Aug 09 Watch Fire Policy in the West Betty Ann Bowser presents the second of two reports on fighting the fires in the West. Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Fire Policy Betty Ann Bowser presents the first of two reports on fighting the fires in the West. Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch Drying Out: Drought in the West An update from Tom Bearden on the devastating drought in the American west, with a focus on one of the hardest hit rural areas in southeastern Colorado. Continue watching
Jul 11 President’s Council Rejects Complete Cloning Ban President Bush's Council on Bioethics rejected a permanent ban on cloning but disagreed over whether limited scientific research should be allowed to go forward or a moratorium put in place. Continue reading
Jul 10 Nevada Governor Vows to Fight Nuclear Waste Storage Decision Despite final Congressional approval to build a massive nuclear waste disposal site under Yucca Mountain northwest of Las Vegas, officials in Nevada pledged to fight the project in court. Continue reading
Jul 09 Senate Approves Nevada Nuclear Waste Site Over the objections of Democratic leaders and Nevada's representatives, the U.S. Senate approved federal plans to build a massive nuclear waste storage site under Yucca Mountain, some 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Fire Fight In the second of two reports, Betty Ann Bowser looks at the ongoing debate over cautionary measures to prevent forest fires from being so destructive. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Fire Fight The huge forest fires in the West this year have triggered a debate over how to keep them from being so damaging. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the conditions that helped spark the wildfires. Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch Firestorm: Arizona Wildfires Tom Bearden reports from Arizona on the wildfires that have now consumed almost 400,000 acres. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Firestorm: Colorado Wildfires Betty Ann Bowser has an update on the Colorado wildfires. Continue watching