Environment

Environment

Google Flights will show users what the carbon emissions would be for a trip

8:12am October 10, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to scientist Katharine Hayhoe about Google's new tools that help people choose to decrease their carbon footprint when it comes to taking an airplane trip.

What's next for Louisiana's LaPlace Parish residents after weathering repeated storms

5:37pm October 08, 2021

by Sarah McCammon

Residents of LaPlace in Louisiana have stayed hurricane after hurricane due to their deep ties to their community. State and federal officials are trying to deal with the area's repeated devastation.

Norway is seeing a record boom in sales of electric cars, which far outpace gas and diesel vehicles. Here, an electric BMW drives on the street in downtown Oslo.

9 in 10 cars now being sold in Norway are electric or hybrid

12:22pm October 08, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Of all new passenger cars sold so far in 2021 in Norway, less than 5% are powered by gasoline. The numbers push the country closer to meeting its goal of a zero-emission fleet of new cars by 2025.

The "House on Fire" ruins is one of the ancient sites in the Bears Ears region near Blanding, Utah. The land holds significant cultural value to Native American tribes in the region.

Biden to restore protections for the Bears Ears monument after Trump downsized it

8:00pm October 07, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden will sign orders on Friday expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the administration announced.

A look at the ecological damage of the oil spill of California's coast

5:01pm October 07, 2021

by Nathan Rott

The clean up and investigation continues after a major oil spill off California's coast. In a place where most marshes have been lost, it damaged a restored wetland that's a refuge for shorebirds.

Gas stoves emit pollution into your house and they are connected to a production and supply system that leaks the powerful greenhouse gas methane during drilling, fracking, processing and transport.

We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change

9:14am October 07, 2021

by Jeff Brady

Americans love their gas stoves, but they pollute homes and are connected to a supply system that leaks methane. That's part of a battle as more people face a decision about switching to electric.

Rick Cosyns, a farmer in Madera, Calif., relied on water from the aquifer in years of drought. In other years he could replenish the aquifer with water from the San Joaquin River.

New protections for California's aquifers are reshaping the state's Central Valley

5:55am October 07, 2021

by Dan Charles

California's farmers, the country's biggest producers of fruits and vegetables, are facing a major shakeup. A new law limits their access to water from the state's depleted aquifers.

North Dakota ranchers have been forced to sell off close to 25% more of their herds over last year.

A mega-drought is hammering the US. In North Dakota, it's worse than the Dust Bowl

4:33pm October 06, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

Ranchers in North Dakota have been forced to sell off their herds at historic rates. Now they're worried they won't have enough feed to keep their remaining cows alive this winter.

Workers clean oil from the sand, south of the pier, in Newport Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. A leak in an oil pipeline caused a spill off the coast of Southern California, sending about 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, some ending up on beac

Ship's anchor may have caused massive oil spill off the coast of Southern California

8:32am October 06, 2021

by The Associated Press

The torn underwater pipeline spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the ocean, according to federal investigators.

Investigations continue into oil leak off the coast of Southern California

5:48am October 06, 2021

An oil spill off Huntington Beach has released more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil into coastal waters — killing marine life and fouling wetlands.