Environment
Pollution from backlogged ships off the Calif. coast is affecting air quality
The supply chain backlog has ships backed up off the coast of Los Angeles. They're spewing exhaust that's affecting the air quality in Southern California and renewing environmental health concerns.
Tens of thousands are displaced in Brazil after weeks of flooding in Bahia state
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gram Slattery, Brazil correspondent for Reuters, about the deadly flooding currently happening in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil.
Tribes push for a bigger role in managing the shrinking Colorado River's water
For a century, Native American tribes have been excluded from negotiations on how to share water from the Colorado River. States say this is set to change, and tribes are pushing to make sure it does.
The fate of North Carolina's climate and what it means for those who live here
The last decade in North Carolina has been the warmest on record. If nothing is done to slow down global warming the trend lines are not promising.
The Sun Belt is making a big play for the hot electric vehicle market
Georgia recently nabbed an agreement for a $5 billion Rivian electric vehicle plant. Rivian is one of the hot new electric vehicle startups.
Biologist E.O. Wilson, who influenced how people see evolution and nature, dies at 92
Biologist and environmental activist E.O. Wilson died on Sunday at the age of 92. Wilson advocated for biodiversity and conservation.
For over a century, California banned Indigenous cultural fires. Now, that's changing
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Don Hankins, an Indigenous fire expert at California State University, about the state's decision to permit cultural burns.
How 2021's floods and heat waves are signs of what's to come
Many of this year's deadly extreme weather is linked to climate change and scientists warn they're a sign of what's to come.
Changing climate parches Afghanistan, exacerbating poverty
A severe drought, now in its second year, has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in the country with an economy in freefall following the Taliban takeover in August.