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‘This Is All Wrong,’ Greta Thunberg Tells World Leaders At U.N. Climate Session
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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“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.
U.N. Climate Summit Sets Stage For New National Emissions Promises
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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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.
To Slow Global Warming, U.N. Warns Agriculture Must Change
By: Rebecca Hersher | Allison Aubrey | NPR
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The way we produce food and manage land must change radically if humans hope to avoid catastrophic global temperature rise, according to a new report by the United Nations panel on climate change.
Birds Are Trying To Adapt To Climate Change — But Is It Too Little, Too Late?
By: Pien Huang | NPR
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By breeding and migrating earlier, some birds are adapting to climate change. But it’s probably not happening fast enough for some species to survive, according to new research.
Small Towns Fear They Are Unprepared For Future Climate-Driven Flooding
By: Rebecca Hersher | NPR
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The central U.S. just experienced the most widespread river flooding ever recorded there. Flood defenses in major cities largely performed well, but many smaller communities were simply overwhelmed.
Winter Storms To Heat Waves, How Better Climate Data Can Make Us More Prepared
By: Joe Wertz | NPR
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Scientists are getting more and better data on our changing climate. Now, there’s a push to use it to help people cope with the extremes we know are coming.
Schuneman Symposium on Photojournalism and New Media
“The Big Story” brings together journalists who are covering the big stories in the news today: heroin, climate change, the border wall, California wildfires, the Mueller investigation, the Rohingya refugee… Read More
Skipping School To Protest Climate Change
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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Students around the country are skipping class Friday to protest inaction on climate change. It’s part of a wave of pressure by young people as Democrats struggle to agree on a climate policy.
Southeast Ohio Ecological Food & Farming Association meeting
The OEFFA Southeast Ohio (SEOH) chapter, a grassroots voice for OEFFA members from Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, Vinton, and Washington counties, welcomes farmers, gardeners,… Read More
2018 Was Earth’s Fourth-Hottest Year On Record, Scientists Say
By: Christopher Joyce | NPR
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The last five years are also the five hottest years on record for average global temperature, according to scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
2018 Was A Milestone Year For Climate Science (If Not Politics)
By: Christopher Joyce | NPR
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2018 saw a string of more precise — and dire — assessments that a warming climate is affecting the weather. That didn’t keep President Trump and others from questioning those scientific conclusions.
Can Southeast Ohio Afford Climate Change?
By: Liam Niemeyer
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Four girls sit on a black leather couch a few feet in front of Rana Bartee’s heavy-duty camera, surrounded by fake pine trees, artificial snow and holiday decorations in the… Read More
What You Need To Know About The New U.S. Climate Assessment
By: Jennifer Ludden | Christopher Joyce | NPR
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The Trump administration released a major climate assessment on Black Friday, forecasting devastating economic affects for the U.S. Here are the key takeaways.
Environmental Group Says Greenhouse Gas Reduction Result Of Obama Policies, Not Trump
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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The Trump Administration is touting a new report that shows a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions nationwide. But Ohio environmental advocates say the celebration will be short-lived because of President… Read More
Impossible? The Bleeding Veggie Burger
By: Julie Grant | The Allegheny Front
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Few things have as big an impact on our environment as the food we eat. Agriculture accounts for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. And beef production, in particular, uses… Read More
Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Coal-producing states are preparing for arguments next month in the federal appeals court case known as West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to limit greenhouse… Read More
OU Officials & Community Emphasize Environment
By: Liam Niemeyer
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The new community organization Ohio University Climate Action Now and the university-sponsored Ohio University Campus Climate Task Force are taking steps this upcoming week to address environmental sustainability. Ohio University… Read More