Pandemic Drastically Cut Emissions From Cars. The Lone Exception? SUVs In rich countries, every sector of the economy reduced its contribution to climate change last year — with one big gas-guzzling exception. Camila Domonoske
Toxic Pesticide Faces New Scrutiny From Biden Administration President Biden's wave of executive actions includes an order to reexamine one controversial, but widely used, pesticide called chlorpyrifos. The Trump administration kept it on the market. Dan Charles
Biden Moves To Have U.S. Rejoin Climate Accord President Biden signed an executive order to have the country reenter the Paris Climate Agreement, less than four months after formally withdrawing. Nathan Rott
Biden To Move Quickly On Climate Change, Reversing Trump Rollbacks President Biden has set his sights on more than 100 Trump administration environmental rollbacks as well as plans to rejoin the international climate accord. Lauren Sommer
Massachusetts Voters Share Their Hopes For New Administration Some Massachusetts voters hope that the Biden administration will do better on protecting the environment and managing the pandemic. But some say they fear President Biden may be too moderate. Tovia Smith
What led to oil-train disaster? Investigators eye equipment, tracks, even sabotage Why would a train moving 7 miles an hour derail? Why would supposedly puncture-resistant tankers rupture at such a low speed? The FBI wants to know. John Ryan
“The train is on fire”: the tense moments after an oil train derailed Here’s what the train’s three-person crew and firefighters did to keep an oily disaster from getting much worse. John Ryan
Union Pushing Keystone XL Faces Racial Discrimination Suit Pipeliners Local 798, which represents thousands of workers on projects across the country, has a history of racism and faces new allegations it discriminated against Black members. Jeff Brady
King County blames power outages for big sewage spills. Tribe blames the county. While King County officials blame power outages from a wind storm for millions of gallons of sewage entering Lake Washington and Puget Sound early Wednesday morning, critics say the county needs to be held accountable for the pollution. John Ryan
Beth Gardiner: What Are The Consequences Of Breathing Dirty Air? Journalist Beth Gardiner and activist Yvette Arellano explain the long-term health effects of air pollution. Yvette lives in a Houston neighborhood near the largest petrochemical complex in the U.S. NPR/TED Staff
