Dec 08 Watch 10:04 How far will Scott Pruitt take EPA regulatory reform? By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's attorney general and a critic of climate-change regulations, to head the EPA. Judy Woodruff sits down with Scott Segal of Bracewell and Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, to… Continue watching
Dec 07 Column: Trump Tower, the skyscraper and the future of urban development By Kevin D. Murphy for The Conversation Trump Tower is loaded with polished metal and stone and clad in reflective glass. Will it stand just for the questionable taste of the one percent, or could it stimulate more creative, sustainable approaches to urban development?… Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 3:48 Neurosurgeon and former rival Ben Carson is Trump's HUD nominee By PBS News Hour Once a rival for the GOP nomination, Dr. Ben Carson is now President-elect Donald Trump's pick for housing secretary. On Monday, Mr. Trump called Carson “a brilliant mind … passionate about strengthening communities.” Meanwhile, at Trump Tower, former Vice President… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 10:04 What we can infer from Trump's initial actions -- and what we can't By PBS News Hour On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump placed a controversial call to the president of Taiwan. On Monday, he joined Ivanka Trump in her meeting with former Vice President Al Gore on climate change. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, Karen… Continue watching
Dec 05 Massive amounts of carbon dioxide could leak from the soil by mid-century, study finds By Leigh Anne Tiffany The words “climate change” tend to invoke images of heat and storms and smog-filled air. But one of the greatest global warming risks may start in the ground. Continue reading
Dec 05 Al Gore calls meeting with Trump 'productive' By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday that he had a "productive" meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading
Nov 30 Column: Our planet will suffer if Trump shutters NASA Earth science By David Biello The end of ice on Earth is merely one thing we won’t be able to monitor if NASA stops using satellites to look at our home, author David Biello writes… Continue reading
Nov 26 Past glacier movements offer clues to the future of ice melt By Julia Griffin The West Antarctic ice sheet holds enough water to raise the world’s oceans an estimated 10 feet -- and it’s shrinking. Continue reading
Nov 23 Under Trump, NASA may lose climate research By Lee Billings, Scientific American President-elect Donald Trump’s next target in his political denial of human-driven global warming and climate change might be NASA’s $2-billion annual budget for Earth science. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 12:22 Senior advisor says Trump is open to listening on climate, Medicare By PBS News Hour Continue watching