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As awareness grows about the environmental toll of single-use plastics, U.S. retailers and regulators alike are finding ways to decrease their use. And straws have become a prime target.

A Trump official says he expects peer-reviewed research will be subject to vetting during the transition period. If such a rule became permanent, it would be a radical departure from existing policy.

China has been creating artificial islands out of reefs. Environmentalists say the process is killing off coral and giant clams.

Food labels have become battlegrounds. Government regulators, companies and food movement activists have been fighting over what belongs on the label. (GMOs? Trans fats? Claims that bran prevents heart disease?) We asked four big thinkers for their dream food label.

Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.

Vice President Al Gore took to the trees today at the Audubon Naturalist Society's headquarters on a wildlife preserve in Maryland. The Democratic presidential candidate's subject was energy -- its costs and its effects on the environment. NPR's Steve Inskeep has this report.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Raleigh, North Carolina, on a series of new lawsuits which claim that large-scale hog farms are damaging the environment. Pork producers deny the charges.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Jane Lubchenco, who leads climate and environment science efforts at the White House, about the findings of the United Nations' major new report on climate change.

Montana's supreme court finds that the state's failure to address climate change violates kids' right to a clean and healthful environment.

The court found climate impact must be considered and kids have a right to a healthy environment. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Julia Olson of Our Children's Trust, which brought the suit.