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A new study shows how much and how fast nearly every glacier is melting. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Bob McNabb, one of the study's authors, about what this means for the future.

Venetians fear for the future of their city. Inundation by high tides and tourists is wrecking the island city's cultural heritage and may ultimately render Venice unlivable.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Simon Wang of Utah State University about how climate change is intensifying the wildfires on the West Coast.

The International Energy Agency said the world needs to immediately stop approving new oil and gas projects in order to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid catastrophic climate change.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Brendan Cummings, who authored a petition asking the state of California to protect the western Joshua Tree from climate change.

More than 130 million metric tons of single-use plastics were thrown out in 2019, according to a new report that puts Exxon Mobil atop a list of the companies that produce it.

The past year, with COVID and calls for social justice, has made those running Lincoln Center and other arts organizations question their core missions, says Lincoln Center's president Henry Timms.

Thousands of Dutch citizens joined environmental groups to charge the oil giant with endangering lives. The first of its kind decision could pressure other companies to take aggressive climate action.

A set of events shook the oil world this week: A tiny shareholder won a battle with Exxon, investors put pressure on Chevron and a Dutch court ordered Shell to slash emissions.

Chile is working to create an entirely new constitution, entrusting the mission to an assembly of 155 newly-elected people. They will rewrite a document from the Pinochet dictatorship 40 years ago.