Environment

Rural Students To Join In Classroom Walkout Over Climate Change

6:00am May 03, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

High school students are planning another coordinated nationwide walkout Friday to demand action on climate change. Until recently, organizers say rural students hadn't been as vocal in the strikes.

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Freshwater shrimp from the species Gammarus pulex like this one, collected in Suffolk County in the U.K., were found to have traces of cocaine.

Traces Of Cocaine, Pesticides Detected In U.K. Shrimp

8:26pm May 02, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Scientists collected freshwater shrimp at 15 locations in Suffolk. Shrimp from all of the sites were found to have detectable amounts of cocaine, and many had other drugs or pesticides.

Jose Robles spreads mulch and compost under his almond trees with help from a California climate change grant.

California's Latest Weapon Against Climate Change Is Low-Tech Farm Soil

12:40pm May 02, 2019

by Lauren Sommer

To help meet its ambitious climate goals, California is paying farmers to grow cover crops. The aim is to promote healthier soil that can absorb more carbon from the atmosphere.

Burger King Offers Meatless Whopper In Its St. Louis Locations

Mmmmm...(Meatless) Burger

5:40pm May 01, 2019

A meatless burger? Some might call it impossible!

The Curious Ways We Find (And Lose) Our Way

5:40pm May 01, 2019

Thanks to smartphone technology, a sense of direction is just a click away. But what happens to the brain when we outsource our navigational skills? Do apps gained mean literacy

Sorting Out Plastics At The Grocery Store

11:46am May 01, 2019

by Rebecca Davis

Every visit to the grocery store it seems we're faced with more and more plastic packaging. We visit a grocery store with a recycling expert who has some tips.

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Once it is safe to remove the spent fuel from the pool, it's stored outside in metal casks. They are lined up on a concrete base, behind razor wire and against a hillside near the power plant.

As Nuclear Waste Piles Up, Private Companies Pitch New Ways To Store It

11:48am April 30, 2019

by Jeff Brady

Nuclear power plants around the country are running out of room to store spent fuel. Federal plans for a permanent disposal site are stalled, so private companies come up with their own solutions.

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A Chinese-backed power plant under construction in 2018 in the desert in the Tharparkar district of Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

Why Is China Placing A Global Bet On Coal?

7:01pm April 29, 2019

China has taken dramatic steps to fight climate change, including shutting major coal power plants. But now it plans to build hundreds of coal plants abroad.

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China's Infrastructure Plan Criticized For Harming Other Countries' Environments

6:23am April 29, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

China's president spoke to foreign press members in Beijing about efforts for more green development. While China has curtailed its coal-fired plants, it is building such plants in other countries.

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Sunset over the Carrizo Plain National Monument north of Los Angeles. The super bloom of wildflowers is fading to brown.

'Lingering Fields Of Yellow' As California's Super Bloom Begins To Fade

9:02am April 28, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

Photographer Michael Lee Jackson of Los Angeles documents the changing landscapes of Southern California, from the spectacular super bloom of this spring to the brown hills of summer.