Science Dec 10 UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss that threaten over 1 million plant and animal species with extinction.
Nation Aug 24 Growing wildfires in Oregon and California threaten homes, prompt evacuations Wildfires in California wine country and Central Oregon grew overnight, prompting hundreds of evacuations as firefighters sought to contain the blazes Sunday amid dry, hot weather.
Science Aug 07 Trump moves to end NASA missions measuring carbon dioxide and plant health The Trump administration wants to end two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health. The move would potentially shut off an important source of data for scientists, policymakers and farmers.
Science Nov 14 Climate change harms daily life across the United States, new federal report finds Tuesday's National Climate Assessment is a five-year localized update on what global warming is doing and will do to the United States.
Politics Nov 14 WATCH: Biden blasts climate change denial as new report details harm to Americans’ daily lives “Anyone who willfully denies the impact of climate change is condemning the American people to a very dangerous future. Impacts are only going to get worse, more frequent, more ferocious and more costly,” President Joe Biden said, noting that disasters…
World Aug 18 Residents flee as wildfire nears capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories Firefighters worked to keep open the only route out of Yellowknife as a wildfire moved closer to the city of 20,000. Canada has had a record number of wildfires this year, and hundreds are burning out of control.
Nation May 06 Newton Minow, former FCC chief and champion of public television, dies at 97 Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died Saturday. He was 97.
Nation Feb 16 Officer charged in Floyd killing says he deferred to Chauvin during arrest Former Minneapolis Police Officer J. Alexander Kueng says he deferred to Officer Derek Chauvin as his senior officer on the day that George Floyd was killed as police tried to arrest him.
Nation Feb 07 Lung expert testifies George Floyd died because his breathing was restricted Dr. David Systrom testified Monday at the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating Floyd's rights.
Nation Jan 28 Former Minneapolis police training commander says 3 officers at Floyd killing didn’t follow protocol On Thursday, Blackwell testified that it is critical to move someone who is being restrained from a prone position onto their side, otherwise “the concern is that they would die in custody.”…