Smoke rises over a vineyard as the Glass Fire burns this week in Calistoga, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
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Ash covered grapes burned by the Glass Fire at the Chateau Boswell winery in St. Helena, California, U.S., on Monday. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Benji Backer, president of the American Conservation Coalition, testifies about climate change during a U.S. House hearing in 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
'Light Years Ahead' Of Their Elders, Young Republicans Push GOP On Climate Change
An oil rig towers over houses last week in Nigg, Scotland. Major players in the oil industry expect depressed oil demand and low prices to continue well into next year. Peter Summers/Getty Images hide caption
Architects say making the office more like the outdoors — with filtered air and good ventilation — will be a priority post-pandemic. This living wall in the Danielle N. Ripich Commons at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, is one such approach. Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images hide caption
The appointment of a climate change denier to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes as Americans face profound threats stoked by climate change, from the vast, deadly wildfires in the West to an unusually active hurricane season in the South and East. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images hide caption
Plastic piles up at Garten Services in Salem, Oregon. Laura Sullivan/NPR hide caption
Landfill workers bury all plastic except soda bottles and milk jugs at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon. Laura Sullivan/NPR hide caption
How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled
Chiyomi Endo stands beside her husband's grave. "Remember that this family evacuated Futaba town, Fukushima prefecture," the stone reads, "and moved here due to the nuclear accident following the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011." Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
After 2011 Disaster, Fukushima Embraced Solar Power. The Rest Of Japan Has Not
Exxon joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1928, as Standard Oil, one of companies descended from John D. Rockefeller's world-transforming oil monopoly. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images hide caption
Tom Rivett-Carnac delivers his TED talk in the woods near his home in the UK. TED hide caption
A mobile home and car burn at Spanish Flat Mobile Villa as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Extreme heat waves are becoming more common, but California doesn't consider extreme scenarios when planning for summer electricity use. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lisa Vrooman with her boyfriend John Rock, dog Umar and cat Mochi. They love the high ceilings in their 650-square-foot apartment, but keeping it cool is costly. Lisa Vrooman hide caption
The sun sets through smoke created by the Ranch Fire this week in Azusa, Calif. The heat wave will likely hinder firefighting efforts, but at least the strong winds that fuel wildfires are not expected. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
Pump jacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., in 2015. The Trump administration is lifting an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Rattan Lal, an Indian-born scientist, has devoted his career to finding ways to capture carbon from the air and store it in soil. Ken Chamberlain/OSU/CFAES hide caption
Amy Holditch settles in behind the wheel of the RV she rented for her 10-day family trip from Madison, Ala. to Cape Cod, Mass. Russell Lewis/NPR hide caption
Not Flying This Summer? Many Americans Are Hitting The Road — In RVs
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, is pictured in 1991. She now faces multiple counts related to sex trafficking of minors and perjury. She has pleaded not guilty. Jim James/AP hide caption
West Atlanta resident Harriet Feggins has been out of work since March because of the pandemic. So far she has managed to pay her electric bill by scraping together odd jobs and dipping into her 401(k). "I'm trying to do everything I can," she says, but she worries it won't be enough. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR hide caption
'Tidal Wave' Of Power Shut-Offs Looms As Nation Grapples With Heat
Pump jacks operate at dusk near Loco Hills in Eddy County, New Mexico, on April 23. U.S. oil producers are grappling with prolonged low oil prices and the uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Oil Industry, Accustomed To Booms And Busts, Is Rocked By Pandemic
President Trump proposes changes to the National Environmental Policy Act at the White House in January. The final rules aims to speed approval of pipelines and other infrastructure. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption