2002 NOVEMBER
Nov. 27, 2002

Conversation: Chicago's 1995 Heat Wave
Ray Suarez speaks with Eric Klinenberg about his new book on the 1995 Chicago heat wave.

AUGUST
Aug. 23, 2002

Drying Out: Colorado River Delta
Ted Robbins of KUAT Tuscon reports on the parched Colorado River delta.

JULY
July 30, 2002

Drying Out: Drought in the West
An update from Tom Bearden on the devastating drought in the American west, with a focus on one of the hardest hit rural areas in southeastern Colorado.

JUNE
June 26, 2002

Firestorm: Arizona Wildfires
Tom Bearden reports from Arizona on the wildfires that have now consumed almost 400,000 acres.

  

June 24, 2002

Firestorm: Arizona Wildfires
After an update from Kwame Holman on the wildfires in Arizona, Jim Lehrer talks with Abel Camarena, deputy regional forester for the southwest region of the U.S. Forest Service.

  

June 14, 2002

Firestorm: Colorado Wildfires
Betty Ann Bowser has an update on the Colorado wildfires.

June 12, 2002

Background: Firestorm
An update from Tom Bearden on the fires sweeping through Colorado.

June 12, 2002

Firestorm
Gwen Ifill talks with Colorado Governor Bill Owens about the fires sweeping through his state.

  

June 11, 2002

Firestorm: Colorado Wildfires
Tom Bearden reports on the dangerous Colorado wildfires.

APRIL
April 23, 2002

Drought in the Northeast
Tom Bearden reports on how New Jersey's worst drought in over a century is affecting the state, its businesses, and the environment.

  

JANUARY
Jan. 22, 2002

Catastrophe in the Congo
Ray Suarez reports on the volcanic eruption in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  

Jan. 22, 2002

Catastrophe in the Congo
Ray Suarez turns to Faida Mitifu, the Congo's ambassador to the United States, and David Snyder, an Emergency Response Information Officer with the Catholic Relief Services to assess the situation there.