EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the Supreme Court's ruling is a setback for the agency. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images hide caption
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Shoppers drink juice in plastic cups at a market in New Delhi, on Wednesday. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a longer plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption
Viktor Radushinskiy, a member of Ukraine's forestry department in Zhytomyr, looks at a site in the northern Ukrainian woods where a fighter jet crashed. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Plastic bottles of shampoo at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Toni Okamoto started Plant-Based on a Budget to show people how affordable plant-based eating can be. Toni Okamoto hide caption
In this July 27, 2018 photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. J. David Ake/AP hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court curbed the EPA's ability to fight climate change. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shut down in 2019. Exelon Generation blamed the closure on a lack of state subsidies. Such subsidies are growing amid concerns that such closures abet climate change. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Working Dogs for Conservation trainer Michele Vasquez clips a vest onto Charlie, a Labrador retriever, to let him know he's working. Dogs like Charlie will help sniff out chronic wasting disease in deer and elk scat. They will also help find mink and otter droppings that can be tested for toxic substances near illegal dumpsites. Aaron Bolton/Kaiser Health News hide caption
In this photo from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, a North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing rope is sighted on Dec. 2, 2021, with a newborn calf near Cumberland Island, Ga. AP hide caption
The flooding of the Saint John River in 2019 marks the second consecutive year of major flooding. Marc Guitard/Getty Images hide caption
Wajahat Malik, right, and a Pakistan Navy seaman navigate the Indus River. Malik organized a 40-day expedition down the 2,000-mile river to document "the peoples, the cultures, the biodiversity and just whatever comes our way," he says — including the impact of climate change and pollution. Diaa Hadid/For NPR hide caption
Floating in a rubber dinghy, a filmmaker documents the Indus River's water woes
Coastal Redwood Trees Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption