Don't Cut Those Trees — Big Food Might Be Watching Dozens of food companies have promised to stop their suppliers from clearing forests in order to grow crops or graze cattle. Now the companies have a tool to monitor those farmers from space. Dan Charles
Ethiopians Plant 350 Million Trees As Part Of 'Green Legacy' Program In one day, Ethiopians planted more than 350 million — that's million with an M — trees. It was an effort to combat climate change and deforestation. The program has been dubbed Green Legacy. Eyder Peralta
In Las Vegas, There Are Swarms Of Grasshoppers Big Enough To Show Up On Weather Radar Las Vegas has been invaded by grasshoppers due to unusually wet weather earlier this year. They have shown up in radar footage from the National Weather Service.
Plastics Or People? At Least 1 Of Them Has To Change To Clean Up Our Mess As consumers rebel against plastic waste, there's a growing question: Do we invent something people can toss without harming the environment or do we change people by giving them a chance to reuse? Christopher Joyce
Failed sewage pumps lead to 2.1 million gallon spill into Puget Sound Backup pumps at Seattle's main sewage treatment plant failed during an overnight power outage. John Ryan
What's that screeching? Maybe a hungry young Cooper's Hawk It's breeding season for Cooper's Hawks. They are now prolific in Seattle. Just listen for their screeches. Deborah Wang
With An Eye Toward Lower Emissions, Clean Air Travel Gets Off The Ground Air travel is set to grow dramatically. It will be a while before electric planes truly take off, but people are trying to reduce their carbon footprint now with offsets and "flight shaming." Ari Shapiro
There Are More Fireflies In Chicago Than Usual This Year. Here's Why NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Doug Taron of the Chicago Academy of Sciences why Chicagoans are seeing more lightning bugs this year.
Opinion: Is Anything More Urgent Than The Temperature Of Our Planet? Our earth is in the middle of what may be the hottest summer on record. Scorching new records were set all over Europe this week. What could be more urgent news than the temperature of our planet? Scott Simon
Deserted Oil Tanker Off Yemen's Coast Could Create An Environmental Disaster NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Doug Weir of the Conflict and Environment Observatory about a deserted oil tanker described as a "floating bomb" that's currently anchored off the coast of Yemen.
