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Looking for scraps of lead to sell, young people in the town of Kabwe dig through the toxic tailings left behind from 100 years of mining.

What Flint, Mich., And Kabwe, Zambia, Have In Common

They may be half a world away from each other, but both are dealing with the awful effects of lead poisoning.

Mexico City Mayor-elect Claudia Sheinbaum cast her vote in the capital city on July 1. She and many women won posts in local governments and legislatures across the country.

Meet Mexico City's First Elected Female Mayor

The Mexican capital's incoming leader, Claudia Sheinbaum, is an environmental engineer who worked on a U.N. climate panel that shared a Nobel Prize with Al Gore. Can she stabilize the city?

Buses with U.S. diplomats and their families who have been expelled from Russia leave the U.S. Embassy compound in Moscow on April 5. They were the first of a group of 60 U.S. diplomats who have been expelled from Russia, after the United States kicked out the same number of Russian diplomats.

Diplomatic Corps In Moscow Shrinks Just When U.S.-Russia Tensions Are At A High

"Throwing out 60 diplomats is a big blow to the ability of people simply to have discussions on subjects that need to be discussed," said James Collins, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow.

Alley cropping, planting productive tree crops between alleys of conventional crops such as corn and soy, is one of many regenerative agriculture practices being researched and practiced in Central Illinois.

Regenerative Ag Could Make Illinois Farms More Climate-Friendly -- And More Profitable, Too

The term “regenerative agriculture” sounds wonderful...or for many maybe just more fancy talk for the latest sustainable agriculture movement.

California Struggles To Fix Zoning That Promotes Racial Inequity And Climate Change

Around the U.S., cities have been grappling with how single-family zoning can exacerbate racial inequity and climate change. States like California are struggling to fix that.

Amazon Rainforest Fires Put A Spotlight On Illegal Land Grabbers

Inside the Amazon rainforest, wildcat miners dig out rocks and grind them down in search of gold. These illegal operators are blamed for deforestation, pollution and driving people off their land.

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, an activist from Malawi, is one of six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. Majiga-Kamoto has been instrumental in implementing Malawi's ban on thin plastics.

She Owes Her Big Environmental Prize To Goats Eating Plastic Bags

The demise of the bag-consuming herbivores led Gloria Majiga-Kamoto to push for Malawi to enact a promised ban on single-use thin plastic. Her activism has won her a 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize.

If all we grow now is corn and soy, can we even grow food crops here? Well, that's actually not all that we grow. And in the state that ranks third in the nation for the number of farmers markets, it seems that the answer is yes.

Why a local food system has yet to take hold in central Illinois

Today on Food Trek, host Tory Dahlhoff gives us the first of a two-part episode that dives into the potential of building a local food system in Central Illinois and reviews a bit of the history of why, in a place with such great soil, a strong local food system has yet to take hold.

There are a number of initiatives in the works to address PFAS in drinking water.

PFAS 'forever chemicals' are everywhere. Here's what you should know about them

PFAS are all around us, so how do we navigate a world filled with harmful chemicals? We speak to an expert who guides us through what PFAS are, why they're a problem, and what can be done about them.

United Airline CEO is proud of the deal with Boeing for 787 Dreamliners

NPR's Juana Summers talks with CEO of United Airlines Scott Kirby about the company's deal with Boeing to create more 787 Dreamliner airplanes.

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