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A virtual public comment session is being held to discuss a natural gas project, which includes a new pipeline between Longmeadow and Springfield, Massachusetts.

Some experts now see beavers — nature's helpers — as their dams can mitigate the effects of drought and wildfires.

NPR's David Greene talks to Wade Crowfoot, California's secretary of Natural Resources, about this year's wildfire season, and what can be done to prevent or control them.

Car companies are following Tesla's lead and reshaping themselves as high-tech, climate-friendly electric automakers. GM and Ford are among the manufacturers who made big announcements recently.

Dalton's fire chief said almost every road in town is washed out. Next door in Littleton, some roads are also still closed — leaving some people stranded.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amy Nordrum, executive director editor of the MIT Technology Review, about a few of the 10 breakthrough technologies for 2024.

Companies are building carbon dioxide pipelines as a possible climate solution. But after a pipeline rupture sent dozens to the hospital in a Mississippi town, there are questions about their safety.

Referenda began in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine today. The flu might be coming back strong this year. Leaders meet in Pittsburgh for climate talks.

In softcover fiction, Barbara Kingsolver explores climate change, Jami Attenberg depicts an eating disorder, Dave Eggers sends a businessman to Saudi Arabia, and Vaddey Ratner fictionalizes life under the Khmer Rouge. In nonfiction, Jeffrey Toobin examines the Supreme Court and President Obama.

CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory about the likelihood that an asteroid strike on earth caused climate changes that doomed the dinosaurs.