US energy panel approves rule to expand transmission of renewable power. FERC rule on transmission, cost allocation expected to boost wind, solar power as grid confronts potential reliability crisis, extreme weather events.

My The Associated Press story

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The BYD 'Seagull' 'sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric vehicles that cost three times as much.'

The USDA’s gardening zones shifted.
This map shows you what’s changed in vivid detail: apps.npr.org/plant-hardines…

Oklo, a fast-breeder microreactor startup with no revenue that's chaired by Sam Altman, went public on the NYSE on Friday. Stock price dropped by more than 50% on its inaugural day . canarymedia.com/articles/nucle…

My favorite kind of history is family history. Congrats Emily Kwong Anjuli Sastry Krbechek (she/her) on 'Inheriting' - a show that explores family ties that link our past, present, and future.

Coming May 23rd!

npr.org/2024/05/06/124…

Dozens of Penn and Philadelphia Police officers equipped with riot shields and zip ties surrounded the more than two week old Gaza solidarity encampment at Penn’s College Green early Friday morning.

Police blocked access to the green as supporters waited on the periphery.

BIG NEWS for NEWS: Nebraska Public Media Acquires ‘The Reader’ and ‘El Perico’
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Does mining for batteries erase the climate benefits of EVs? No, and here's why - NPR's Camila Domonoske npr.org/2024/05/09/125…

“Instead of fighting a losing legal battle, power plant owners and states should be locking up their lawyers and turning loose their engineers,” said David Doniger, a senior attorney at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council).

Idaho's state capitol building and about a hundred others in Boise are heated with geothermal energy. NPR's Kirk Siegler has details: npr.org/2024/05/08/124…

El Niño is on the way out after a record-breaking year of heat - Lauren Sommer NPR npr.org/2024/05/09/125…

This meeting with two dozen oil and gas executives happened last month. How is it only being reported today? I see WashPo had a similar story last November: washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11…

Hello, fellow Denverites! Denverite is hiring its next editor! Come steer distinct and irreverent city news alongside CPR News! Bonus: Desk pod near me, which means access to Cool Ranch Doritos and limeaid conspiracy theories: denverite.com/2024/05/08/den…

FWIW this is not what I experienced at Columbia University. Yes student protesters organized a system of spokespeople -typical in US politics and advocacy. Student spokespeople were courteous and responsive. With some effort I also found students outside this system who spoke to me. NPR

I’m at UT Austin with Luz Moreno-Lozano 🦇 to cover a protest this afternoon. Looks like people are preparing for large crowds.

Drones are buzzing overhead. There are about 50 officers and a dozen medics around the tower and South Lawn.

Stay tuned.

This is a thing inside journalism--protests and left ideas are assumed to be unworthy of coverage. Journalists get criticized for pitching a story about a protest and its aims, but praised for jumping on news that a protest is halting traffic and upsetting others.