NPR Topics: Environment Podcast

Stories: 1) German Prince Plans To Put Bison Back In The Wild 2) EPA Proposes New Rule To Clean Up Gasoline And Reduce Smog 3) State Gives Example Of New Federal Gas Standards 4) EPA's Push For More Ethanol Could Be Too Little, Too Late

Stories: 1) A Hot Topic: Climate Change Coming To Classrooms 2) Are Agriculture's Most Popular Insecticides Killing Our Bees?

Stories: 1) It's 'Birds Gone Wild' Out On Australia's Heron Island 2) Afghanistan's Forests A Casualty Of Timber Smuggling 3) Massive Sinkhole In Louisiana Baffles Officials 4) Environmentalists, Drillers Reach 'Truce' For Fracking Standards

Stories: 1) Wild Bees Are Good For Crops, But Crops Are Bad For Bees 2) Natural Gas Dethrones King Coal As Power Companies Look To Future 3) After Keystone Review, Environmentalists Vow To Continue Fight 4) Steamship Anchors A Community, But Its Days May Be Numbered 5) Obama's Pick For EPA Head The Most Likely To Cause Controversy

Stories: 1) How Wood Smoke is Dirtying Alaska's Air 2) Boston Grapples With The Threat Of Storms And Rising Water 3) Trial Against BP To Begin Over 2010 Rig Explosion 4) Civil Trial Against BP Seeks To Place Blame For Gulf Oil Spill 5) Increased Humidity From Climate Change Could Make It Harder To Tolerate Summers

Stories: 1) Forecasting Climate With A Chance Of Backlash 2) After Sandy, Not All Sand Dunes Are Created Equal 3) Federal Charges Filed In Ohio Dumping Case

Stories: 1) Growing University Highlights Connecticut's Water Woes 2) Automakers Drive Towards Hydrogen Cars 3) Is The Earth Cooking Up Another Super Volcano? 4) U.S. Natural Gas Exports Stir Debate 5) Conditions Allow For More Sustainable-Labeled Seafood

Stories: 1) The Inconvenient Truth About Polar Bears 2) Tsunami Debris On Alaska's Shores Like 'Standing In Landfill' 3) Wood Stork's Endangered Status Is Up In The Air 4) Environmentalists Oppose Shipping Fracking Waste By Barge

Stories: 1) The Silver Lining In Drought: 5 Upsides To Rain-Free Weather 2) Focus On Fracking Diverts Attention From Horizontal Drilling 3) Months After Sandy, Mucking And Gutting 4) Cold Snap Shakes Up Winter Weather Outlook 5) In Arizona, Some Retirees Caught In Never-Ending Battle With Invasive Species 6) Bird, Plane, Bacteria? Microbes Thrive In Storm Clouds

Stories: 1) Connecting With Nature To Reclaim Our Natural 'Birthright' 2) Experts Urge Caution As $50 Billion In Sandy Aid Passes House 3) Stink Bug's Resurfacing May Squash Farmers' Hopes For A Strong 2013 4) Beijing Grapples with Record Air Pollution 5) Former Anti-GMO Activist Says Science Changed His Mind

Stories: 1) The True Weight Of Water 2) This Butter Sculpture Could Power A Farm For 3 Days 3) How E-Waste Is Becoming a Big, Global Problem 4) From Corn Belt To Main Street: The Drought's Far-Reaching Grasp 5) From Corn Belt To Main Street: The Drought's Far-Reaching Grasp 6) Could Some Midwest Land Support New Biofuel Refineries?

Stories: 1) From Canada To Latin America, The Christmas Bird Count Is On 2) Budget Deal Provides Tax Breaks For Green Energy 3) iPads, China: Twin Threats To Wisconsin's Paper Industry 4) 'Black Gold Boom' Brings New Life To North Dakota 5) Drilling Rig's Thick Hull Helps Prevent Oil Spill 6) Deep In Canadian Lakes, Signs Of Tar Sands Pollution

Stories: 1) Administrator Lisa Jackson To Leave EPA 2) A Busy And Head-Scratching 2012 Hurricane Season 3) Is It Morally Wrong For U.S. To Export Coal? 4) 2013: A Tipping Year For Climate Change? 5) Shell Faces New Questions After Rig Runs Aground 6) Transocean To Pay $1.4 Billion In Gulf Oil Spill Settlement

Stories: 1) Drought, Economics And Your Holiday Feast 2) An Urban Tree Farm Grows In Detroit 3) Extreme Weather Was Front And Center In 2012 4) Texas Man Takes Last Stand Against Keystone XL Pipeline 5) An Abundance Of Extreme Weather Has Many On Edge 6) Climate Change Gets Real For Americans

Stories: 1) 'Miracle' Tree Stands Tall In Japan After Tsunami 2) EPA Targets Deadliest Pollution: Soot 3) Photo Project Tracks Climate Change On Everest