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NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports a major natural gas pipeline in Washington state has been shut down, while officials investigate the cause of two explosions along the line last weekend. The blasts have raised concerns about the safety of the 4000 mile pipeline system that runs throughout much of the Pacific Northwest.

In Montana, biologists are trying to train wild wolves not to attack cattle. If the experiment works, it might help ease the century-old conflict between ranchers and wolves. But it also raises some ethical questions about interfering with the natural behavior of wild animals. From Montana's Gallatin Valley, Kathy Witkowsky reports.

Writer Tom Nord of Louisville, Ky., has a Web site in which he invites submissions of haiku tributes to each of the U.S. presidents. Haiku is the minimalist Japanese form of poetry that traditionally describes nature. So far he has 37 presidents covered. We hear him read from his collection.

As Al Gore's 2000 running mate, it might seem natural for Sen. Joseph Lieberman to try to distance himself from former President Clinton. But in an interview the Connecticut Democrat — seeking the top of the ticket in 2004 — doesn't hesitate to hail the former president's record.

Their lives illustrate the changing nature of this decades-long conflict between India and Pakistan.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a daylong journey through Manhattan with Eric Utne, the founder of Utne magazine. He has just created the Urban Almanac, a twist on the Old Farmer's Almanac. It shows city-dwellers where to find and enjoy nature.

Cities hoping to avoid legal threats over outright bans on natural gas are thinking outside the box to lower emissions in buildings.

With six of seven Unit 5 school board seats up for election this year, there are four current members guaranteed to remain seated.Despite being…

McLean County Public Defender Carla Barnes has been appointed as the first Black woman to serve as a circuit judge in Illinois’ 11th Judicial…

In order to investigate how eating fish affects our health as well as the oceans, author and fisherman Paul Greenberg spent a year eating fish every day.