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Alok Shukla is one of the winners of the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize. He's cited for a campaign to keep a company from felling a forest in India to excavate the coal that lies beneath.

Opal Lee, the activist known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, worked hard to see it become a federal holiday. NPR's Michel Martin reflects on why it's a holiday for all Americans.

Chinese business people may be able to find creative ways to avoid U.S. tariffs, but for Beijing, its concerns for the incoming Trump presidency go beyond trade.

On today's show, we heard part one of the conclusion to the Collision Course podcast. Then, an author discussed her new children's book, and a food editor talked water's connection to food. Plus, Cheers! is back with a brand new espresso-infused libation.

After tearing through parts of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl was tracking towards Jamaica on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds around 160 miles per hour.

An Israeli strike hit a food distribution center, killing a U.N. relief worker — a sign of the heightened dangers and challenges of bringing much-needed aid into Gaza during the war.

The Category 5 storm slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, and with 10 missing.

As part of a local conservation effort, beehives dot a section of coastline in Mombasa to try to deter people who chop mangroves for firewood or home construction.

Much of Michigan is under an excessive heat warning or advisory with heat index values up to 100 degrees expected in parts of the state.

A sweltering heat wave is bearing down on a large swath of the U.S., creating potentially dangerous conditions for millions of people in multiple states.