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In the 1990s, Howard Knob was sold to a private investor, sparking a conservation movement that led to the founding of what’s now the Blue Ridge Conservancy.
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The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
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Officials in Western Alaska are racing to help more than a thousand people who have been displaced from remote coastal villages after the remnants of Typhoon Halong devastated the region.
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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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A juvenile puffin blew off course and landed in a backyard in Wrentham, Massachusetts.
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How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.
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Transco's Southeast Supply Enhancement Project has drawn criticism from advocates who say it could harm the environment of local communities.
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The National Flood Insurance Program expired after Congress and President Trump failed to reauthorize the program.
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New Zealand is using technology to save its endangered species. This includes traps with artificial intelligence and the potential to modify invasive species so they can’t breed.
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Ranchers in Colorado are struggling to rebuild thousands of miles of fence lost to big wildfires this summer, which can cost $20,000 per mile.
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For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.
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Officials announced on Wednesday that they have arrested 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht