Carolyn Beeler

Environment Reporter

Recent Stories

What a Justice Kavanaugh could mean for climate change

July 11, 2018

Kavanaugh believes climate change is a threat, but takes a narrow interpretation of the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Environment

How do we process doom-and-gloom climate news? How should we?

PRI's The World

June 21, 2018

“Climate change has all the hallmarks of an issue which is difficult for people to engage with psychologically,” says an environmental psychologist.

Environment

The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US

PRI's The World

June 20, 2018

Europe and the US say wood pellets are a carbon neutral alternative to coal. Many experts say otherwise.

Environment

Britain built an empire out of coal. Now it’s giving it up. Why can’t the US?

PRI's The World

June 18, 2018

The UK will stop burning coal for electricity by 2025. The US, meanwhile, is trying to end the “war on coal.”

Environment

This British company is turning food waste into beer

PRI's The World

May 01, 2018

Toast Ale has been making beer out of surplus bread for two years. Now the British beer-maker is trying to get other breweries in on the game.

Environment

Just how unstable is the massive Thwaites glacier? Scientists are about to find out.

PRI's The World

May 01, 2018

A new five-year US and British research project hopes to give policy makers a better sense of how much west Antarctica will drive rising seas.

Environment

Take a tour of the City of London’s tiny, protected green spaces

PRI's The World

April 23, 2018

Open spaces in greater London’s historic core have been protected since Victorian times.

Global Politics

Pompeo nomination consolidates climate skepticism in Trump administration

PRI's The World

April 17, 2018

The CIA Director's views on climate change would be more in line with President Trump’s than those of his predecessor.

Environment

For one British couple, there's an unexpected upside to living near a crumbling coast

PRI's The World

April 10, 2018

The Canes were able to move back to their home after a stint in Australia because no one would buy it.

Environment

As a British village crumbles into the sea, a family holds onto a home that can't be saved

PRI's The World

April 05, 2018

The government says it can’t protect every home from the sea. One family says they’ll hold tight to their memories when it’s time to leave their house.

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