Dec 10 Watch News Wrap: Congressional negotiators reach two-year budget agreement News Wrap: Congressional negotiators reach two-year budget agreement… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch Beijing’s Pollution a Contentious Foe for Olympic Athletes Despite efforts to curb China's air pollution, a thick haze swept over Beijing Monday, just days before the Olympic Games begin. Betty Ann Bowser examines the country's pollution woes and the impact on athletes. Continue watching
Jun 20 Beijing to Impose Odd-Even Car Ban During Olympics By PBS News Hour From July 20 to Sept. 20, Beijing will alternate the days that vehicles with even and odd registration numbers will be allowed on the road in order to reduce traffic and air pollution during the Olympic Games. Continue reading
Apr 01 Scientists Plot Pollutants’ Path at the Arctic By PBS News Hour The Arctic is a receptacle of the planet's air pollutants -- from forest fires to human-produced carbon dioxide emissions -- and a coordinated international effort is geared toward learning more about pollutants' effects at the top of the globe. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Deadly Heat Wave Reignites Climate Change Debate A front of cool air moved over the East Coast Friday, bringing an end to a record-breaking heat wave that started last week in California and is blamed for nearly 200 deaths. Climatologists discuss the debate over the Earth's changing… Continue watching