EPA proposes a fee aimed at reducing climate-warming methane emissions
The new fee is intended to encourage the oil and gas industry to lower emissions of methane and thereby avoid paying.
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An Australian woman wins the first World's Ugliest Lawn competition
Kathleen Murray's yard of sparse yellow grass, shriveled plants and bandicoot-dug divots is now the lawn of legends. The contest was created in Gotland, Sweden, to encourage the conservation of water.
A rare salmon went extinct in a California creek. People are trying to bring it back
Decades ago, salmon in the Pescadero Creek along the California coast went extinct. Now conservationists, farmers and federal money for addressing human-caused climate change are helping them return.
600,000 Ram trucks to be recalled under settlement in emissions cheating scandal
The Department of Justice released details of a settlement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. that includes the mandatory recall. Cummins' total penalty for the violations tops $2 billion.
Proposed homeowners insurance hike would hit NC areas hardest hit by climate change
The North Carolina Rate Bureau kicked off the new year by asking state officials for a major increas
Moore Elementary School students learn about ecosystems hands-on with community garden
Students at Moore Elementary School in Winston-Salem are learning about ecosystems, plants, and food through gardening on campus. Volunteers will spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service working on more outdoor projects for the school.
U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming
Climate-warming greenhouse gasses in the U.S. declined 1.9% last year, but that's only a third of what's needed to meet Paris climate change goals.
Biden administration moves to protect forests with older trees from logging
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Meg Krawchuk of Oregon State University about the Biden administration's proposal to protect old growth forests. Old trees contain more carbon than younger trees.
Monarch butterflies' migration patterns are changing. Scientists want you to help
Researchers in the South want people to report Monarch butterfly sightings this winter as more butterflies seem to skip the long migration to breeding grounds in Mexico.
Huge waves are crashing on the California coast, in part due to climate change
California is getting more big waves, after a series of them thrashed the coast last week. High waves are increasing due to climate change, with impacts for coastal erosion.