Trump Administration Aims to Boost Energy Production, Cut Protections for...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov9_72xLeF0 The Trump administration has released plans to lift or alter habitat protections for the greater sage grouse across millions of acres of Western land. The...
View ArticleRyan Zinke Is Leaving The Interior Department, Trump Tweets
Updated at 6:40 p.m. ET Ryan Zinke is out as secretary of the interior. Zinke will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the year; his successor is expected to be announced next week. On...
View ArticleDuring His Time As Interior Secretary, Zinke Advanced 'Energy Dominance'
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: And now to the Department of the Interior. President Trump says he plans to name a new interior secretary this week. On Saturday, the president...
View ArticleWhy The Shutdown Could Mean A Worse Wildfire Season
In Tennessee, a wildland fire training academy was canceled. In California and the southeast U.S., forest cleanup and fuel mitigation projects, intended to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, are...
View ArticleAs Grizzlies Come Back, Frustration Builds Over Continued Protections
Trina Jo Bradley squints down at a plate-sized paw print, pressed into a sheet of shallow snow. She reaches down with fingers outstretched, hovering her palm over a sun-softened edge. Her hand barely...
View ArticleNew Mexico Lawmakers Aim For Carbon-Free Energy By 2045
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump's administration may be doubling down on fossil fuels but many states are not. Yesterday, lawmakers in an especially sunny...
View ArticleIn Midst Of An Oil Boom, New Mexico Sets Bold New Climate Goals
New Mexico, a poor but fossil fuel-rich state, is aiming to make itself a national leader in the fight against climate change. Lawmakers passed ambitious legislation this week that will reshape the...
View ArticleStudents Quarantined For Potential Measles Exposure At 2 Los Angeles...
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Health officials are scrambling as the measles outbreak continues to spread. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this...
View Article1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of Extinction, U.N. Report Says
Up to 1 million of the estimated 8 million plant and animal species on Earth are at risk of extinction — many of them within decades — according to scientists and researchers who produced a sweeping...
View ArticleEPA Watchdog Finds Ex-Chief Scott Pruitt Spent $124,000 On 'Excessive' Airfare
Scott Pruitt, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and his staff spent roughly $124,000 in excessive travel costs during a ten-month period, according to a new report from EPA's...
View Article'It's Never Done This': Arkansas River Keeps Flooding, Testing Levees And...
Updated at 9:35 p.m. ET The Arkansas River just keeps rising. The usually placid tributary of the Mississippi has become a bloated torrent carrying entire trees downstream, drowning riverfront property...
View Article'Completely Catastrophic': Flooding And Tariffs Causing Chaos For Farmers
Standing next to his mud-splattered red pickup in Central Arkansas, a tired Robert Stobaugh watches an osprey soar over a field of flooded rice. If anything can survive flooding, he says, it's rice....
View ArticleHow Extreme Weather Is Affecting People's Opinions Of Climate Change
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The heavy rains, record floods and extreme weather in the Central U.S. this spring are the kinds of events expected to become more common with...
View Article'We All Owe Al Gore An Apology': More People See Climate Change In Record...
Angel Portillo doesn't think about climate change much. It's not that he doesn't care. He just has other things to worry about. Climate change seems so far away, so big. Lately though, Portillo says he...
View ArticleGoing 'Zero Carbon' Is All The Rage. But Will It Slow Climate Change?
The warnings come with unsettling regularity: Climate change threatens 1 million plant and animal species. Warmer oceans could lose one-sixth of their fish and other marine life by the end of the...
View ArticleResearchers Are Trying To Find A Solution To Cut Concrete's Carbon Emissions
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The most used substance on the planet is one you might expect - water. The second, though, might surprise you - it's concrete, the building...
View ArticleTrump Administration Makes Major Changes To Protections For Endangered Species
In a move that critics say will hurt plants, animals and other species as they face mounting threats, the Trump administration is making major changes to how the Endangered Species Act is implemented....
View ArticleCritics Say Trump Administration Is Weakening Endangered Species Act
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This week, the Trump administration announced changes to some of the ways the Endangered Species Act is enforced. Among the criticisms that...
View ArticleClimate Change Lags Behind Other Issues On Charitable Giving Despite Large...
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Adapting to climate change and avoiding the worst of it is going to cost money. Now some wealthy individuals and foundations say they're...
View ArticleWildfires Continue To Burn, Force Evacuations In Southern California
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To another story now - a fast moving wildfire in Southern California that has destroyed dozens of homes, closed freeways and forced...
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