collaboration — with two beloved but long-dead nature writers: Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold.The authors of...
View ArticleIn Second Inaugural, Obama Makes Climate A Priority
President Obama pulled out a surprise in his inaugural address on Monday. After barely mentioning climate change in his campaign, he put it on his short list of priorities for his second term."We will...
View ArticleOutgoing Energy Secretary Warns Of Dangers Of Climate Change
Secretary Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who came into office with high hopes. He was selected to help the president pursue his green energy agenda and fight climate change. It turned out to be...
View ArticleProtesters Call On Obama To Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
Tens of thousands of protesters turned out on the National Mall Sunday to encourage President Obama to make good on his commitment to act on climate change.In his Inaugural address from outside the...
View ArticleState Department Finds No Major Objections To Keystone XL Pipeline Proposal
The State Department released its environment assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday. Melissa Block talks to Elizabeth Shogren.
View ArticleAfter Keystone Review, Environmentalists Vow To Continue Fight
Environmentalists have a hope.If they can block the Keystone XL pipeline, they can keep Canada from developing more of its dirty tar sands oil.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists, Drillers Reach 'Truce' For Fracking Standards
A group of environmentalists and drilling companies has crafted a truce of sorts over the rapid spread of natural gas production in the Appalachian Basin. Four major drilling companies and several...
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