Elizabeth Shogren Elizabeth Shogren is an NPR News Science Desk correspondent focused on covering environment and energy issues and news.
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Monday

Guided by biologists, volunteers briefly catch, band and release some of Delaware's visiting red knots each spring to monitor the health of the species. Maggie Starbard/NPR hide caption

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Shifts In Habitat May Threaten Ruddy Shorebird's Survival

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White House Report Says Climate Change Is Here And Now

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Wednesday

Concerns Raised Over Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas

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A sign at the old Kerr-McGee uranium mill site in Grants, N.M., warns of radioactive material. This week, the Justice Department announced a $5 billion settlement against the mining company to pay for the cleanup of toxic sites the company left across the U.S. over a period of more than eight decades. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP hide caption

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Feds Hope $5 Billion Settlement A Lesson For Polluters

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Monday

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Toxic Chemical Dioxane Detected In More Water Supplies

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An oiled murre passes the darkened shoreline near Prince William Sound, Alaska, less than a month after the March 1989 spill. Erik Hill/Anchorage Daily News/MCT/Landov hide caption

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Why The Exxon Valdez Spill Was A Eureka Moment For Science

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Tuesday

Colorado Becomes First State To Restrict Methane Emissions

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Monday

Not all energy producers find fault with the EPA's rules. Calpine, which helped build the Delta Energy Center in Pittsburg, Calif., says the permitting regulations aren't overly cumbersome. JAKUB MOSUR/AP hide caption

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Industry Challenges EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rules In High Court

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Friday

Fishers are among the small carnivores threatened by rat poisons used to guard plants at illegal marijuana farms. John Jacobson/U.S Fish & Wildlife Service hide caption

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A protest of the Keystone XL pipeline last March along its proposed route near Bradshaw, Nebraska. NH/AP hide caption

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Al Jones of the West Virginia Department of General Services tests water as he flushes faucets and opens a rest room at the State Capitol in Charleston, W. Va., on Jan. 13, four days after a chemical spill into the Elk River. It wasn't until Jan. 21 that state officials were told by Freedom Industries that a second contaminant had also entered the river. Steve Helber/AP hide caption

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Thursday

A northern spotted owl in a Redwood forest. Michael Nichols/Getty Images/National Geographic Creative hide caption

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To Save Threatened Owl, Another Species Is Shot

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Monday

The Big Impact Of A Little-Known Chemical In W.Va. Spill

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The sea ice that polar bears use as a platform to catch seals is shrinking, threatening the species' existence. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serivce/AP hide caption

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A Scientist's New Job: Keeping The Polar Bears' Plight Public

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