Environment

The coal-fired Plant Scherer operates in June 2014 in Juliette, Ga.

Trump Takes Aim At A Centerpiece Of Obama's Environmental Legacy

5:29pm March 28, 2017

The Trump administration aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which limits emissions from power plants, lift the moratorium on federal coal leases and change the "social cost of carbon" policy.

Trump Signs Executive Order Rolling Back Regulation On Carbon Emissions

4:33pm March 28, 2017

by Nathan Rott

President Trump signed a sweeping set of executive orders on Tuesday that aim to dismantle the Obama administration's efforts to combat climate change.

Mayor Of Wyoming Coal Town Reacts To Trump's Climate Order

4:33pm March 28, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Louise Carter-King, mayor of Gillette, Wyo., about the impact that President Trump's executive order loosening regulations on coal will have on the the town.

Compared to leaf-eaters, primates who ate fruit had around 25 percent more brain tissue.

What Gave Some Primates Bigger Brains? A Fruit-Filled Diet

9:27am March 28, 2017

by Jessica Boddy

A new study suggests that diet had a big influence in driving the evolution of brain size in primates. Monkeys who thrive on fruit have bigger brains than their plant eating neighbors.

Expected Executive Actions On Climate Change Policies Aim To Ensure Focus On Energy Independence

6:00am March 28, 2017

by Jeff Brady

President Trump will sign executive actions Tuesday that aim to roll back a sweeping set of climate policies put in place by the Obama administration. A moratorium on new coal leases on public lands, a rule designed to address methane emissions from oil and gas operations and the Clean Power Plan, will all get a review.

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Trump's Plan To Ditch Clean Power Plan Threatens Paris Agreement

4:29pm March 27, 2017

by Christopher Joyce

President Trump is expected to ditch the Clean Power Plan this week. The CPP regulations would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that warm the planet. Without it, the U.S. won't live up to its pledge, made in Paris in 2015, to make deep cuts in emissions. That could jeopardize the Paris deal, in which nearly 200 nations made similar pledges.

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Proposed Budget Cuts Slash Funding For Great Lakes Clean-Up

4:29pm March 27, 2017

by Karen Schaefer

Proposed White House budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies will end federal spending on Great Lakes clean-up. That includes axing work on invasive species like Asian carp and a public health program that protects drinking water from toxic algae for 11 million residents around Lake Erie.

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EPA Chief: Trump Plans To Kill Obama-era Clean Power Plan

10:09am March 27, 2017

by Nathan Rott

The Trump administration is expected this week to unveil its executive order undoing President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

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In Conflict With Trump Agenda, California Sets Stricter Auto Emissions Standards

6:27pm March 26, 2017

California put itself on a collision course with the Trump Administration as the state's clean air agency moved forward with stricter emissions requirements for trucks and cars.

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Environment

In Chile, Landowner Makes The Largest Private Donation Of Land To A Government

8:14am March 26, 2017

Kristine Tompkins, whose husband founded The North Face clothing company, tells Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her decision to donate a million acres of land she owns in Patagonia to Chile's government.