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As legislative session nears its end, policy platform part of ongoing clean energy debate

More than a year after the law was signed, the state has made little progress and appears poised to miss a December deadline for a required report.

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Some companies are building businesses on a plan to "enhance" rock weathering, one natural pathway that moves carbon from the atmosphere into deep pockets of the Earth.

Even as the U.S. aims to cut climate-warming emissions at home, it still exports huge amounts of natural gas, oil and coal. That's coming in for scrutiny ahead of another global climate summit.

In Europe, some prices have quadrupled. And companies that rely on natural gas as a key ingredient have gone under.

For centuries, certain groups have buried the dead without caskets, letting the body naturally decompose. Now, more cemeteries are offering this alternative.

On Feb. 5, 2022, Charles Givens was found unresponsive in his cell at Marion Correctional Treatment Center. An autopsy and other documentation indicate Givens suffered a beating, a lawsuit alleges.

NPR's Guy Raz reports on the Natural Law Party's nominating convention in Northern Virginia. John Hagelin is the party's candidate for president. He's a quantum physicist and the student of a transcendentalist. With a platform that includes campaign finance reform, crime prevention and abortion rights, party members believe Hagelin has a chance to win in November.

NPR's Alex Chadwick takes a National Geographic Radio Expedition to Uluru, the great natural wonder in Australia. It's a monolith, a great mass of rounded stone, rising straight up a thousand feet above the surrounding desert plain and considered sacred by Aborigines. Contrary to the wishes of the Ananu, some foreign visitors climb the rock. Walking the pathway is considered a spiritual journey and is acceptable.