Galapagos Island Shark Population In Danger From Overfishing NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alex Hearn. He's advocating for an expansion of protected waters in the Galapagos region to protect endangered sharks from international fishermen.
Kelsey Leonard: What If Lakes And Rivers Had Legal Rights? Water is life. Yet in the eyes of the law, it remains largely unprotected. Legal scholar Kelsey Leonard says granting water bodies legal personhood can transform how we value this vital resource. NPR/TED Staff
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
LaToya Ruby Frazier: What Is The Human Cost Of Toxic Water And Environmental Racism? Flint, Michigan is the site of one of the worst ongoing water crises in recent U.S. history. Artist LaToya Ruby Frazier has spent years capturing the stories of life living with toxic water. NPR/TED Staff
Kelsey Leonard: How Did We Lose Our Connection To Water? Kelsey Leonard was taught we are born with a deep connection to water and a duty to protect it. But today, she says, most of us have lost that connection—and the world is suffering because of it. NPR/TED Staff
Why Sprawl Could Be The Next Big Climate Change Battle Zoning for single-family homes has been tied to racial inequity and climate change, but in California, efforts to pass new laws keep falling short. Lauren Sommer
California Struggles To Fix Zoning That Promotes Racial Inequity And Climate Change Around the U.S., cities have been grappling with how single-family zoning can exacerbate racial inequity and climate change. States like California are struggling to fix that. Lauren Sommer
Hurricane Isaias Dumps Heavy Rain And Possible Flooding On North Carolina Noel King speaks with Mike Sprayberry, the director of Emergency Management in North Carolina, about the flooding and heavy rain from Hurricane Isaias.
Scientists In Washington State Have Trapped Their 1st 'Murder Hornet' In a move to eliminate so-called murder hornets in North America, the Washington State Department of Agriculture is utilizing a new technique to catch them. In July, trappers found their first one. Christianna Silva
Ping! Orcas threatened by sonar plan, Inslee and enviros tell Navy Battleships and orcas both use sound to hunt, which makes Navy sonar a problem for the sleek black-and-white predators. John Ryan
