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The UN climate report found that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) this century is still technically possible. But to keep that possibility alive, the world would have to cut its global greenhouse gas emissions by a whopping 45% from 2010 levels by 2030.
He's got an emblazoned belt and cowboy boots in lieu of a cape, but El Peso Hero is a guardian of our times. Creator and comic artist Héctor González Rodríguez created this superhero, who protects the powerless on the US-Mexico border.
Toward the end of 2018, Central American migrant groups of several thousands of people began journeys towards the United States. Many are fleeing a massive drought that has lasted for five years.
Much of the world's recycling gets shipped to China for processing. But starting Jan. 1, China is enacting much tougher standards for the purity of recycling imports, standards most American, and European, recyclers simply can't meet. And that has recycling piling up throughout the United States.
When it comes to setting climate change policy in the US, kids don't have much of a voice because they can't vote. But they can go to court. So a group of 21 young people are suing the Trump Administration for failing to adequately tackle the climate crisis.
When you think of New York wildlife, whales probably aren’t the first animals that come to mind — but they’re native to the waters around the city, and they're back.
“Let us all come together so we can go as one and move another place instead of flooding out every year because we’re getting older,” says one resident of Pecan Acres, in Pointe Coupee Parish. “We’ll be better off. We won’t got to worry about worrying when the storms come.”
A new report was released today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranks countries for their efforts in addressing environmental issues
BP is working to contain the worst oil spill in US history. It's fouled coastlines of five states. But that fact doesn't quite convey just how big this thing is. The website www.ifitwasmyhome.com superimposes the spill over any location in the world.
Hurricane Sandy has knocked the US election out of the headlines overseas. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Marco Werman, who is in London to report on how the American vote affects people around the globe.
More than 1,000 scientists and government officials recently met in New Orleans to share and discuss the latest research on effects of the BP oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico.
Paniz Asgari grew up playing a Persian form of dodgeball among other Iranian immigrants in America. Now, she's representing the US in international competitions. And it's no longer the stuff of grade-school recess.
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New report ranks environmental efforts
The World
January 23, 2008
A new report was released today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranks countries for their efforts in addressing environmental issues
Environment
Visualize the BP Oil spill
The World
July 12, 2010
BP is working to contain the worst oil spill in US history. It's fouled coastlines of five states. But that fact doesn't quite convey just how big this thing is. The website www.ifitwasmyhome.com superimposes the spill over any location in the world.
Global Warming Commentary
Living on Earth
July 13, 2001
Prince William Sound, Five Years after Exxon Valdez
Living on Earth
March 11, 1994
Grover Norquist Reacts to Obama's Proposed 'Buffett Rule'
The Takeaway
September 19, 2011
Environment
Hurricane Sandy Attracts Global Attention
The World
October 30, 2012
Hurricane Sandy has knocked the US election out of the headlines overseas. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Marco Werman, who is in London to report on how the American vote affects people around the globe.
Research Update on the Impact of BP Oil Spill
Living on Earth
January 25, 2013
More than 1,000 scientists and government officials recently met in New Orleans to share and discuss the latest research on effects of the BP oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
China's ambitious energy goals
The World
July 17, 2009
Join an online discussion with energy expert Julian Wong -- find out whether China is outpacing the US when it comes to energy efficiency.
Environment
Impact of oil spill on US energy policy
The World
May 03, 2010
The Obama administration bans oil drilling in new areas off the U.S. coast while the cause of the oil spill off Louisiana is investigated.
Sports
Dodgeball isn't just an American recess game for this immigrant-athlete
The World
October 14, 2013
Paniz Asgari grew up playing a Persian form of dodgeball among other Iranian immigrants in America. Now, she's representing the US in international competitions. And it's no longer the stuff of grade-school recess.