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Brian Gibbs was an environmental educator at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. His job was among those nixed by the Trump administration as it pushes to shrink federal spending.

President Trump signed an executive order invoking war time powers to help boost production of critical minerals and rare earth elements. There is a global race for those materials, but the U.S. lags behind its main competitor, China.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Nicholas Wu, congressional reporter at Politico, about the United Democracy Project's role in recent congressional primaries.

The way the terminations have been carried out will undermine the efficiency and productivity of workers left behind, expert says.

No one wants rats scurrying about their neighborhood. But they're a cunning and evasive foe. Now, a community near Boston is trying their luck with a different approach: rat birth control.

Iran is in the grip of a devastating drought. Searing heat and government mismanagement have left water levels in the country's dams, rivers and lakes at record lows.

The Interior Department proposed reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations first made during the Republican's first term. Those changes were reversed under former President Biden.

A recent disruption at An Enemy of the People on Broadway by Extinction Rebellion shows a new approach to climate change activism.

As the Trump administration publicly hammers out its plans on the Ukraine war, it's also pressing Ukraine for deals in exchange for more aid — including giving the U.S. mining rights for rare earths.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Meg Krawchuk of Oregon State University about the Biden administration's proposal to protect old growth forests. Old trees contain more carbon than younger trees.