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A protest in the Russian Arctic has dramatized growing problems with oil drilling there. Every country has a stake in the enormously lucrative search for oil and gas in the Arctic, says professor Lawton Brigham. But pollution from reckless attempts at development are evident on an island near the Polar circle.

The U.S. and China are the world's two largest polluters, but the will to do something about climate change is lower in both than in the rest of the world. In the U.S., there's a party split.

That's the new rule in Ferozepur, a district in India's Punjab state. As proof you have to submit a photo of yourself with your saplings.

The Indian architect has been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, known as the Nobel for architects. His buildings reflect an investment in local materials, social change and the environment.

Despite Tokyo's assurances that it will not pose a threat to people or the environment, the decision has been criticized by the local fishing community, environmental groups and Japan's neighbors.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alice Hill, senior fellow for climate change policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, about how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the environment.

Cruises to Antarctica, already popular, have grown dramatically in recent years. Scientists and advocacy groups say tighter regulation is needed to minimize the impact on wildlife and the environment.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dan Reicher of Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment about a historic agreement addressing land-use for large scale solar projects.

The 14-day stoppage comes as a federal judge considers whether additional construction of the immigration detention facility in south Florida's Everglades is detrimental to the environment.

Funding for climate and environment projects in New York is at risk under President Donald Trump. A new report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli finds that could raise energy costs for New Yorkers.