A sign touting the Inflation Reduction Act is seen at Glynwood Boat House in Cold Spring, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 2022. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
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James Tucker got an efficient heat pump for his home near Oakland, California last year. Now homeowners can get new credits for heat pumps from federal climate legislation. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. President Joe Biden's administration cleared the way for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, a part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bats congregate in the Bat Cave in Queen Elizabeth National Park on August 24, 2018. Scientists placed GPS devices on some of the bats to determine flight patterns and how they transmit Marburg virus to humans. Approximately 50,000 bats dwell in the cave. Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Officials announced Thursday plans to return Lolita — an orca that has lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium for more than 50 years — to its home waters in the Pacific Northwest. Here, trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, March 9, 1995. Nuri Vallbona/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, swimmers swim after spinner dolphins in Honanau Bay, Hawaii, March 26, 2023. Hawaii authorities say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources via AP hide caption
There are no lasting photos of Eunice Foote. Her experiments set the foundation for climate science. Carlyn Iverson/NOAA Climate.gov hide caption
What history's hidden grandmother of climate science teaches us today
Krishna Lal stands in front of her house. The town of Chamba is on the hill behind her. Raksha Kumar/NPR hide caption
Electric cars charge at a hub in downtown Milan on March 23. Starting in 2035, all cars sold in the European Union will be zero-emission vehicles. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A map highlights areas where thousands of blocks of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico were offered up in an oil and gas auction Wednesday. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hide caption
Three barges are jammed up against the McAlpine Dam on the Ohio River, just off the shore in Louisville, Ky. Officials say a barge carrying 1,400 tons of methanol is partially submerged. Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet hide caption
This May 21, 2020, photo provided by Victor Gensini shows a tornado in Moscow, Kan. A new study says warming will fuel more supercells or tornados in the United States and that those storms will move eastward from their current range. Victor Gensini/AP hide caption
Philadelphia is seen across the Delaware River. Officials say the water is safe to drink — at least through Tuesday afternoon — after a latex finishing solution spilled into a Delaware River tributary late Friday. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
An aerial view of neighborhood in Rolling Fork, Miss., destroyed by Friday night's tornado. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kelna Begum, 30, stands with her child in front of a building that's been raised to survive seasonal floods in her village of Golabari in the Sunamganj region of northern Bangladesh. Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR hide caption
Facing floods: What the world can learn from Bangladesh's climate solutions
Lake Saimaa in Puumala, Finland, which is near the resort where 10 lucky participants will stay for a happiness masterclass in June. Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A wolverine is pictured on Jan. 28, 2016. Frederick Florin /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Leading our news round up is news of a giant floating mat of grassy brown algae called Sargassum. It has grown from small patches in the Sargasso Sea and can now be seen from space. THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
News Round Up: algal threats, an asteroid with life's building blocks and bee maps
Water pours out of Lake Oroville in Northern California in March. Reservoirs levels plummeted over the last three years, but now have more water than they can hold. Ken James/California Department of Water Resources hide caption
3 reasons why California's drought isn't really over, despite all the rain
A man fills cans with water in order to bring water to homes in Xochimilco, Mexico. Silvana Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption