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A controversial rule that makes it harder for renewable energy projects to participate in one of New England’s lucrative electricity markets will remain in place for another two years. Late Friday night, Federal energy regulators approved a plan from the regional grid operator, ISO New England, to keep the so-called minimum offer price rule — or MOPR — until 2025.

This second of two reports explores the practice of American farmers using Brazilian soil. The land is a fraction of what it costs in the Midwest, labor is cheap, and the climate hospitable enough to grow crops 12 months a year. But U.S. farmers have other issues to deal with there.

Automakers want to sell you an electric vehicle, but to do that, they'll need the world to dig a lot more minerals out of the ground. The challenge is transforming both mining and the auto industries.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Juliette Kayyem, a former Homeland Security official, about shifting crisis management from how to prevent a disaster to how to minimize its consequences.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Amy Westervelt about disinformation in podcasts.

Former Goffstown High School science teacher Phil Browne recalls how he tried to preserve McAuliffe’s legacy with his students.

"The work that we do abroad fundamentally has to connect to making the lives of working people better, safer, fairer" in America, Jake Sullivan tells NPR in an interview.

In an interview with NPR's Morning Edition, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the plan is "fully paid for" and that not making the investment is a "threat to American competitiveness."

Cyber espionage, regional aggression, a crackdown on opposition politicians: there's a long list of provocations President Biden has to discuss when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Philippe Etienne, France's ambassador to the U.S., about the G-7 summit, NATO and President Biden's upcoming meeting with President Vladimir Putin.