N. America's Oldest Known Petroglyphs Discovered In Nevada
Ancient North Americans gouged elaborate rock art into a heap of big boulders northeast of Reno, Nev., more than 10,000 years ago and perhaps 15,000 years ago. That makes the carvings the oldest known...
View ArticleBald Eagles Are Back In A Big Way — And The Talons Are Out
"It's a jungle if you're an eagle right now on the Chesapeake Bay," says Bryan Watts , a conservation biologist at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. "You have to watch your back."...
View ArticleDebate Revs As Decision Stalls Over Oil Pipeline From Canada
Five years ago this week, a Canadian company proposed building a pipeline to send heavy crude oil from Alberta to U.S. refineries. Although the Obama administration's answer on the Keystone XL pipeline...
View ArticleEPA Wants To Limit Greenhouse Gases From New Coal Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency's second stab at a proposal to set the first-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants would make it impossible for companies to build the kind...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Weigh EPA Permits For Power Plant Emissions
The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Obama administration policy that requires new power plants and other big polluting facilities to apply for permits to emit greenhouse gases. To get these...
View ArticleIs Running Your Car On Rubbish The Future Of Fuels?
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to scale back the amount of renewable fuels in our nation's gasoline supply,...
View ArticleSaving The Native Prairie — One Black-Footed Ferret At A Time
American pioneers saw the endless stretches of grassland of the Great Plains as a place to produce grain and beef for a growing country. But one casualty was the native prairie ecosystem and animals...
View ArticleAfter Major Comeback, Is The Gray Wolf Still Endangered?
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The law that protects endangered species turns 40 tomorrow and perhaps the most controversial thing the government has done under the law is to reintroduce the gray...
View ArticleA Scientist's New Job: Keeping The Polar Bears' Plight Public
The Endangered Species Act, which turns 40 on Saturday, helped bring back iconic species such as the wolf, grizzly bear and bald eagle, after hunting, trapping and pesticides almost wiped those animals...
View ArticleThe Big Impact Of A Little-Known Chemical In W.Va. Spill
The chemical that was found last week to be contaminating the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of West Virginians is used to clean coal. But very little is known about how toxic it is to people...
View ArticleTo Save Threatened Owl, Another Species Is Shot
In desperation to save the rare northern spotted owl, biologists are doing something that goes against their core — shooting another owl that's rapidly taking over spotted owl territory across the...
View ArticleDrinking Water Not Tested For Tens Of Thousands Of Chemicals
The fact that a second contaminant in West Virginia's drinking water eluded detection for nearly two weeks — despite intense testing of the water — reveals an important truth about how companies test...
View ArticleState Dept. Delivers Unwelcome News For Keystone Opponents
The U.S. Department of State says Canada's production of tar sands crude, which has a bigger greenhouse gas footprint than other types of oil, is unlikely to be affected by the controversial Keystone...
View ArticleIndustry Challenges EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules In High Court
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday about the Environmental Protection Agency's first-ever greenhouse gas regulations for the biggest polluting facilities. The case focuses on a 3-year-old...
View ArticleColorado Becomes First State To Restrict Methane Emissions
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas from oil and gas production. The rules require companies to find and repair equipment leaks. The rules also will reduce air pollution that contributes to smog.
View ArticleWhy The Exxon Valdez Spill Was A Eureka Moment For Science
On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine water. At the time, it was the single biggest spill...
View ArticleInternational Ruling Puts Stop To Japan's 'Scientific' Whaling
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Whale lovers scored a major victory today. For almost two decades, Japanese whalers have been killing whales in the Antarctic Ocean. The Japanese government claimed it...
View ArticleFeds Hope $5 Billion Settlement A Lesson For Polluters
This week, the federal government announced a record-breaking $5 billion settlement in a remarkable environmental case. The toxic legacy of the company involved, Kerr-McGee, stretches back 85 years and...
View ArticleHigh Court Ruling Revives Law Against Out-Of-State Pollution
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. Some communities are unlucky recipients of air pollution that blows in from...
View ArticleWhite House Report Says Climate Change Is Here And Now
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Climate change is not a future problem for faraway places; it's affecting Americans...
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