A New Battery Could Be Key To Cutting Carbon Emissions, Slowing Climate Change NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Yet-Ming Chiang, professor of materials science and engineering at MIT, about why new battery technology is key to cutting carbon emissions and slowing climate change.
Plant Cover In Cities Could Combat 'Urban Heat Island Effect' A large part of the country has been hit with a punishing heat wave. A visit to a suburban parking lot shows more vegetation would help metropolitan areas stay cooler. Brett Dahlberg
Nine popular Seattle beaches closed after 3M gallon sewage spill Three million gallons is roughly five Olympic-sized pools Isolde Raftery
Trump Seizes On Soggy Paper Straws As Campaign Issue: 'Make Straws Great Again' The president's reelection campaign is now selling reusable and recycled straws in their 2020 online store, because they claim "lberal paper straws don't work." Jessica Taylor
The San Juan Islands could become home to a sanctuary for captive orcas Kim Malcolm talks with Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project. Kim Malcolm
Preventing another salmon escape: New rules for Puget Sound fish farms The four remaining Atlantic salmon farms in Puget Sound have new water quality permits from the Department of Ecology. Eilís O'Neill
Just a bunch of beautiful shots of our closest celestial neighbor July 20, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Kara McDermott
Firefighters see danger. These goats see dinner High on the hill was a lonely goatherd. His name is Todd Waits, and along with two working dogs, he’s shepherding about 325 goats. Kara McDermott
The Water Crisis In Chennai: Who's To Blame, How Do You Fix It? Reservoirs are dry in India's sixth biggest city. Municipal taps work only a few hours a day. Trains are delivering emergency water supplies. Lauren Frayer
Our Taste For Turtle Soup Nearly Wiped Out Terrapins. Then Prohibition Saved Them By the turn of the 20th century, America's love affair with diamondback terrapin soup — a subsistence food turned gourmet fare — had left the turtle's population teetering. Booze ban to the rescue. Shoshi Parks