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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert Scheller, landscape ecology professor at North Carolina State University, about the increasing risk for wildfires in southeast and southern Appalachian regions.

Democratic strategist Dan Sena speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about President Biden's new $5.8 trillion budget proposal.

Food waste is a big problem — for public health, the environment and consumers. Chefs and restaurant owners seem like they'd be the least likely to waste food, and yet 15 percent of all the food that ends up in landfills comes from restaurants. Some restaurants are starting to take action.

UC Berkeley told 160 faculty, staff and students that their names were included in files shared with the federal government related to "alleged antisemitic incidents." We hear from one of them.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will deliver the annual State of the Commonwealth address on Thursday evening.

President Trump released his budget request for 2027 on Friday, asking for $1.5 trillion in defense spending.

Scientists say the little fish may hold broader lessons for raising other marine species in captivity.

CAI has been following the trajectory of the Falmouth-based weather prediction startup Salient Predictions. We checked in recently with the company's president and co-founder Ray Schmitt.

We're living in the epoch some scientists call the "Anthropocene"�"an age in which human influence touches nearly everything on the planet. Forty years after the signing of the Endangered Species Act, and nearly 50 years after the Wilderness Act, do we need to rethink how we protect nature? Environmental historian William Cronon and environmental geographer Paul Robbins discuss protecting wild places in the age of climate change.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced the recipients of this year's fellowships. Twenty-four innovators in art, science, writing and more will each receive $500,000 over the next five years.