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are trying to re-invent the car. They are designing and turning out prototypes that are lighter, more fuel efficient and pollute the environment less. The goal is a full-size, affordable car that will get 80 miles to the gallon... that's proving to be impossible with conventional materials and designs.

Linda talks with Dr. Ed Kilborn, a Research Professor of Microbiology at New York Medical College, about why influenza seems to strike and spread more during the winter than in any other season. Kilborn says it's a combination of factors...including the dryness of the air and the fact that the flu viruses tend to incubate better when people stay close together indoors in overheated environments.

Noah Adams talks with Sheriff Larry Sherertz of the Rappahannock County Police Department about their annual American Chestnut seedling give-a-way. American Chestnuts have been virtually extinct since a fungus was introduced to the country almost a century ago. The American Chestnut Cooperators Foundation have been working hard to breed seedlings from the few surviving trees. Now they hope to reintroduce the species to its native environment.

The case was brought by 16 young residents of Montana that allege the state's government has violated its constitutional provision to a "healthful environment."

In the first of a three-part series, NPR's Howard Berkes looks at people who make a living in some of the most inhospitable places in the world. These people work at the margin of what's physically endurable and profitable. Today we visit brine shrimp fishermen on the Great Salt Lake, a forbidding environment where the competition to harvest the elusive shrimp eggs requires spotter planes and sometimes leads to confrontations on the water.

Robert Siegel speaks with Brock Meeks, Washington correspondent for WIRED Magazine and HotWired, about the computer service America Online. At first a very successful on-line service, AOL is finding the Internet itself a source of competition. AOL offers members an environment of online services including access to the Internet but the Internet and its panoply of service providers is overshadowing AOL.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has canceled three votes on President Bush's blueprint for overhauling the Clean Air Act, including two postponements last week. The delays signal that the White House is having trouble selling its vision for cleaning up old coal-fired power plants.

In the complaint, the dancers accused Lizzo of sexual harassment and said she created a hostile work environment.

Despite the lure of potentially big money, the Navajo Nation has banned uranium mining on its reservation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. In part, the decision reflects deep Navajo concerns about how past mining activities have damaged health and the environment.

An estimated 860,000 people were set to become citizens this year — with many also expected to become first-time voters. But the pandemic has put a temporary halt to naturalization ceremonies.