Future of the newest national monuments looks murky after White House communication
Ladder Canyon Trail is part of Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California, where at least six tribes have ancestral ties to the region. Nate Perez/NPR…
Category: Climate
Is planting trees ‘DEI’? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort
Volunteers Olly De Almeida (left), Jordan Bordenave (right) and Rosemary White (far right) plant a tree in front of Tribble Condor’s (center) house in New…
Jury says Greenpeace owes hundreds of millions of dollars for Dakota pipeline protest
Native American protestors and their supporters are confronted by security during a demonstration against work being done for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in North…
Switching from gas to electric? Here are 3 appliances that are easy to install
The Copper induction stove has a battery under the oven, so the appliance can plug into a regular household outlet. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption toggle…
Heat can age you as much as smoking, a new study finds
Older people in Los Angeles’ Chinatown neighborhood shade themselves from the sun. Exposure to heat can change the way people’s genes work, potentially leading to…
EPA announces dozens of environmental regulations it plans to target
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on his nomination in January. Ting Shen/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption…
America’s clean-energy industry is growing despite Trump’s attacks. At least for now
A solar plant in Mona, Utah. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says solar will account for just over half of new power generation that will…
Trump administration slams brakes on government’s adoption of electric vehicles
A Nissan LEAF recharges at a station in Pasadena, Calif. Memos obtained by NPR show a key federal agency has paused orders of zero-emission vehicles…