Environment

An aerial view of the Yevgeny Primakov icebreaker on the ice-covered Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. Maersk, the world's largest shipping line, is testing a Vladivostok to St. Petersburg route through the Arctic.

World's Largest Shipping Company Heads Into Arctic As Global Warming Opens The Way

11:06am August 22, 2018

by Jackie Northam

Container giant Maersk will send one of its ships through the Arctic on the Northern Sea Route to test its feasibility as a new, time-saving shipping lane.

Trump Administration Proposes New Plan To Regulate Carbon Emissions From Coal

7:01pm August 21, 2018

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule on Tuesday, giving states more authority to regulate carbon emissions from coal fired power plants. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dan Lashof of the World Resources Institute about the new rule.

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The Trump administration's proposal would give states more authority to make their own plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Trump Moves To Let States Regulate Coal Plant Emissions

2:49pm August 21, 2018

by Nathan Rott

The administration is proposing to substantially weaken President Barack Obama's signature rule on climate change. It would give states more power to regulate carbon emissions from coal plants.

Firefighters deal with heavy smoke as they try to contain flames from the Carr Fire as it spreads toward the town of Douglas City near Redding, Calif.

The Smoke In Redding, Calif., Is So Thick You Can't See The Sun Most Days

2:23pm August 21, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

Prolonged smoke across the West Coast will affect hundreds of thousands of people living in and around fire-prone areas. Scientists are warning of a lengthening — and worsening — smoke season.

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Trump Administration Expected To Reveal Changes On Coal-Fired Plants

10:46am August 21, 2018

David Greene talks to former EPA official Janet McCabe as President Trump is expected to formally propose a vast overhaul of climate change regulations, including rules she helped to write.

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Debate Brews In Pueblo Over The Balance Of Coal And Renewable Energy

10:46am August 21, 2018

by Grace Hood

In Colorado, residents of Pueblo are concerned renewable energy jobs will not be as well paying as the ones in the nearby coal plant.

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The vines at Pheasant Ridge Winery near Lubbock, Texas, were devastated by drift from the herbicide 2,4-D in 2016.

West Texas Vineyards Blasted By Herbicide Drift From Nearby Cotton Fields

7:01am August 21, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Texas is one of the largest producers of wine in the U.S. But the grapevines in the High Plains are facing a threat that's causing them to twist and wither. And it's coming from the cotton fields.

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Microplastics found along Lake Ontario by Rochman's team

Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere

11:41pm August 20, 2018

by Christopher Joyce

Plastic trash less than 5 millimeters long is in the things we eat and drink, and the air we breathe. Scientists are just beginning to study where it comes from and how it might affect our health.

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Environmental groups opposing the Constitution Pipeline rally outside the state Capitol on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in Albany, N.Y.

Activists Have A New Strategy To Block Gas Pipelines: State's Rights

7:30pm August 20, 2018

by Jeff Brady

Oil and gas pipeline opponents have a new legal strategy. They're encouraging states to exercise rights granted in the Clean Water Act to stop new pipeline construction.

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Trump Administration Set To Unveil Its Replacement For Obama's Clean Power Plan

4:54pm August 20, 2018

by Nathan Rott

President Trump is expected to announce a new plan this week for regulating carbon emissions from coal plants. It will weaken one of President Obama's signature policies for addressing climate change.

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