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Maurice Andrews finishes in first place in the Kuskokwim 300 Season Opener in blizzard conditions in Alaska on Dec. 30, 2017. The race was delayed two weeks due to warm weather.

While The Eastern U.S. Freezes, It's Too Warm In Alaska

3:43pm January 05, 2018

by Anna Rose MacArthur

"We're way behind on winter," one resident says. Higher than average temperatures in rural Alaska are being blamed for two deaths and are preventing people from hunting for food.

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Cooper To "Pursue Every Option" Against Offshore Drilling

2:58pm January 05, 2018

by Associated Press

Gov. Roy Cooper says he'll keep fighting efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to expand oil and gas exploration off the Atlantic coast.

Tips From Antarctica For How To Stay Warm During The Bomb Cyclone

6:31pm January 04, 2018

The bomb cyclone has hit the eastern U.S. and already caused many flight cancelations and power outages, with more expected. From Antarctica, where temps can drop to minus 100, Palmer Station Manager Keri Nelson details how people can persevere in extreme weather.

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Winter Storm Stresses Energy Infrastructures Along The East Coast

6:31pm January 04, 2018

by Jeff Brady

A powerful winter storm is dropping up to a foot-and-a-half of snow in some parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Strong winds and cold temperatures are stressing the region's energy infrastructure.

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How China's Ivory Ban Could Affect Elephant Poaching In Africa

6:31pm January 04, 2018

As China's ban on ivory goes into effect, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to professor George Wittemyer of Colorado State University about the impacts on the global ivory trade and what it might mean for elephant poaching in Africa.

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A natural gas platform off the coast of Fort Morgan, Ala., in 2007.

Trump Administration Opens Door To Dramatic Expansion Of Offshore Energy Leases

4:50pm January 04, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The proposal includes all but one of 26 "planning areas" in federal waters in the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic, comprising about 90 percent of the outer continental shelf.

Ollie and Daniel Williams stand in front of their raised home with their children Trinity, 9, and Masen, 12. The land surrounding their house floods so often that the family keeps a small fiberglass canoe tied to the bottom of the front steps and a flat-b

Louisiana Says Thousands Should Move From Vulnerable Coast, But Can't Pay Them

4:45pm January 04, 2018

by Tegan Wendland

The state is losing land faster than just about anywhere else in the world, but says it can't protect everyone from flooding. It created a program to buy out 2,400 homes, but it's not funded.

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House Committee Approves Modest Legislation To Safeguard NC Rivers

3:25pm January 04, 2018

by Rusty Jacobs, WUNC

Ted Davis knows any legislation needs to get through a sharply divided General Assembly.

Bangs Island Mussels worker Jon Gorman sets juvenile mussels onto a rope that will be their home for the next year as they grow to market size.

Shellfish Industry, Scientists Wrestle With Potentially Deadly Toxic Algae Bloom

2:36pm January 04, 2018

by Fred Bever

After decades with no sign of a lethal neurotoxin, the algae that produces it is now plaguing the warming waters of the Gulf of Maine, forcing unprecedented closures in shellfish harvesting.

Share Your Flooding Story And Plan

5:00am January 04, 2018

After severe hurricanes, residents and officials from Florida to California and New York to Alaska are thinking about how to cope with repeated flooding and future flood risk.