Jan 04 'Not safe to move': Fire threats intensify in Australia By Shonal Ganguly, Steve McMorran, Associated Press The death toll in the worst wildfire season in Australian history is now up to 23 people, the prime minister said. Continue reading
Jan 03 Heat and strong winds threaten to worsen Australia wildfires By Shonal Ganguly, Steve McMorran, Associated Press More than 200 fires were burning, and warnings of extreme danger to come Saturday prompted mass evacuations. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 3:31 Deadly wildfires rage across Australia, with forecasts of worse to come By Dan Rivers, ITN Vast swaths of Australia are still burning, with thousands of people under evacuation orders -- and forecasts of worse to come. A record summer fire season has charred 12 million acres, destroyed 1,400 homes and killed 17 people. The states… Continue watching
Jan 02 Backlog of toxic Superfund clean-ups grows under Trump By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Brown, Ed White, Associated Press The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of money in the Obama era, according to 2019 figures quietly… Continue reading
Jan 02 Employees clash with Amazon over climate change By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press Amazon has an enormous carbon footprint. And Amazon workers have been vocal in criticizing some of the company's practices. Continue reading
Jan 02 Some flee, others restock before Australian wildfires worsen By Tristan Lavalette, Associated Press Cooler weather since Tuesday has aided firefighting and allowed people to replenish supplies. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 9:29 What trends distinguished the U.S. economy over the past decade? As the year comes to a close, we look back at the past decade in the American economy -- the first without a recession since record-keeping began in the 1950s. While unemployment remains at a historic low, wage growth has… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 7:26 Making NewsHour Weekend: Filming in challenging locations, tracking climate change By PBS NewsHour This year, NewsHour Weekend producers Sam Weber and Connie Kargbo’s reporting took them from a slave rebellion reenactment in Louisiana to a moon landing 50th anniversary celebration in Houston to covering climate change’s effects on mangroves in Florida. They recently… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 8:42 Despite extreme weather and surging activism, 2019 saw political paralysis on climate By almost any measure, 2019 was a year of especially sobering news on climate change, with grim warnings about what could happen in the future along with extreme weather events occurring now. The year also saw a global protest movement,… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 4:52 Tom Steyer says he is 'leading the charge' on climate change Billionaire businessman Tom Steyer told NewsHour Weekend Sunday that “saying something different” sets him apart from the crowded field of Democratic candidates seeking to become the president next year. He joins Yamiche Alcindor from the campaign trail to discuss why… Continue watching