Oil, homesteading, and a complicated family legacy: Erika Bolstad's 'Windfall' Journalist Erika Bolstad inherited the right to drill oil under part of her great-grandmother's homestead in North Dakota. Instead, she dug up the truth behind family legends and wrestled with the ethics of land ownership and fossil fuels in the American West. Libby Denkmann
EVs are expensive. These city commuters ditched cars altogether — for e-bikes Electric cars can help reduce climate change, but they are costly. Some commuters in the city say e-bikes are the best way to get around. Adam Bearne
Call it a comeback — whale counts encouragingly high in 2022 It’s been a banner year for whale sightings in our local waterways. That’s according to a new report from the Pacific Whale Watch Association, who counted large rebounds in Bigg's Killer Whales and humpback whales in the region. Libby Denkmann
Exxon climate predictions were accurate decades ago. Still it sowed doubt Exxon's climate research decades back painted an accurate picture of global warming, according to a new scientific paper. Still, the oil company continued climate-denying policy efforts. Jeff Brady
The ozone layer is on track to recover in the next 40 years, the United Nations says The ozone layer is a thin shield in the stratosphere that protects humans and the environment from harmful levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation. Jaclyn Diaz
England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons Environment Secretary Therese Coffey says the new ban will stop pollution from "billions of pieces of plastic." Advocates applaud the move but say it doesn't go far enough on its own. Rachel Treisman
Tribes are suing to stop a proposed lithium mine in Nevada, saying the site is sacred The fate of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada — one that's important to production of electric cars — is now in the hands of a federal judge as tribes sue to stop it. Kirk Siegler
Why we can — and cannot — collect rainwater in places like California NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Fisher, a professor and hydrogeologist, about why we can — and cannot — collect rainwater in places like California. Erika Ryan
Veterans chip in to help Seattle's South Park in wake of flood Seattle's South Park neighborhood is still clearing out debris from last week's significant flooding. Now, veterans are helping with the disaster response. Paige Browning
