Dec 14 California governor seeks permanent ban on offshore drilling By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday asked President Barack Obama to permanently ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in the state before he leaves office. Continue reading
Dec 14 Perry brings oil industry ties to Energy Department By Stephen Braun, Associated Press Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Energy secretary, has close ties to the Texas oil industry. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 3:12 News Wrap: EPA finds fracking can contaminate underground water in some cases By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 10:51 Tillerson for State: What we know and why some are concerned about his ties to Russia By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump has tapped the head of the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company to lead the State Department. Who is Rex Tillerson and what does the choice tell us about the Trump agenda? Judy Woodruff speaks… Continue watching
Dec 13 AP Sources: Trump offers Montana's Zinke interior secretary By Julie Pace and Ken Thomas, Associated Press Zinke, 55, a retired Navy SEAL, was an early supporter of Trump and met with the president-elect Monday. Continue reading
Dec 13 Citing 'data gaps,' EPA stops short of drawing verdict on fracking and its impact on drinking water By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas poses a risk to drinking water in some circumstances, but a lack of information precludes a definitive statement on how severe the risk is, the Environmental Protection Agency says in a… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 'Repeal and replace'? More like repeal and collapse, warns HHS Secretary Burwell By PBS News Hour During the presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” But undoing the law and creating a new one may be more difficult than his campaign rhetoric suggested. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 53:23 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 12, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, as the CIA concludes Russia acted to sway the U.S. election in Donald Trump's favor, a bipartisan group of senators calls for an investigation. Also: Secretary Sylvia Burwell discusses the future of Obamacare, the twists and… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch In debate on Russian interference and disinformation, there's a lot we still don't know By PBS News Hour The CIA has concluded that pre-election Russian hacking was aimed to sway the vote in President-elect Donald Trump's favor. What could we learn from serious investigations? Hari Sreenivasan gets reactions from two men who have extensive experience in intelligence and… Continue watching