World Dec 12 To run completely on clean energy, Denmark harnesses wind power In Denmark, officials have taken strides to minimize the effects of climate change by converting from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. Over the next 35 years, the country aspires to become the first nation…
World Dec 12 How is the world reacting to the 'ambitious' climate deal reached in Paris? Negotiators from nearly every country in the world unanimously agreed to a landmark agreement Saturday to combat climate change, pledging to reduce their emissions from burning fossil fuels. It's the first-ever climate pact to commit all countries to take action.
Episode Dec 11 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 11, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon discusses coalition efforts to defeat the Islamic State. Also: The backlash against Muslims in America, the human cost of building the nation's nuclear arsenal, a look at Paul Ryan’s first month…
Politics Dec 11 How Speaker Ryan is retooling the GOP agenda In his first four working weeks, new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan presided over passage of a $600 billion defense bill, a bill to tighten screening of Syrian refugees and a five-year highway bill. Political director Lisa Desjardins offers…
Nation Dec 11 A little-known casualty of the Cold War? U.S. nuclear workers More than 33,000 men and women who worked at nuclear facilities have died from related illnesses, and more than 100,000 Americans were diagnosed with cancer and other diseases after helping build the country's nuclear stockpile. That toll had never fully…
Nation Dec 11 American Muslims feel singled out amid a climate of fear In the wake of recent terror attacks, American Muslims have been weathering a backlash. In Texas, a group has been protesting in front of an Islamic center, brandishing rifles. In Pittsburgh, a Moroccan immigrant taxi driver was shot by a…
Politics Dec 11 News Wrap: Congress buys time with short-term spending bill In our news wrap Friday, Congress sent President Obama a short-term spending bill to fund agencies through the middle of next week, buying more time to negotiate a $1.1 trillion long-term tax and spending bill. Also, chemical industry giants DuPont…
World Dec 11 UK accelerating pace of anti-ISIS missions, says defense secretary The United Kingdom determined last week it would join the U.S. and France in bombing the Islamic State in Syria. U.K. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, in Washington to meet with his American counterpart, said that British sorties have been aimed…
Episode Dec 10 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 10, 2015 Thursday on the NewsHour, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl breaks his silence just as the controversy of his release is reignited. Also: How a landmark No Child Left Behind rewrite could change public schools, Yazidi refugees risk danger for a European…