The Dark Side Of The Recovery Revealed In Big Data The way the government tracks recessions is largely the same as it was 70 years ago. A research group is working to change that and is revealing a lot about the lopsided recovery along the way. Greg Rosalsky
'A Decarbonized Society': Japan Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050 The country joins the European Union and other countries that have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint to zero over the next few decades. Reese Oxner
'Like Covid every year': doctors, nurses urge fast action to save the climate More than 4,000 U.S. doctors and nurses are urging their patients to push for action on climate change. John Ryan
Breaking Down Joe Biden's Plan To Make The U.S. Carbon Neutral Joe Biden wants to make America carbon neutral by 2050 and says there will still be room for some fossil fuels. We look at how realistic this is and what activists make of it. Jeff Brady
How Trump And Biden Differ On Energy Policy NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dino Grandoni, an energy and environmental policy reporter with The Washington Post, about the debate over the future of U.S. energy.
First 'Murder Hornet' Nest In U.S. Is Found In Washington State State entomologists found the nest in a tree near the Canadian border. They were led there by an Asian giant hornet to which they had attached a radio tracker. The state plans to eradicate the nest. Laurel Wamsley
Get on up: In a landslide, it might save your life Rainy season is also landslide season in the Northwest. A few simple actions can dramatically boost your chances of survival. John Ryan
Millions Of Homes Are At Risk Of Wildfires, But It's Rarely Disclosed Many homeowners who lost everything in a wildfire had no idea they were at risk. Only two states require disclosing wildfire risk to buyers in the house hunting process. Lauren Sommer
The Town Of Asbestos, Quebec, Chooses A New, Less Hazardous Name The former mining town has watched its name transform from an asset in the late 1800s to a liability in recent decades. Residents voted to change the name to Val-des-Sources, or valley of the springs. Laurel Wamsley
Climate choice 2020: Trump’s 'wrecking ball' vs. Biden’s mixed record Three days in from the trailhead, we weren’t sure what to do when the wildfire smoke got thick. Hiking deeper into the Olympic wilderness, toward the apparent source of the smoke, seemed a bad idea. John Ryan