Bushfires In Australia Rage On With No Relief In Sight NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sydney Morning Herald reporter Laura Chung about the extent of bushfires raging in Australia.
Encore: I Spy, Via Spy Satellite: Melting Himalayan Glaciers Scientists are using old spy satellite images to measure the effects of climate change. They're finding that glaciers in the Himalayas are melting twice as fast as they were a few decades earlier. Pien Huang
Threat Of Wildfires Not Enough To Cancel Sydney's New Year's Eve Fireworks Thousands have called for the iconic Sydney fireworks display to be canceled because of record heat and fire. Australian officials say they will go ahead unless conditions are declared catastrophic. Gabriela Saldivia
Trump Vs. Toilets (And Showers, Dishwashers, And Light Bulbs) There is both policy and politics behind President Trump's unusual applause lines about about his frustrations with the way low-flow toilets flush. Tamara Keith
A Christmas Tree Thrives On Farms, Struggles In The Wild The Fraser fir is found in a lot of homes around Christmas. But its wild cousins have been in decline for almost a century because of a small invasive pest. Irina Zhorov
Copper versus salmon: Why an Alaska mine matters in the Northwest Hidden in the photo below is the story of an epic clash. John Ryan
Zero carbon in 30 years: Inslee sets more aggressive goal for state Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing to make the state carbon-neutral in 30 years, a much more aggressive pace of pollution reduction than his administration has pursued before. John Ryan
He's been shot at, his fish stolen. All because he exercises his tribal treaty rights in Skagit Valley Scott Schuyler says he’s been shot at, his tires slashed, his fish stolen. He’s gotten death threats on social media. Eilís O'Neill
Seattle tree rules are too lax, critics say. New city council members want to change that More safeguards for Seattle’s trees. That’s something two newly elected Seattle City Council members say they want to secure in legislation next year. Amy Radil
New plan for endangered Washington bird doesn't make anyone happy Washington state has a new conservation plan for marbled murrelets, an endangered seabird. But both environmental advocates and the timber industry are upset about it. Eilís O'Neill