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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with law professor Adrian Vermeule about the importance and future of administrative law cases at the Supreme Court, as it loses Stephen Breyer, an expert in the field.

Reverend Billy, the flamboyant "altar-ego" of New York performance artist William Talen, celebrates 20 years of crusading with his Stop Shopping Choir.

President Bush nominates Stephen Johnson to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Johnson is a 24-year veteran of the agency who has been the acting administrator since Mike Leavitt left to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

In a series of reports for Radio Expeditions, Elizabeth Arnold journeys to Sri Lanka with one of the first teams to assess the environmental aftermath of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami.

Over 5,000 Iraqis needed medical care after the country was hit by a severe sand storm. Such storms are not uncommon there, but their increasing frequency and severity has climate experts concerned.

Missouri's largest landowner is turning over nearly 160,000 acres known as Pioneer Forest to a private foundation. It's the culmination of a career in which he pioneered a method of harvesting forest while also preserving it.

Ross McElwee has made a career out of filming his life. He's made seven feature-length documentaries, including Sherman's March, Time Indefinite, Something to Do with the Wall and Six O'Clock News. His latest film is Bright Leaves about his family's connection to the tobacco industry. His great-grandfather created the brand of tobacco known as Bull Durham. McElwee is a visiting lecturer at Harvard University's Department of Visual and Environmental Studies.

New federal rules will make it easier for ranchers in Idaho and Montana to kill wolves, which are listed under the Endangered Species Act. Ranchers welcome the chance to control the predators. Environmentalists warn of the ecological consequences. NPR's Jeff Brady reports.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Isabelle Leighton of the Donors of Color Network, which has secured $100 million in pledges to fund environmental justice initiatives centered on communities color.

President Bush announces Michael Leavitt as his choice for secretary of Health and Human Services, replacing Tommy Thompson. Leavitt, a former governor of Utah, is now administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and was not among the expected choices. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.