A photo of La Soufrière erupting Friday in St. Vincent. The blast could be sending ash as far as Jamaica and South America. Zen Punnett/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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President Biden, whose infrastructure plan includes $174 billion to boost electric vehicle sales and production, has been pulled into a global trade dispute over the fate of lithium ion battery factories in Georgia that threatens his EV goals. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Betting Big On Electric Vehicles, Biden Faces Fraught Decision On Ga. Battery Plant
Then President-elect Biden speaks during an event to introduce key cabinet nominees and members of his climate team in December. The details in Biden's proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan have a lot to do with protecting the environment. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Within Biden's Infrastructure Plan Lies An Agenda To Address Climate Change
Michael Regan speaks during his confirmation hearing in February to be the Environmental Protection Agency administrator. In an NPR interview Thursday, Regan says technology that helps eliminate emissions is key to tackling climate change. Caroline Brehman/AP hide caption
EPA Chief Says Biden Infrastructure Bill Will Help The U.S. Face Climate Change
Voters stand in line to cast ballots Tuesday for Greenland's parliamentary elections at a polling station in the capital. Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A pedestrian using an umbrella to get some relief from the sun walks past a sign displaying the temperature on June 20, 2017, in Phoenix. Ralph Freso/Getty Images hide caption
Visitors gather to watch the sunrise under blooming Japanese cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 30. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures as he stands with state and local officials during a news conference Sunday at the Manatee County Emergency Management office in Palmetto, Fla. Chris O'Meara/AP hide caption
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks with other Democratic members of Congress outside of the Democratic National Headquarters in November, urging then-President-elect Biden to address the climate crisis. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag hide caption
Ocasio-Cortez Sees Green New Deal Progress In Biden Plan, But 'It's Not Enough'
More than 50 million people in the United States suffer from allergies. Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks to Amtrak employees Feb. 5 during a visit at Union Station in Washington, D.C. In a Thursday interview with NPR's Morning Edition, he said not making infrastructure investment would be a "threat to American competitiveness." Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Buttigieg Says $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Is A 'Common Sense Investment'
Purple sea urchins have boomed off Northern California, destroying kelp forests that provide a crucial ecosystem. Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS hide caption
In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing
Workers improve a busy highway intersection in Miami. President Biden is proposing roughly $2 trillion to invest in the nation's infrastructure. His plan includes improvements for roads, bridges, transit, water systems, electric grids and Internet access. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Aerial view of AJAX Glacier and O'Connor rock in the area near Comandante Ferraz Station, in King George Island, Antarctica. Alessandro Dahan/Getty Images hide caption
Three of Deepwater Wind's turbines stand off Block Island, R.I., in 2016. The Biden administration is pushing for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
Marine biology student Ranim Tahhan, 21, pictured left, and another volunteer work to clean Tyre beach from the pollution caused by an oil spill in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption
Lava flows down from the crater of Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, as seen from Tunggul Arum in the city of Turi near Yogyakarta early Saturday. Agung Supriyanto/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. bald eagle populations have more than quadrupled in the lower 48 states since 2009, according to a new survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Prisma Bildagentur/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Adult periodical cicadas in Reston, Virginia on May 16, 2004 Richard Ellis/Getty Images hide caption
Glacier mice in Iceland. Ruth Mottram/Ruth Mottram hide caption
Curtis Wynn, president and CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative, with a bi-directional charger that can use electricity from an electric vehicle's battery to power a building. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
How A New Deal Legacy Is Building Clean Energy In Rural North Carolina
A thin strip of sand is all that stands between multimillion-dollar homes on the Southern California coast and a rising Pacific Ocean. A state bill aims to buy, then rent out such properties until they're no longer habitable. Axel Koester/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
California Has A New Idea For Homes At Risk From Rising Seas: Buy, Rent, Retreat
Deb Haaland, who made history this week by becoming the first indigenous interior secretary, promised to begin repairing a legacy of abuses committed by the federal government toward tribes. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
The Celebration Over, Deb Haaland Now Faces A Long To-Do List At Interior
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Ariel Waldman: What Can We Learn From Microscopic Life In Antarctica?
Christian Richard stands next to a groundwater well on his southwestern Louisiana farm. A centuries-old law allows landowners in the state to use as much water as they want for free. Austin R. Ramsey/IRW hide caption