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The EPA plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to combat climate change. Steve Inskeep talks to lawyer Jeff Holmstead, who represents a group which has challenged the plan in court.

The state of Wyoming, the country's largest coal producer, is the site of the Carbon XPrize in which entrepreneurs compete to capture carbon and turn it into commercial products.

In a city prone to large natural disasters, L.A. firefighters are widely considered to be among the best in the business at knocking down urban wildfires. But in the extreme conditions lately, experts say little can be done even to slow these modern fires.

A calamitous invention that poisoned air, water and soil for generations is no more, according to a report from the United Nations.

Attributed to climate change, Brazil's historic drought is devastating its coffee farmers, who's crops supply much of the world.

A new 22-member state commission has until November to come up with concrete policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from home heating and cooling systems.

Residents of St. Mary's in southwestern Alaska are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just a few miles from town.

Heavy rains closed roads and flooded subways in New York City today. New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in several counties in the metro area.

Claims are still high by historical standards, but it's a sign of slow healing from the worst crisis since the Great Depression. Fed Chair Jerome Powell reflected on that earlier Thursday with NPR.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Cynthia Williams, Ford's global director of sustainability, about the automaker's pledge to go all-electric by 2040.