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A study finds tiny leaks from loose fittings added up to more emissions than when stoves were in use. The impact of U.S. gas stoves on climate change amounts to the same effect as a half-million cars.

Certified Naturally Grown offers farmers a cheaper and less time-consuming option to communicate how they produce their food. But terms like “natural” on food labels can be confusing for consumers.

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.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Chicago on the status of Illinois' public mental health system. Despite the dismal rating given to state mental health facilities, state officials maintain that their hospitals offer a clean and healthy environment for patients. There is a debate now materializing between mental health providers as to whether the state should administer care through state hospitals or smaller, community based facilities.

Corporations return profits to shareholders. That's a "given" in the U-S economic system, but should it be? Frank talks with Marjorie Kelly, editor of the Business Ethics Newsletter, who argues that by focusing solely on satisfying shareholders, corporations end up hurting others in the equation, including workers, communities and the environment. Kelly says the so-called Divine Right of Capital is an old, outdated model that needs to be reconsidered.

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.