Greenhouse Gas Emissions Show No Signs Of Peaking, U.N. Report Says The U.N. Environment Program has released its annual Emissions Gap Report. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to international climate policy expert Elliot Diringer about the findings.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Still Rising, U.N. Report Says A United Nations report warns that greenhouse gas emissions from the world's largest economies must drop dramatically in the next decade to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Rebecca Hersher
Lighting Industry's Future Dims As Efficient LED Bulbs Take Over More efficient light bulbs are cheaper and longer-lasting than ever. But while that's good for consumers, it can be tough for an industry that's also facing shifting regulations. Jeff Brady
Hopes abound for early ski season With snow in the forecast for higher elevations, skiers are hopeful the season could start soon. Eilís O'Neill
Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change The game was delayed for about an hour Saturday when students stormed the field after half-time calling on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies. Sam Gringlas
Climate Planners Turn To Virtual Reality And Hope Seeing Is Believing The threat of climate change and the efforts needed to adapt to it are hard to comprehend. One Maryland community hopes it can be a model for communicating the risk and prompting action. Nathan Rott
Environmental Activists Say Lebanon's Government Has Failed To Regulate Polluters Lebanon is suffering from environmental devastation. With activists alleging the government is failing to regulate the polluters, some Lebanese citizens are taking matters into their own hands. Ruth Sherlock
In Australia, Stubborn Fires Shroud Cities In Smoke, Char Terrain And Menace Koalas The blazes in one state alone have consumed an area about eight times the size of Los Angeles, and other fires have erupted across Australia. Amid drought and dry months to come, it could get worse. Julie McCarthy
'Maybe It Will Destroy Everything': Pakistan's Melting Glaciers Cause Alarm Pollution and global warming are causing glaciers to melt and form unstable lakes in the north of the country. NPR visits a valley where farms were destroyed by glacial floods. Diaa Hadid
Sorry, climate: Washington state's carbon emissions stay stubbornly high Washington state’s carbon emissions remain stubbornly high, despite the efforts of Gov. Jay Inslee and others to rein in the climate-wrecking pollution, according to the latest numbers from the Washington Department of Ecology. John Ryan
