Shell To Suspend Oil Exploration In Alaskan Arctic
After spending $7 billion, Shell has decided to stop exploration off the coast of Alaska "for the foreseeable future."
Environment
Reclaiming Syria's Seeds From An Icy Arctic Vault
On a remote Arctic island, there's an underground vault filled with seeds. Now, for the first time, scientists are about to retrieve some of those seeds to replace a collection trapped in Syria.
EPA Announces New Rules To Protect Farmworkers From Pesticides
The federal government is requiring farmers to keep more records on exactly when and where they used specific pesticides. And no children under the age of 18 will be allowed to handle the chemicals.
Shell Oil Abandons Controversial Drilling Off Alaska's Shore
Shell announced the move late Sunday, describing what the company called "a clearly disappointing exploration outcome" in the Chukchi Sea, which is part of the Arctic Ocean.
Fall Brings No Relief To The West As Wildfires Worsen
Even as fall has arrived, the number of homes and businesses destroyed by wildfires keeps going up in the drought-stricken West.
Before The World's Most Powerful, Pope Delivers Environmental Message
Pope Francis issued a call for social justice in a speech to world officials gathered at the United Nations on Friday. Degradation of the environment, he argued, hits the poor the hardest.
Obama And Xi Emerge From Meeting With Big-Ticket Promise On Climate
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Obama agreed on at least one thing this week: They need to coordinate action to lower greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change.
We Leave Half Of All Our Seafood On The Table (And In The Trash)
Each year American consumers buy and then never eat 1.3 billion pounds of fish and shellfish, according to a new study. Fishermen, retailers and processors waste a lot of fish, too.
#NPRreads: Lying About Sept. 11, And California's Drought-Stricken Levees
Also this week: What Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath teach us about the true nature of America.
How A Little Lab In West Virginia Caught Volkswagen's Big Cheat
Arvind Thiruvengadam and colleagues at WVU got excited when they won a grant in 2012 to test emissions on a few diesel cars. He figured the data might result in some papers a few people might read.