Update: NPR's Climate Coverage Team Expanding A new editor will coordinate coverage of the urgent topic with the goal of bringing it more visibility. Elizabeth Jensen
Microsoft Pledges To Remove From The Atmosphere All The Carbon It's Ever Emitted The tech giant, which says it has been "carbon neutral" for years, is now vowing to go "carbon negative" — by cutting emissions, planting trees and investing in new carbon removal technology. Camila Domonoske
2019 Was The 2nd-Hottest Year On Record, According To NASA And NOAA Last year's data collected by NOAA and NASA is the latest confirmation that the Earth is steadily getting hotter. The planet is now about 1 degree Celsius warmer than it was in the mid-20th century. Rebecca Hersher
World's Largest Asset Manager Puts Climate At The Center Of Its Investment Strategy "We believe that sustainability should be our new standard for investing," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says. The investment giant's move puts pressure on companies to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Laurel Wamsley
Australia's Wildfires Spark Disinformation Battle As They Take A Tragic Toll Researchers say bots and trolls blasted out hashtags like #ArsonEmergency, in a campaign to steer the conversation about wildfires away from climate change and toward arson. Bill Chappell
Australian Fires Prompt Questions About Protecting Houses From Embers Massive Australian wildfires are sending embers high into the atmosphere. When they rain down, they can start new fires far from the original source, and some buildings are more flammable than others. Rebecca Hersher
Amazon employees say they've been warned about speaking out on climate change Maren Costa says she’s been proud to work for Amazon for 15 years. So she says she was surprised when she was warned that she could be fired for speaking out about the company’s policies on climate change. Eilís O'Neill
Bushfires In Australia May Get Even Worse With 'Horrible Day' On Horizon Meteorologists are predicting "extreme" conditions for Saturday in New South Wales and Victoria, which have been wracked with deadly fires. Colin Dwyer
How to throw a low-carbon footprint holiday dinner party It felt very Chez Panisse in my head, but the reality was more chaotic. Christina Scheuer
Zero carbon in 30 years: Inslee sets more aggressive goal for state Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing to make the state carbon-neutral in 30 years, a much more aggressive pace of pollution reduction than his administration has pursued before. John Ryan
