NPR Topics: Environment Podcast

Stories: 1) Drought Could Dry Up Nevada Dairy Farmers' Expansion Plans 2) In The Arizona Wilds, Burro Murders Baffle Investigators 3) Throw Me Something (Again), Mister: Mardi Gras Beads Revived 4) Even In A Desert, Drought Spells Trouble For Ranchers 5) Wind River Indian Reservation's Borders Are Disputed 6) Even After The Floods, The Drought Continues

Stories: 1) Toxic Leak Taints North Carolina Coal Plants, And Regulators 2) Closing America's Largest Landfill, Without Taking Out The Trash 3) Amid California Drought, Migrating Birds Enjoy Pop-Up Cuisine 4) Drought Could Drain More Than Brazil's Coffee Crop 5) Industry Challenges EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules In High Court 6) Explorers' Aim For Perilous Polar Trek: 'Get Home In One Piece'

Stories: 1) Got Road Salt? Cities Across The Country Are Running Out Of It 2) Illegal, Remote Pot Farms In California Poisoning Rare Wildlife 3) Report: Burning Natural Gas Is Better Than Using Coal 4) Is It Really Safe? Testing West Virginia's Water 5) West Virginians Still Stocking Up On Water, Fearing Pollution 6) If Yellowstone Could Talk, It Might Squeak. Blame The Helium

Stories: 1) Economist Says Best Climate Fix A Tough Sell, But Worth It 2) Prospectors See A Golden Lining In California's Drought 3) France Takes A Stand, Crushing Ivory Beneath The Eiffel Tower 4) Kansas Mayor Says Sustainability Is About Community, Not Politics 5) Congressional Panel Probes W.Va. Chemical Spill 6) The Earth's 'Sixth Extinction' May Be One Of Our Own Making

Stories: 1) Weeks Later, More Questions Than Answers In W.Va. Chemical Spill 2) Air Quality Worries Dampen Chinese New Year Fireworks 3) State Dept. Delivers Unwelcome News For Keystone Opponents 4) State Department: Keystone XL Would Not Worsen Warming 5) Undermanned And Limited, Chemical Safety Board Confronts A Crisis 6) Chemical Study Becomes A Tale of Conspiracy And Paranoia

Stories: 1) Drinking Water Not Tested For Tens Of Thousands Of Chemicals 2) Not Gone, Just Sleeping: Earthquakes May Reawaken In Midwest 3) Antarctic Discovery: A Massive Valley Under The Ice 4) Once, Cold Weather Came And Stayed — For Years 5) 'Nothing Is Fixed': Recovery Is Slow In Typhoon-Hit Philippine City 6) Taking Stock Of The Northern Plains Oil Boom

Stories: 1) Drought Emergency Declared In California Gov. Brown 2) More Cities Bring Buried Streams Back To Life 3) Ancient And Vulnerable: 25 Percent Of Sharks And Rays Risk Extinction 4) Calif. Air Quality Affected By Lack Of Rain 5) Texas Landowners Keep Watchful Eye On Keystone KL Pipeline

Stories: 1) When Big Carnivores Go Down, Even Vegetarians Take The Hit 2) The Upside Of The Bitter Cold: It Kills Bugs That Kill Trees 3) The Big Impact Of A Little-Known Chemical In W.Va. Spill 4) Feds Arrive In W.Va. To Probe Chemical Leak 5) An Old Tree Doesn't Get Taller, But Bulks Up Like A Bodybuilder 6) To Save Threatened Owl, Another Species Is Shot

Stories: 1) Tree-Incarnation: Christmas Trees Return To Nature (A Poem) 2) No Relief Forecast After One Of California's Driest Years Ever 3) Arctic Methane Bubbles Not As Foreboding As Once Feared 4) Forest Service May Try To Recoup Rim Fire Costs With Logging 5) Great Lakes Solution To Asian Carp Issue Would Be Costly 6) What Is The Polar Vortex And Why Is It Doing This To Us?

Stories: 1) Malawian Farmers Say Adapt To Climate Change Or Die 2) In Troubled Magazine World, 'La Hulotte' Is One Rare Bird 3) Why The Cod On Cape Cod Now Comes From Iceland 4) Oil Company Looks To Great Lakes As Shipping Demand Booms 5) Time Is Running Out To Save Florida's Oranges 6) On The Trail Of A Mountain Lion, Hunters Hope To Help

Stories: 1) Could Big Batteries Be Big Business In California? 2) Chicago Moves To Limit Petroleum Coke Storage 3) Grasslands Get Squeezed As Another 1.6 Million Acres Go Into Crops 4) For BP Cleanup, 2013 Meant 4.6 Million Pounds Of Oily Gunk 5) With National Treasures At Risk, D.C. Fights Against Flooding 6) What Does The Future Hold For Climate Change?

Stories: 1) USDA Steps Up The Fight To Save Florida's Oranges 2) Scientists Battle Over Fate Of Yellowstone's Grizzlies 3) Scientists Find Tiny Exfoliating Beads In Great Lakes Fish Guts 4) Environmentalists Split Over Need For Nuclear Power 5) This Stanford Ph.D. Became A Fruit Picker To Feed California's Hungry

Stories: 1) Fishery Closure Puts New England's Shrimp Season On Ice 2) Warming Sends A Chill Through Ski Industry 3) Unrealized, Unforeseen Environmental Results Of NAFTA 4) Long Island Wins Ultimate Faceoff Against Hurricane Sandy

Stories: 1) Saving The Native Prairie — One Black-Footed Ferret At A Time 2) Tech Leaders, Economists Split Over Clean Energy's Prospects 3) 'Forecast Bust:' Why 2013 Hurricane Predictions Were So Wrong 4) Australia Disapproves Of Seeds In Katy Perry CD 5) Slashing Fossil Fuel Consumption Comes With A Price 6) Ready — Or Not. Abrupt Climate Changes Worry Scientists Most

Stories: 1) What's In It For U.S. To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions? 2) U.S. May Be Producing 50 Percent More Methane Than EPA Thinks 3) Why Countries Invest Differently In Environmental Issues 4) A View From China, India On Carbon Dioxide Emissions 5) Colo. Fracking Votes Put Pressure On Energy Companies 6) How Fracking In Pennsylvania Helps Clear The Air In New York