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President Bush says a deal to allow a company owned by the government of Dubai -- one of the United Arab Emirates -- to operate six U.S. seaports is no threat to port security. He promises to veto any effort to stop it. Lawmakers, including Republicans, have criticized the decision.

Mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., burst into applause as the Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives safely to Mars. Only about two-thirds of NASA's Mars missions have survived. The spacecraft is supposed to gather more information about Mars than all previous missions combined.

A data center in DeKalb, Illinois, is the testing ground for a new sustainable concrete. Is this greenwashing or can new mixtures contribute to reducing the construction industry's carbon footprint?

President Bush visits Denmark to thank Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has been a close ally in the war in Iraq. Recently, the prime minister extended the stay of some 500 troops in southern Iraq, despite opposition to that presence from some Danish citizens. From Copenhagen, Bush flies to Scotland, site of the annual G8 summit.

In the 1970s, Florida's manatees were near extinction. When power companies noticed manatees hanging out near their power plants in search of warm water, they partnered with environmentalists.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has prepared an ambitious agenda for the G8 summit in Scotland. The two top items are his calls for increasing the amount of aid to poor African countries and for limiting the emission of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

It appears journalist Dom Phillips and researcher Bruno Pereira were killed reporting in the Amazon. Guardian environmental editor John Watts reflects on their work and why the region is so perilous.

The Energy Department recently updated efficiency rules for manufactured homes. Energy efficiency advocates wanted higher standards — while the industry warns the rules will raise home prices.

Stephanie Morningstar is coordinator for the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust. The group started in 2017 as an informal alliance between farmers of color at Soul Fire Farm and Wildseed Farm in New York and Global Village in Grafton, Massachusetts.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ben Cahill, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about Europe's push to end its reliance on Russian fossil fuels.