A trek into Spring in the mountains of eastern Washington
Spring has finally arrived in the mountains of eastern Washington. NPR's Brian Mann went for a trek in the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge north of Spokane.
Environment
Seeing a red flag warning in your weather app? Here's what to do
Red flag warnings mean an increased risk of wildfires in the next 12 to 24 hours, so fire safety is extra important. How do they differ from fire weather watches? And what precautions should you take?
A rare fireball flew over Maine. Now there's a $25K reward for pieces of space rock
The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is looking for meteorites from a rare fireball event near the Maine-Canada border. It's willing to pay anyone who can find them.
Swimming pools and lavish gardens of the rich are driving water shortages, study says
Socioeconomic disparity is just as influential as climate change and population growth when it comes to explaining why so many cities are struggling with their water supply, researchers say.
What the coming snowmelt will mean for California, already hit hard by winter floods
California's snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is well above average and all that snow is starting to melt. Communities are planning for flooding in a state already hit hard by winter rains and floods.
The EPA says Americans could save $1 trillion on gas under its auto emissions plan
The EPA says Americans could save up to $1.1 trillion in gas if the country adopts its proposal to impose the most stringent auto emission regulations ever.
The big reason why the U.S. is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions
The EPA is proposing tailpipe emission rules so strict that carmakers would need two-thirds of their sales to be zero-emission by 2032 to comply. And that seems to be precisely the goal.
The White House unveils a plan to keep the 2 largest reservoirs from falling too low
The White House is unveiling an emergency plan to keep America's two biggest reservoirs from falling too low to generate electricity or deliver drinking water.
Texas residents wait and watch as a sinkhole in their town grows
A huge sinkhole that seemed stable for 15 years suddenly began expanding about a week ago, growing by several acres and leaving nearby residents terrified that it will take them and their homes.
A look at the new plan for managing the drought stricken Colorado River
The Biden administration announced an emergency plan to save lakes Mead and Powell from drying. It gives Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland authority to cut water use of the Colorado River.