A new climate change report offers something unique: hopeSeptember 26, 2023 2:49 PMBy Jeff Brady Electric vehicles and solar power are growing quickly and offering hope the world could still meet climate change goals.
Toymaker Lego will stick to its quest to find sustainable materials despite failed recycle attemptSeptember 25, 2023 8:31 AMBy The Associated PressDenmark’s Lego says it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work.
Play4min 20secUnited Nations calls for urgent action to protect children's rightsSeptember 21, 2023 4:48 PMBy Paul Huttner and Ngoc BuiThe Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is expanding its electric school bus program using three million dollars from the state’s settlement with Volkswagen over exaggerated fuel efficiency claims.
Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New DealSeptember 20, 2023 12:48 PMBy Eric McDaniel The White House says the program will provide paid training to 20,000 Americans in its first year. It’s much smaller than its New Deal predecessor, but targets a more diverse group of young people.
Thousands expected to march in New York to demand that Biden 'end fossil fuels'September 17, 2023 7:54 AMBy Rachel Waldholz The protest comes after a summer of extreme weather events and just ahead of a U.N. summit aimed at prodding global leaders to cut emissions more quickly.
Play4min 11secPoison ivy is poised to be one of the big winners of a warming worldSeptember 17, 2023 4:00 AMBy Gabrielle Emanuel Rising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels give the toxic vine the oomph it needs to grow earlier, bigger and itchier, scientists say.
Play4min 24secPreparing homes for wildfires is big business that's only getting startedSeptember 15, 2023 4:00 AMBy Alina Selyukh Climate change, technological leaps, panicked insurers, the shifting sense of responsibility: All are powering the still-nascent, but fast-growing industry of preparing homes for wildfires.
Play46min 13sec The climate crisis is causing climate anxietySeptember 13, 2023 12:14 PMBy Angela Davis and Matt AlvarezMPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the mental health impact of climate change on young adults and what can be done to help ease climate anxiety.
Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate changeSeptember 12, 2023 2:30 PMBy Chloe Veltman The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.
Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito controlSeptember 10, 2023 2:12 PMBy The Associated PressAt the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, working on the front lines of mosquito control can be a prickly job. A technician volunteered to stick her arm into a glass tank to give scores of the insects a chance to feed on her blood. It was all in the name of sustaining a species important for research.