Apr 15 What to know about SpaceX’s upcoming test flight of its giant Starship rocket By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Jutting almost 400 feet into the South Texas sky, SpaceX's Starship rocket could blast off as early as Monday, with no one aboard. Here’s the rundown on Starship's debut. Continue reading
Apr 13 EPA awards $177 million to environmental justice groups By Drew Costley, Associated Press The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it's investing $177 million to create 17 technical assistance centers around the country to help environmental justice organizations successfully apply for federal funds. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 6:22 How young Pacific Islanders helped bring climate justice to the world’s court By William Brangham, Layla Quran, Maea Lenei Buhre For the first time, the UN's International Court of Justice has been tasked with determining what countries are obligated to do to fight climate change. William Brangham reports on the young people who were instrumental in bringing this issue to… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 6:15 EPA proposes strict limits on tailpipe emissions to speed up electric vehicle transition By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Karina Cuevas The Biden administration rolled out its most aggressive effort yet to combat climate change with tougher emissions limits for cars and trucks. But several challenges remain, including the cost of electric cars, the batteries and how to charge them on… Continue watching
Apr 10 California’s unusual winter weather presented challenges for U.S. beekeepers By Amy Taxin, Associated Press Bees have been slow to emerge from their hives due to the chilly weather. That means beekeepers have had to feed them to keep them going. Continue reading
Apr 09 As India’s tiger count grows, Indigenous groups protest evictions from ancestral lands By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday to much applause that the country’s tiger population has steadily grown to over 3,000 since its flagship conservation program began 50 years ago. But multiple Indigenous groups say they are being driven out of… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 6:31 Driven by necessity, Bangladesh develops innovations to fight climate change By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Juliet Fuisz The low-lying nation of Bangladesh suffers disproportionately from climate change, despite producing just 0.5 percent of the world’s carbon emissions. It’s also creating innovative ways to predict and protect against climate-driven disasters, and discovering new ways to build resilience using… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 5:16 California’s reservoirs refill after historic storms, but snowmelt poses risks By William Brangham, Harry Zahn After a barrage of severe winter storms, 12 of California's 17 major reservoirs have been replenished — a silver lining for a state suffering from brutal drought. But officials also warn that when the enormous snowpack atop the Sierra Nevada… Continue watching
Apr 07 More research is needed into why 1 in 6 people experience infertility, WHO says By Bella Isaacs-Thomas A new report from the World Health Organization estimated that 17.5 percent of people across the globe have experienced infertility at some point in their adult lives. Continue reading
Apr 07 Climate change boosts temperatures and home runs, researchers say By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according to a statistical analysis by Dartmouth College scientists published in Friday’s Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Continue reading