Sep 23 Watch 6:40 Fiery calls to action at UN climate summit don’t win pledges from worst emitters Days after global protests calling for climate change action, the United Nations held a special climate summit where world leaders and other officials gathered to hammer out specific pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. William Brangham joins Judy Woodruff to… Continue watching
Sep 22 World leaders feel the heat in upcoming climate summit By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Saying humanity is waging war with the planet, the head of the United Nations isn't planning to let just any world leader speak about climate change at Monday's special "action summit."Only those with new, specific and bold plans can command… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 54:34 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 3, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, voters cast ballots on issues ranging from pot legalization to Airbnb limits. Also: The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline asks to suspend a review of its plans, a look ahead at the global climate summit,… Continue watching
Oct 06 Two poems on what it’s like to live with Ebola, climate change By Larisa Epatko The two women live in different parts of the world: one on a tropical island in the Pacific, another in a former war-torn African country now fighting Ebola. Their lives are very different but they chose the same way to… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Obama: ‘The climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it.’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 Obama: U.S. part of climate problem, but all nations need to work on it By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama said at the U.N. Climate Summit on Tuesday that the United States accepts responsibility for its part in climate change and will lead the way in doing something about it. Continue reading
Sep 22 China, U.S. and India push world carbon output to record levels By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The world pumped an estimated 39.8 billion tons (36.1 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide into the air last year by burning coal, oil and gas. That is 778 million tons (706 metric tons) or 2.3 percent more than the… Continue reading