Environment

President Biden promised to create the Climate Corps during his first week in office. It's a program meant to appeal to young climate activists.

Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal

8:55pm September 20, 2023

by Eric McDaniel

The White House says the program will provide paid training to 20,000 Americans in its first year. It's much smaller than its New Deal predecessor, but targets a more diverse group of young people.

Smoky haze from wildfires in Canada obscures New York City's Empire State Building this year. The air in the U.S. has improved over the past 50 years, but smoke pollution from growing wildfires erodes much of that progress.

How wildfire smoke is erasing years of progress toward cleaning up America's air

8:45pm September 20, 2023

by Alejandra Borunda

A new study finds that smoke from massive wildfires has eroded about a quarter of the air quality gains from the last few decades.

Horses are spooked by the Woolsey Fire near Paramount Ranch on Nov. 9, 2018, in Agoura Hills, Calif.

You've likely seen this ranch on-screen — burned by wildfire, it awaits its next act

6:04pm September 20, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The Woolsey wildfire devastated most of Paramount Ranch's Hollywood heritage in 2018. Human-driven climate change is demanding difficult decisions about what to preserve in the rebuilding process.

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The roundhouse under construction at Wahhoga Village in Yosemite National Park.

A Northern California tribe works to protect traditions in a warming world

6:07pm September 19, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The Oak Fire last year threatened the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation's way of life. Now the tribe is restoring ancient heritage sites and cultural practices in collaboration with local agencies.

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A thick blanket of smoke hangs over parts of the Sydney, Sept. 14, 2023, following New South Wales Rural Fire Service hazard reduction burns in the past week.

Australian wildfire danger causes fire ban in Sydney and closes schools

4:49am September 19, 2023

by The Associated Press

Authorities have forecast the most destructive wildfire season during the approaching Southern Hemisphere summer in Australia's populous southeast since the fires of 2019-20 that killed 33 people.

People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit.

Young people think climate change is a top issue but when they vote, it's complicated

6:46pm September 18, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

Climate change is a major issue for young voters, but so far, it has not been a major mobilizing force in U.S. elections. Some environmental action groups see that changing.

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With about1,500 ghost orchids left in Florida, groups sue to list it as endangered

6:04pm September 18, 2023

by Greg Allen

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit because they want the federal government to list a rare orchid, found mainly in Florida, as an endangered species.

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The environmental analysis of Utah oil railroad is inadequate, federal judge rules

5:41pm September 18, 2023

by Halle Zander, Aspen Public Radio

The company proposing a new railroad beside the Colorado River for Utah oil says it will persist, after a federal judge ruled their environmental analysis inadequate. Climate activists watch closely.

California's big oil lawsuit is a 'huge deal,' Center for Climate Integrity head says

5:26pm September 18, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, about California's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies for worsening climate change.

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Why people are skeptical of green initiatives — like water-saving washing machines

4:59pm September 18, 2023

by Rachel Estabrook

A laundromat owner in Aurora, Colo., installed washing machines that conserve water. His customers abandoned him, but he was able to win them back after learning why they might be skeptical.

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