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Alan Greenblatt has been covering politics and government in Washington and around the country for 20 years. He came to NPR as a digital reporter in 2010, writing about a wide range of topics, including elections, housing economics, natural disasters and same-sex marriage.

What would it mean to make environmental degradation a crime?

This weekend, students from around the country came to the ation's capital to compete in the "Project Earth" Eco Fair. The national ompetition is sponsored to encourage 4th through 12th graders to think of ways o improve the environment. Host Liane Hansen attended the event, and spoke to ome of this year's contestants.

As the House prepares for a floor debate and vote Wednesday on a bill that would streamline procedures at federal regulatory agencies, David Baron looks at why the GOP, as well as business and industrial leaders, want health and environment regulations simplified. We examine one company's 18-year struggle with the EPA over a controversial additive for gasoline.

Commentator and novelist Reynolds Price says writing can indeed by taught -- at least to serious college students, who can learn serviceable prose. He adds that some skill at creative writing can be acquired, but superior creative work is the far rarer result of inborn "neural tilt," and early environment.

against a Mitsubishi auto plant in Illinois has raised certain cultural issues. One question is how to maintain equal opportunity for women in work environments typically dominated by men.

The CEO of the Swedish company Rotundus, Nils Hulth, discusses his company's pride and joy. It's the Orb, a robotic ball that Rotundus describes as "well suited for surveillance and inspection in rough environments."

It's best to chop up and leave a thin layer of leaves in the grass. Rake excess amounts into a landscape bed or garden.

Inside Out Accessible Art and a variety of community organizations offer art projects inspired by nature at an interactive festival in Miller Park.

As a Montana politician, Ryan Zinke, had a reputation as a conservationist conservative. That's changed since he became Secretary of the Interior. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Outside Magazine's Elliott Woods about his profile: "Ryan Zinke Is Trump's Attack Dog on the Environment."