Keystone XL pipeline sections sit on a train near Glendive, Mont. Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio hide caption
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Emma Schachner: How Did Dinosaur's Lungs Help Them Dominate The Earth For So Long?
Aircraft largely stayed on the ground in spring 2020, leading to a drop in greenhouse gas emissions. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Now Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, (R-MI), listens to Congressional members remarks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, about the Flint, Mich. water crisis in 2016. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Climate change activists holding signs join in on a rally supporting the "Green New Deal" in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 24, 2019. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
The drilling rig Polar Pioneer outfits for Arctic oil exploration in 2015. A proposed rule from the Trump administration would force banks to offer financing to oil companies, gun-makers and high-cost payday lenders, even if the banks don't want to. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Trump Regulator's Rule Would Force Banks To Lend To Gun-Makers And Oil Drillers
Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Trump administration has held the first oil lease sale in the refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hide caption
As RV Wastewater Pilot Program coordinator for Seattle Public Utilities, Chris Wilkerson visits people living in motor homes and trailers and offers to pump out their waste for free. Erin Slomski-Pritz/NPR hide caption
A polar bear with cubs in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2014. Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
After Decades-Long Push, It's Not Clear Who Will Bid In Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale
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After Decades-Long Push, It's Not Clear Who Will Bid In Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale
Crews observe the continuing eruption in Halema'uma'u at Kilauea in the early morning of Dec. 28. Overnight, the western vent in the wall of Halema'uma'u continued to erupt. D. Downs/USGS hide caption
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
How Will Climate And Health Policy Look Under Biden?
Ron Rosmann, seen in 2011, received some of the subsidies but says he's not in favor of the program. "It has disproportionately gone to the largest producers," he says. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
Farmers Got A Government Bailout In 2020, Even Those Who Didn't Need It
Vanessa Keegan, her boyfriend and 3-year-old son live a block from where rail cars will carry liquefied natural gas to an export facility on the Delaware River. Emma Lee/WHYY hide caption
'That Terrifies Me': Trump Rule Allows Natural Gas Transport By Rail In Dense Areas
A Southwest Airlines flight takes off as United Airlines planes sit parked on a runway at Denver International Airport in April. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption
Barry Lopez won the National Book Award in 1986 for Arctic Dreams. John W. Clark hide caption
Barry Lopez, Acclaimed Author And Traveler Beyond Many Horizons, Dies At 75
Inside of the Blue Ice Drill tent, drillers Tanner Kuhl (left) and Elizabeth Morton (right) work with graduate students Austin Carter, Jacob Morgan and postdoctoral fellow Sarah Shackleton in Antarctica in 2019. John Higgins hide caption
Scientists Have Found Some Truly Ancient Ice, But Now They Want Ice That's Even Older
Recycled plastic pellets are displayed at a facility in Ontario. James MacDonald/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
A skier was killed on Friday when he was buried in an avalanche in Colorado's Anthracite Range. The crown of the avalanche was on the right, below the rocky ridge. The debris washed through the trees below. Colorado Avalanche Information Center hide caption
A Kupu Aina Corps work crew funded by CARES Act money uses chainsaws to clear invasive mangroves from the area around Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu. Courtesy Malama Pu'uloa hide caption
Hawaii Reboots Depression-Era Conservation Corps Using Pandemic Assistance Funds
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Hawaii Reboots Depression-Era Conservation Corps Using Pandemic Assistance Funds
Motorist stop at an intersection where a sign displays the temperature on June 20, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. As 2020 comes to a close so does the hottest recorded decade. Ralph Freso/Getty Images hide caption
Lava cascades into the summit water lake at the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's big island. The eruption began late Sunday within the volcano's Halemaumau crater, at the summit of Kilauea. USGS hide caption
Biden Announces Climate Team, Including 1st-Ever National Climate Adviser
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., delivers remarks after being introduced as President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be the next secretary of interior. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks during a 2015 signing ceremony for an air quality agreement as then-Secretary of State John Kerry looks on. The two will be back together working on climate issues in the Biden administration. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption