Segments From This Episode

• Why OPEC Plus isn’t likely to increase oil supply

  by Kai Ryssdal and Andie Corban

  

  Spare capacity has been overstated, says oil analyst Abhi Rajendran. Then there’s the matter of isolating Russia.

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• Russia’s role in world’s nuclear energy industry prompts calls to up U.S. uranium production

  by Andy Uhler

  

  Russia plays a key role in preparing fuel for power plants. A ban could delay projects, and domestic production stirs social justice issues.

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• Farm groups push for allowing growers to plant on protected land

  by Savannah Peters

  

  They see using land in the Conservation Reserve Program as a way to help ease crop crunches created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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• Europe, moving away from Russian natural gas, looks to the U.S.

  by Lily Jamali

  

  Europe was already grappling with an energy crisis. The war has made that crisis worse.

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• Students face standardized test dilemma as colleges split on their use

  by Stephanie Hughes

  

  Some colleges are bringing back SAT and ACT requirements. Others have dropped them permanently. What’s a college applicant to do?

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• Apartment hunting? In New York City? In this economy? Fuhgeddaboudit.

  by Maria Hollenhorst

  

  “It’s a new level of insanity in the market,” said recent New York City apartment seeker, Maya Kosoff.

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