USDA: Severe Drought Will Drive Up Cost of Food

In a four-day period this July, the Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster rate than satellite data has ever recorded and at higher elevations than we've ever seen in our lifetimes.

Map showing the four day period this July that the Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster rate and at higher elevations than satellite data had ever recorded.

Reporter Sam Eaton from Marketplace looks at Vietnam, where conservation groups and fish farmers are working to meet health and environmental standards thatbig retailers increasingly demand.

Native Americans make up about one percent of the United States population, but they manage more than 95 million acres of land. Their reservations lie in some of the most diverse ecosystems in the country, ranging from Alaska to the coasts of Florida. And they are often on the frontlines of America's climate-related dangers.

For Northwest tribes, salmon fishing is a way of life. But changes in the climate may be pushing the fish toward extinction. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the Swinomish Indian reservation to see how they are coping.

More than half of the country suffered drought in June, and farmers and their crops are taking a hard hit. David Beckmann of Bread for the World and Brian Fuchs of the National Drought Mitigation Center discuss how disappointing corn yields have larger economic consequences for the world's hungriest people.

More than half of the continental United States was in moderate to extreme drought in June -- including corn- and soybean-producing states -- damaging crops and impacting prices at the grocery store.

A proactive new article poses the U.S. is on the cusp of becoming the world's next Saudi Arabia when it comes to oil production. But is energy abundance a possibility, and what of the environmental implications?

Washington's Quileute tribe, thrust into the spotlight by the "Twilight" series,' has been in a struggle to reclaim land threatened by floods and sea level rise. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the tribe to hear their story.

In other news Monday, more than 1,700 firefighters battled heat and high winds trying to corral a record-breaking fire in northern Colorado. The blaze grew to 91 square miles over the weekend forcing new evacuations. Also, President Obama's choice for ambassador to Iraq has withdrawn.