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ENVIRONMENTALISTS DESCRIBE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AS AN ECOLOGICAL GODSEND, BUT MANY IN CONGRESS THINK OF IT AS AN ECONOMIC MONSTER. THIS WEEK MARKED THE START OF A FIGHT OVER REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LAW THAT PROTECTS THE HABITATS OF RARE ANIMALS AND PLANTS. NPR'S JOHN NIELSEN REPORTS ON HOW THE ACT IS LIKELY TO BE CHANGED, AND WHY THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS AREN'T LIKELY TO LIKE IT.

President Bush ruffled lots of feathers weeks ago by backing away from the Kyoto global warming treat and delaying rules limiting arsenic in drinking water. NPR's John Nielsen reports that Mr. Bush's 2001 federal budget contains a quieter but no less pointed attack on Clinton environmental policies.

NPR's Nina Totenberg previews arguments in today's Supreme Court case, which poses a fundamental challenge to federal regulatory powers. At issue is whether Congress acted within the Constitution, when it ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the Clean Air Act of 1970 by setting clean air standards based on public health. (8:44).

A central Illinois conservation group has acquired one of the few remaining remnants of Hill Prairie habitat in Illinois. It's called the "devil’s backbone," an old-time name for the jagged geography of the 55 acres near the Mackinaw River in Woodford County.

China has taken dramatic steps to fight climate change, including shutting major coal power plants. But now it plans to build hundreds of coal plants abroad.

More than 280 native plants and over 22 species were planted at the Bloomington Public Library’s Prairie on the Patio Garden.

For the first time outside of his home country, the Japanese filmmaker's work is being featured in a major retrospective at the brand-new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center, about water resources and environmental concerns in the extremely arid region.

The New York state attorney general's office detailed multiple incidents of harassment or inappropriate comments made by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and said he created a "hostile work environment."

It's a tough sell to convince McLean County Farmers to move acreage into wetland, especially considering how fertile the soil is in McLean County. Hear…