Environment
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Detroit's urban farming movement is thriving, supplying fresh produce, jobs and revived communities. Desiree Cooper examines this new food-based economy and the issues holding it back.
Seeds of progress
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Illegal gold mining in the Amazon
With the price of gold at an all-time high, veteran war photographer Ron Haviv documents the environmental destruction illegal gold mining has caused in the Peruvian Amazon.Cleaning up Nigeria’s oily mess
According to a new U.N. report, decades of oil pollution in the Niger Delta may require the world's biggest ever cleanup.
It’s not easy being green
Need to Know correspondent Mona Iskander updates her report from Greenville, Mich., about a town that tried to reinvent itself by bringing in a solar-panel manufacturing company.
David Biello on the future of solar
Scientific American’s David Biello talks to Jeff Greenfield about Uni-Solar’s bankruptcy and what it means for the U.S. solar industry.
Poll: Green futures
Should we invest more in green technology? Vote in our poll.
Dr. Jay Gulledge on what rising seas mean for the U.S.
Scott Simon talks with Dr. Jay Gulledge about what sea-level rise might mean for the nation, and what we can do today to prepare.
Rising tide in Norfolk, Va.
Mayor Paul Fraim tells Need to Know that if sea-level rise continues, some parts of his city may have to be abandoned to the rising tide.
Is the EPA regulating too much?
Matt Kibbe of FreedomWorks argues that the EPA rushes to regulation, imposing high costs on the economy with few gains for environmental quality.
Toxic law? Chemical pollution and the EPA
Need to Know takes a look at a small town plagued by chemical pollution and disease, and the regulatory system some say has failed its residents.
Hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods: A preview of life under global warming?
As Hurricane Irene, first major hurricane of the season, threatens the Eastern seaboard, Need to Know investigates the links between extreme weather and climate change.
Removing horses from the wild
Filmmaker and wildlife activist Ginger Kathrens discusses the Bureau of Land Management’s controversial removal of horses from the wild in the western U.S.
