Nov 26 Barbara Kingsolver Discusses Eating Locally By Tom LeGro Happy Thanksgiving! As many of us sit down today for a meal with friends and family, we thought you might enjoy the short clip below. In it Jeffrey Brown talks to writer Barbara Kingsolver about the sustainable food movement. Continue reading
Nov 25 India Envoy: Obama’s Emissions Pledge ‘Welcome,’ Had Hoped for More By Dave Gustafson Judy Woodruff spoke Wednesday with Shyam Saran, the Indian prime minister's special envoy on climate change, about President Obama's trip to the Copenhagen climate change summit and the U.S. emissions reduction goal. Here are Web-only excerpts:… Continue reading
Nov 25 Experts Sound Off on U.S. Role, Expectations for Copenhagen By Talea Miller President Obama announced Wednesday he will make an appearance Dec. 9 at the Copenhagen climate summit on on his way to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize. The NewsHour spoke with a panel of experts about expectations for the summit. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Bound for Copenhagen, Obama Faces Climate Change Obstacles Ray Suarez speaks with climate experts about what to expect from President Obama's trip to the Copenhagen climate change summit next month. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Obama to Offer 17% U.S. Emissions Cut at Copenhagen Summit The White House said President Obama will travel to Copenhagen with a promise to reduce carbon emissions 17 percent by 2020. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Nov 20 New Guidelines Recommend Later, Less Frequent Cervical Cancer Screening Women can wait to have their first Pap test for cervical cancer until age 21, and can wait longer between screenings than recommended in the past, according to new guidelines released Friday. Continue reading
Nov 19 Jeanne-Claude Was Muse and Collaborator By Arts Desk Jeanne-Claude, the artist who collaborated with her partner Christo on monumental installation projects like "The Gates" in New York and "The Wrapped Reichstag" in Berlin, passed away Wednesday at a hospital in New York from complications of a brain aneurysm. Continue reading
Nov 19 Artist Jeanne-Claude Has Died at 74 By Arts Desk Artist Jeanne-Claude, who with her husband Christo, created public art installations around the world, has died. She was 74. Her family said she died Wednesday night at a New York hospital from complications of a brain aneurysm. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch Author Auletta Dissects Global Impact of Google Jeffrey Brown speaks with author Ken Auletta about his new book on Internet powerhouse Google called 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.'… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Other News: Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Up 2% In other news, the U.S. Department of Energy reported that global carbon dioxide emissions rose 2 percent in 2008, and Iran sentenced five people to death for inciting June's mass protests. Continue watching