Town That Helped Power Northwest Feels Left Behind In Shift Away From Coal
Colstrip, Mont., is about 750 miles away from Seattle, as the crow flies. Politically, the two places may be even further apart. And yet, they're connected. If you're turning the lights on in the...
View ArticlePeople Of Coal-Rich Northern Cheyenne Torn Between Jobs And Sacred Culture
Ernest Littlebird put his grill out on the side of Route 39 in Lame Deer, Mont., under the shade of a tree and started grilling hamburgers. "Come get a dollar burger," he says. "Good meal, you know,...
View ArticleCalifornia's Near-Record Snowpack Is Melting Into Raging Rivers
Two years ago, near the end of California's devastating drought, Tom Moore stood on the banks of the depleted Kern River in Southern California and looked out at the slow-moving waters dejectedly. "We...
View ArticleTourists Buying Marijuana In Las Vegas Have Nowhere To Smoke It In Las Vegas
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Nevada is now the fifth state where adults can legally purchase marijuana. Sales are booming as tourists catch on. But after they buy it,...
View ArticleCalif. Communities Impacted By Rising Seas File Climate Suit
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Three coastal California communities recently filed lawsuits against some of the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world. The communities...
View ArticleHarvey Dumps More Than 40 Inches Of Rain On Texas
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: In Houston, a key dam on the Addicks Reservoir is overflowing. It's dumping extra water into the Buffalo Bayou west of the city and is likely...
View ArticleFlooded Streets, Full Reservoirs Capture Attention In Houston
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Tropical Storm Harvey has now made landfall in Louisiana just as southeast Texas is getting a break from the relentless rain. Yesterday, in...
View ArticlePoor Houston Residents Face More Challenges From Harvey
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Harvey went from being a hurricane to being a tropical storm. Now it is a tropical depression that is moving north. It is bringing a lot of...
View ArticleNews Brief: Houston Update, DACA, Kenyan Court Calls For New Election
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today marks one week since Harvey made landfall along the Gulf Coast. Today may also mark the first of many, many days of recovery in the...
View ArticleYour Apartment Is Flooded But The Rent Is Still Due
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Harvey is finally starting to dissipate. The remains of the Category 4 hurricane are now pouring rain as far away as Tennessee. In Texas and...
View ArticleFirst Harvey And Now Irma: Relentless Storms Strain Rescue Workers
Carlos Calvillo and more than 70 other members of the Los Angeles Fire Department were on their way home when they got the call. After almost two exhausting weeks of water rescues, home inspections and...
View ArticleRecent Natural Disasters Revive Political Discussions On Climate Change
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Let's state the obvious here. It has been a rough few weeks for many Americans. Hurricane Harvey dumped so much rain on Houston and...
View ArticleLas Vegas Residents Show Up In Droves To Donate Blood After Massacre
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There were more than 20,000 people at the outdoor concert last night when the shooting started. It was during the last act of a three-day...
View ArticleLas Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Was A High-Level Gambler
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We don't know much about what motivated the Las Vegas shooter, but one thing we do know about Stephen Paddock is that he gambled a lot. NPR's...
View ArticleCalif. Wildfires Force Residents To Evacuate In A Moment's Notice
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: In Northern California, the death toll continues to rise. This is where there are more than a dozen destructive wildfires that are burning out...
View ArticleHundreds Missing In Northern California Where Fires Continue To Burn
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The wildfires in northern California are now the deadliest in that state's history. At least 35 people have died. Entire neighborhoods and...
View ArticleWant Less Wildfire? Prescribe More Fire, Ecologists Say
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here in California, fire officials say they are close to fully containing all of those fires still burning in the northern part of the state....
View Article'You Can't Feel Safe Anywhere,' Sutherland Springs Resident Says
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. In Texas, authorities are learning more about the man who opened fire at a church on Sunday, killing 26 people and injuring 20...
View ArticleAt Least 5 Dead, 10 Injured In Northern California Shooting
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: At least five people are dead in what authorities are describing as a shooting rampage in a rural community in Northern California. Another...
View ArticleCredit Rating Agency Issues Warning On Climate Change To Cities
One of the largest credit rating agencies in the country is warning U.S. cities and states to prepare for the effects of climate change or risk being downgraded. In a new report , Moody's Investor...
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