Environment

How The U.S. Can Still Advance Climate Negotiations Under The Trump Administration

4:34pm December 13, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jonathan Pershing, former Special Envoy for Climate Change under President Obama, about how the U.S. can advance climate negotiations under President Trump.

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Just outside of Paradise, the charred remains of the Camp Fire stops just short of a home that survived the blaze.

'Rethinking The Past' In The Aftermath Of California's Deadly Wildfires

7:49pm December 12, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

Last month's deadly Camp Fire has become a turning point in the debate over how western forests should be managed.

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Sea ice is seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft off the northwest coast of Greenland in March 2017. A new report says rapid warming over the past three decades has led to a 95 percent decline of the Arctic's oldest and thickest ice.

Arctic Report Card Documents 'Cascading Effects' Of Warming Ocean Temperatures

7:01pm December 12, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

The U.S. government says warming ocean temperatures and melting ice have resulted in the "most unprecedented transition in history" in the Arctic, leading to extreme weather events across the globe.

What's Wrong With The Argument 'The Climate Is Always Changing'

4:55pm December 12, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with climate scientist Stephanie Herring about why the argument "the climate is always changing" is problematic in explaining the temperature changes around the world today.

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Rhetoric And Reaction: The Trade War In Northern Minnesota

3:50pm December 12, 2018

We spoke with union leaders about what it's like when federal policy affects the only trade in town.

California Gov. Jerry Brown Outlines Challenges In Fight Against Wildfires

6:27pm December 11, 2018

California Gov. Jerry Brown explains the challenges facing his state in trying to prevent more deadly wildfires in coming years.

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Reporter Nate Hegyi helps butcher an elk during a hunting workshop in McCall, Idaho.

OPINION: What My Dad And I Learned In Hunting Class

5:44pm December 11, 2018

by Nate Hegyi

A father and son are part of the majority of Americans who don't hunt and didn't learn from their parents. So they take a class, and learn a little about hunting and a few things about themselves.

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The Trump administration wants to limit the scope of a major clean water rule. It says the EPA under President Obama went too far in regulating isolated waters and wetlands far upstream from navigable lakes and rivers.

Trump EPA Proposes Major Rollback Of Federal Water Protections

4:55pm December 11, 2018

by Nathan Rott

The Trump administration wants to substantially limit which waterways are protected under the Clean Water Act. Farmers and developers have long lobbied against the current rule as too expansive.

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US Postal Service Ramps Up Mail Processing For Holiday Rush

Miracle On Your Street: How The Post Office Handles Holidays

3:24pm December 11, 2018

Is the USPS headed for a revamp?

U.N. Climate Change Summit Enters Crucial Final Week

9:29am December 11, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

World leaders are gathered in Poland this week to discuss climate change. The U.S. hosted a meeting on coal, a highly polluting fuel, that many developing nations depend on.

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