Biden Infrastructure Plan Aims To Please Both Labor And Environmentalists President Biden is enlisting union support for his plan to rebuild infrastructure. Labor leaders say he'll have a difficult balancing act if he wants to be the most labor-friendly president ever. Don Gonyea
Sled dogs in demand in Washington state amid snow sports craze Pandemic staycations and heavy snowfall have made it a banner year for snow sports in Washington, and the ten sled dogs taking off from the trailhead near Lake Wenatchee seem pretty pleased. Amy Radil
It's Not Just Texas. The Entire Energy Grid Needs An Upgrade For Extreme Weather The Texas blackout is a reminder that climate-driven extreme weather stresses the U.S.'s power system in many ways. Much is needed to harden the grid for the future as the number of outages increase. Jeff Brady
Beauty Of California's Highway 1 Also Means Frequent Damage A winter rainstorm has again washed out a section of California's coastal Highway 1. The stunningly beautiful drive has a history of closures that affect both residents and tourists. Erika Mahoney
Colette Pichon Battle: How Can We Prepare For The Next Hurricane Katrina? Sea level rise will displace millions by 2100 — and the Louisiana bayous, where Colette Pichon Battle lives, may disappear entirely. She describes how we can avert the worst when disaster strikes. NPR/TED Staff
All shook up: Remembering the Nisqually Earthquake 20 years later Remembering the Nisqually Earthquake 20 years later Ross Reynolds
What Happened To The Butterflies? Climate, Deforestation Threaten Monarch Migration The population of monarch butterflies that migrated south to Mexico to hibernate fell 26% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a new report. Jaclyn Diaz
What could you do with a few seconds warning that an earthquake was coming? Smartphone users who opted in to a test of the West Coast earthquake early warning system got an early taste on Thursday of what is to come. Mobile... Tom Banse
North Dakota Officials Block Wind Power In Effort To Save Coal Across the country, coal plants are shutting down. Wind turbines are going up. But the transition can be rocky. In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines. Dan Charles
Two decades later: What's changed since the Nisqually earthquake? If you were in the Puget Sound region on February 28, 2001, you remember exactly where you were right around 10:54 in the morning. That's when the 6.8-magnitude Nisqually quake hit. Katie Campbell
