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California's first-in-the-nation Reparations Task Force is determining exactly how Black residents have been harmed by the legacy of slavery. The two-day event begins Wednesday.

The Federal Highway Administration is set to release the Final Environmental Impact Statement April 15.

It's still unclear why large numbers of soldiers in the 1991 Gulf War came home with unexplained illnesses. Now, faced with the possibility of a new war in the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon is working to prevent a repeat of those health problems. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.

Many Americans have spent the past few days preparing to combat terrorism with duct tape and plastic sheeting. On Monday, the White House suggested consumers purchase these supplies to seal up doors and windows in the event of an attack using a chemical or biological weapon. That government warning sent consumers racing to hardware stores and home improvement centers but left bio-terrorism experts puzzled. As NPR's Jon Hamilton reports, many experts say most people don't need an airtight room, and those who do will probably want something safer than duct tape and plastic.

Scientists in the Arctic are concerned that the rift with Russia over Ukraine will set back crucial work on climate change.

States neighboring Yellowstone National Park have eased rules on hunting wolves, resulting in the most being killed in nearly a century

Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt receives a warm welcome from members of a Senate panel considering his nomination to head the EPA. But the hearing takes a partisan turn, as Democrats use the occasion to bash the Bush administration's environmental record. The panel is expected to confirm Leavitt next week. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Last month, two of Charles Darwin's notebooks that had been missing from the Cambridge University Library for 20 years were returned.

In Oregon's high desert, a more than 10,000-year-old lake is drying up. That doesn't have to happen. Summer Lake hosts millions of migratory birds annually, but its water is being diverted to farms.

The U.S. Postal Service has big plans to replace its aging fleet of 165,000 gasoline-burning delivery vehicles. And some are pushing for the electric trucks to be built by union labor in Wisconsin.