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Leaving green grass to grow can save lots of green money.As residents help develop a new master plan for Bloomington Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts,…

After years of failed attempts at cleaning up the dead zones, the Chesapeake Bay, once a national disgrace, is teeming with wildlife again. But success is fragile, and it might be even more so now.

A thousand doctors joined a program to prescribe time in national parks. People suffering anxiety or depression get a nature prescription, which also helps with chronic disease like diabetes.

THIS WEEK MARKED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST "PHYSICAL" FIGHT ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1798. ALEX TALKS WITH THE FORMER HOUSE HISTORIAN, RAYMOND SMOCK, ABOUT THE INCIDENT. 3:50 3. BEETLES: ALEX LOOKS FOR BEETLES WITH ENTOMOLOGIST MICHAEL IVY IN NORTHERN MONTANA. THE BUGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE ENVIRONMENT -- AND OFTEN DEMONSTRATE THE AMAZING ADAPTATIONS VARIOUS SPECIES MAKE AS THEY VIE FOR SURVIVAL .

NPR's Dan Charles reports on the work of a handful of researchers who believe in something called Cold Fusion. It's a complicated idea...involving the fusion of atoms and the subsequent release of enormous amounts of energy...all accomplished in a controlled and friendly environment. And it's controversial -- SO controversial that most scientists don't even think cold fusion is possible. Despite the sceptics, the search for cold fusion goes on.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on the arguments before the Supreme Court today on whether Clean Water regulations apply to a body of water contained within a state, but used as habitat by migrating birds. The justices are being asked to rule on whether the fate of the body of water is of concern only to that state, or, because of the impact on the birds, to the larger environment.

In ancient world the Library at Alexandria, Egypt was the meeting place where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings met to create a vital cultural environment. But the Library dissappeared 2000 years ago possibly when Julius Caeser sacked the city. Today a new library is rising in Alexandria hoping to recapture some of the former's glory. Kate Seelye reports.

In 1991, a group of scientists entered Biosphere 2 for a two-year experiment that would test whether humans could survive in a closed environment. The experiment wasn't exactly a success. As NPR's Joe Palca reports, researchers are now trying to show that Biosphere 2 can serve another purpose -- as a laboratory to study Earth systems.

In the new media environment, there are more sources for news, but fewer stories are getting covered. Network news is losing their audience while cable's Fox News is growing. The study offers a probing look at the state of American journalism.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports that officials from the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum are working out details of a plan to bring about the most ambitious trade liberalization plan in history. But as they were meeting, there were noisy demonstrations against the plan on the streets of Manila. Opponents complain that freer trade will allow large multi-national corporations to exploit the region's poor and the environment.