Trump Administration Weakens Climate Plan To Help Coal Plants Stay Open The Trump administration is replacing one of President Obama's signature plans to address climate change. It could help some coal-fired power plants, but likely won't slow the industry's decline. Jeff Brady
Washington tribes and Inslee alarmed by Canadian pipeline approval Expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline to the Vancouver, B.C., area would boost tanker traffic in Washington waters, poses threat to orcas. John Ryan
Canada's Trudeau Approves Controversial Pipeline Expansion Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first approved the project, which is opposed by many environmental groups, in 2016, but Tuesday's announcement means construction can begin later this year. Scott Neuman
Going 'Zero Carbon' Is All The Rage. But Will It Slow Climate Change? Cities, states, businesses and electric utilities are setting ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it's not clear exactly how they'll do that or whether it will actually work. Nathan Rott
The hunt to find just one square inch of silence I go deep into the Olympic National Forest to find the most elusive creature imaginable: silence. Chris Morgan
Pets, Pests, And Food: Our Complex, Contradictory Attitudes Toward Animals Does living with animals really make us healthier? Why do we eat some animals and keep others as pets? This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with psychology professor Hal Herzog about the contradictions embedded in our relationships with animals. Tara Boyle
Replacing Plastic: Can Bacteria Help Us Break The Habit? Entrepreneurs are eager to find substitutes for plastic that naturally degrade. One option is a "natural" plastic made by microbes and then eaten by them. But the process is still in early days. Christopher Joyce
Mind if we drop off a dead whale on your beach? Asking for a friend. The tally of dead gray whales washing up on Pacific Northwest beaches during this year's northbound migration keeps going up. That's prompting an... Tom Banse
Seattle light rail couldn't take the heat this week The entire Sound Transit Light Rail system shut down at peak rush hour during yesterday's record-breaking temperatures. Sound Transit says heat did play a role – but it is not responsible for the full system shutdown. Carolyn Adolph
Mich. Prosecutors Drop Charges In Flint Water Investigation, But Promise New Probe Prosecutors say the original criminal investigation into Flint's drinking water scandal was compromised by a failure to pursue all available evidence. Richard Gonzales
