Climate

September 25, 2019 12:00 AM

Tom Friedman of New York Times speaks about global, local challenges

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Tom Friedman speaks at the University of Minnesota about ways to face our global and local challenges.

by MPR News Staff

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September 24, 2019 4:00 AM

As personal challenge, writer makes climate change a mainstream literary topic

Writer Amitav Ghosh chided the literary world of writers, critics and readers to take climate change seriously and make it a central topic. While his new novel “Gun Island” does that, it’s also a page turner.

by Euan Kerr

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September 23, 2019 2:31 PM

'This is all wrong,' Greta Thunberg tells world leaders at U.N. climate session

"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school, on the other side of the ocean," activist Greta Thunberg tells leaders at a U.N. climate conference.

by Bill Chappell

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September 23, 2019 4:09 AM

U.N. climate summit sets stage for new national emissions promises

Humanity is not on track to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. Delegations from nearly 200 countries are meeting to discuss promises they made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

by Rebecca Hersher

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September 22, 2019 8:39 PM

'Deficit of trust': At U.N., leaders of a warming world gather

The planet is getting hotter, and tackling that climate peril will grab the spotlight as world leaders gather for their annual meeting at the United Nations this week facing an undeniable backdrop: rising tensions from the Persian Gulf to Afghanistan and increasing nationalism, inequality and intolerance.

by The Associated Press

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September 20, 2019 4:11 PM

Photos: Students strike for climate change action

Thousands of young protesters left school Friday to join the global climate strike in more than a dozen Minnesota cities — from Bemidji to Rochester. The protesters are demanding immediate action on climate change and major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

by Elizabeth Dunbar and Christine T. Nguyen

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September 20, 2019 4:38 AM

Mass 'climate strike' protests held around the world ahead of U.N. summit

Rallies calling for net zero carbon emissions saw hundreds of thousands turn out in Australia, with similar demonstrations planned for the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and dozens of other countries.

by Scott Neuman

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September 20, 2019 4:00 AM

Minnesota students striking for climate change share hopes, fears for future

Walkouts and protests are taking place in cities across the state as part of a global youth movement to urge climate action. We asked students from throughout the region why they’re participating.

by Dan Gunderson, Elizabeth Dunbar and Christine T. Nguyen

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September 20, 2019 4:00 AM

New power generation: Rural co-op makes bet on wind, solar hybrid

A Minnesota company wants to build small renewable electric generating plants across the state, expanding local power generation. The first such hybrid wind-and-solar site is on line in western Minnesota. It’s saving the local power distribution cooperative money, but there are barriers to expanding the concept across the state.

by Dan Gunderson