Environment

Environment

Prescribed Burns Help Rebirth Sequoias After 2015 Wildfire

6:56am May 31, 2016

by Ezra Romero

The giant sequoias of California are experiencing a rebirth. A massive wildfire in 2015 threatened numerous sequoia groves. The charred ground is coming back to life, in part, because of the fire.

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Rwanda is known as "le pays des milles collines" â the land of a thousand hills. Weather varies by altitude; for farmers, detailed forecasts can make a huge difference.

Turns Out You Do Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blew

5:03pm May 30, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

Rwanda is missing 15 years of weather data. Getting it back would be a boon for farmers. But can it be done?

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A contractor prepares to cut off the top of a coal bed methane well near Gillette, Wyo., in 2015. It's one of thousands of abandoned, plugged wells sprinkled throughout Wyoming and Colorado.

Danger Below? New Properties Hide Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

1:53pm May 30, 2016

by Stephanie Joyce

Around the country, houses, schools and shopping centers are being built on old oil and gas fields — and hidden underground are millions of abandoned wells that are not monitored for leaks.

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Protests, Suspicion In Vietnam Over Government's Response To Fish Kill

7:10am May 30, 2016

by Michael Sullivan

While visiting Vietnam last week, President Obama urged the government to ease its crackdown on dissent. But police have used force to break up recent environmental protests.

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz takes part in a press conference at the end of the 2015 meeting of the International Energy Agency Governing Board on Nov. 18, 2015 in Paris.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz Says Government Can Help Clean Energy Innovation

5:27pm May 29, 2016

As he prepares for a conference on implementing clean energy to combat climate change, energy secretary Ernest Moniz says he's confident the Obama administration's commitments will remain in place.

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Scientists in California are turning to big data to help save the red-legged frog, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Using Algorithms To Catch The Sounds Of Endangered Frogs

5:16pm May 29, 2016

by Sam Harnett

Scientists are turning to big data to try to save California's state amphibian. They're using software to comb through hours of recordings to find the red-legged frogs that remain.

Wrecked By Superstorm Sandy, Conservationists Work To Restore Migratory Birds' Refuge

7:40am May 29, 2016

by Eilis O'Neill

The migratory birds of the East Coast are about to get back a piece of habitat they lost to Hurricane Sandy — a freshwater pond in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City.

Ault Mayor Butch White stands on a road dividing two farms, one irrigated and one dried up.

In Colorado, Farmers and Cities Battle Over Water Rights

3:37am May 29, 2016

by Liz Baker

In 1985 the city of Thornton, Colo. bought up nearby farmland and water rights from its farms. Now, some of those farms are drying up.

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At the live performance of Michel Martin's Going There at Colorado State University Tuesday May 24, 2016. The show was titled, " The Future of Water.

A Conversation About The Future Of Water

6:36pm May 28, 2016

by Michel Martin

Michel Martin traveled to Fort Collins, Colo. to talk with Kathleen Curry, Patty Limerick, Roger Fragua and Paolo Bacigalupi about owning water and dealing with a future where water may be scarce.

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Platform Check: How Trump's Energy Plan Stacks Up To The Democrats

5:16pm May 27, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Amy Myers Jaffe, executive director of energy and sustainability at the University of California, Davis, about the presidential candidates' energy strategies after Donald Trump rolled out his platform.