Trump Accused Of Moving Too Fast With Plans To Drill For Oil In Alaska The Trump administration is holding public hearings on its push to drill oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Critics say the process is being rushed to downplay environmental risks. Ravenna Koenig
Trump To Nominate Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt To Lead Department President Trump announced plans to nominate acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist, to head the agency. Nathan Rott
The Role Climate Change Plays In Weather Extremes After a week of record-cold temperatures, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about how climate change is leading to more weather extremes.
Thirsty Baby Flamingos Airlifted To Safety In South Africa A drought left a flamingo breeding ground dry near Kimberley, South Africa. When the adult birds left, animal lovers flew thousands of baby birds to safety. Daniella Cheslow
Mount Hood Wolf Found Dead Near Highway 26 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed to OPB that a young male wolf from the White River pack was found dead near Highway 26 in November. Tony Schick
Jordan Cove LNG Project Entering Important Permitting Stretch This year will be a big one for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG project in southwest Oregon. Jes Burns
Oregon Lawmakers Unveil Their Plan To Curb Carbon Emissions Democrats want to move quickly on a new cap-and-trade proposal to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Republicans are hoping to slow the legislation. Here's what the policy looks like. Dirk VanderHart
Want Proof Climate Change Is Here? Look At Oregon In 2018, Report Says Climate change is playing out in significant ways in Oregon in the form of more severe wildfires, lower summer stream flows and diminishing winter snowpacks. David Steves
Why Peter Stark's 'Frozen Alive' Story Still Resonates More Than 20 Years Later NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author and historian Peter Stark about his second-person narrative "Frozen Alive" in Outside Magazine which deals explicitly with hypothermia's physiological effects.
Alpine Frogs Under Threat From Climate Change Alpine lakes in the Northwest are drying up, and so are the frogs and tadpoles that live in them Erin Ross