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Truck Sale Profits Help Automakers Develop Future Technologies

5:39am January 22, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

Consumers bought a historic number of trucks and SUVs last year. With gas prices at record lows, consumers are gobbling up increasingly bigger and faster trucks. What does that mean for the future?

California Examines Safety Of Gas Wells Amid Methane Leak

7:17pm January 21, 2016

by Ingrid Lobet

New information has surfaced about conditions surrounding the broken gas storage well releasing methane in southern California. The powerful greenhouse gas has been escaping for three months. It turns out the well was being operated in a way some experts say leaves little margin of safety, and the state of California is now re-examining the practice.

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'Act Of God' Blamed By Energy Company For Decade-Old Oil Spill

2:02pm January 21, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

An oil and gas company has spoken publicly for the first time on a decade-long oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Damage from Hurricane Ivan in 2004 toppled a production platform off the Louisiana coast.

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2015 Becomes Warmest Year On Record, NASA And NOAA Say

7:57pm January 20, 2016

2015 was the hottest year on record, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Deke Arndt of NOAA about their findings.

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2015 was the warmest year on record — and by the widest margin ever, according to a new analysis by NASA and NOAA.

A 'Scorcher': 2015 Shatters Record As Warmest Year, NASA And NOAA Say

3:54pm January 20, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The Northern Hemisphere saw the biggest rise in land temperatures, finishing 2.59 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the 20th century average.

A child gold miner in Watsa, northeastern Congo. 2004

Today's Slaves Often Work For Enterprises That Destroy The Environment

3:22pm January 20, 2016

Kevin Bales' book, Blood and Earth, explains why slavery in the world's lawless zones is essential to operate mines that pose a grave threat to the environment.

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VW Fix Should Be Less Emotional Than His Previous Cases, Feinberg Says

2:29pm January 20, 2016

VW recall administrator Kenneth Feinberg talks to Renee Montagne about the status of the process, and what VW needs to do to satisfy regulators. Feinberg most recently oversaw the GM ignition case.

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Indian Capital Suspends Odd-Even Car Experiment To Curb Pollution

7:07pm January 19, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

The government of India's capital New Delhi tried an odd-even scheme for cars to curb growing air pollution. But now it says it is placing the scheme on hold for a number of months.

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Arizona Tribes Wade Into The Water Business

4:30pm January 18, 2016

by Will Stone

Rain and snow from El Nino are filling reservoirs in the West. But the weather isn't ending questions about where cities will get water in years to come. One source could be Native American tribes.

Brother William Valle of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in Chillum, Md., loads potatoes onto his cart at the Capitol Area Food Bank, in Washington, D.C. A new government initiative seeks to engage faith-based groups on food waste — for instance, by

Thou Shalt Not Toss Food: Enlisting Religious Groups To Fight Waste

1:59pm January 18, 2016

by Maria Godoy

The Environmental Protection Agency is launching an initiative to engage religious leaders of all faiths to reduce food waste. Many groups have already embraced the challenge as a moral imperative.