Jul 18 Northwest 'Salmon People' Face Future With Less Fish For Northwest tribes, salmon fishing is a way of life. But changes in the climate may be pushing the fish toward extinction. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the Swinomish Indian reservation to see how they are coping. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch In Panama, Locals Protest Canadian Copper Mines In Panama, 'New Conquistadors' Protest Canadian Copper Mines… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch Facing Drought, Farmers' Crops Taking Heat Facing Drought, Farmers' Crops Taking Heat… Continue watching
Jul 17 Measuring Significant Drought Years By Larisa Epatko More than half of the continental United States was in moderate to extreme drought in June -- including corn- and soybean-producing states -- damaging crops and impacting prices at the grocery store. Continue reading
Jul 17 Researchers Consider Graphene as a Cure for Desalination Woes By Paul Solman and Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American Saltwater flows into the pre-treatment hall at the Kurnell desalination plant in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Bloomberg via Getty Images. The earth harbors about 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water. Unfortunately, the vast majority of that water comes… Continue reading
Jul 17 The U.S. as the New Saudi Arabia: An Environmentalist's Nightmare? A flame from a Saudi Aramco (the national oil company) oil installation known as 'Pump 3' burns brightly during sunset in the Saudi Arabian desert. According to Forbes, Saudi Aramco generates more than $1 billion a day in… Continue reading
Jul 17 The U.S. as the New Saudi Arabia: An Environmentalist's Nightmare? A flame from a Saudi Aramco (the national oil company) oil installation known as 'Pump 3' burns brightly during sunset in the Saudi Arabian desert. According to Forbes, Saudi Aramco generates more than $1 billion a day in… Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch Swinomish Tribe Deals with Climate Change Swinomish fishing salmon climate change Washington… Continue watching
Jul 16 Coping with Climate Change: Washington's Tribes By Saskia de Melker Washington's Quileute tribe, thrust into the spotlight by the "Twilight" series,' has been struggling to reclaim land threatened by floods and sea level rise. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the tribe to hear their story. Continue reading
Jul 16 Climate Change Threatens The Tribe From 'Twilight' Washington's Quileute tribe, thrust into the spotlight by the "Twilight" series,' has been in a struggle to reclaim land threatened by floods and sea level rise. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the tribe to hear their story. Continue reading