Nov 19 Voices From Superstorm Sandy A resident walks the debris filled beaches of Staten Island/ NewsHour photo by Brian Dentz NEW YORK -- Life on the shore is precarious for New Yorkers in the seaside neighborhoods of Breezy Point, Staten Island and Coney Island. Continue reading
Nov 08 Nor’Easter Storm Hits Sandy-Battered East Coast By Online DA As Sandy victims try to recover from last week's superstorm, the U.S. Northeast is dealt an unfortunate hand of weather, with another storm. This time a nor'easter. The storm brought wind, rain and snow, with the potential for more flooding… Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch Is Sandy a ‘Cassandra’? How Cities Should Prepare for Future Natural Disasters Is Sandy a 'Cassandra'? How Cities Should Prepare for Future Natural Disasters… Continue watching
Oct 23 ‘Climate of Doubt’ Examines Politics vs. Climate Change By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // In the race to the White House this year, candidates have gone head-to-head on health care, the economy and foreign policy. But there is one issue that has been absent from all the debates -- climate change. On… Continue reading
Oct 18 NOAA Predicts Warmer, Drier Winter for the United States By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy On Thursday, after nine months of record-breaking high temperatures and a scorching drought, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced their prediction that the winter of 2012/2013 is likely to follow the same trend. This year could… Continue reading
Oct 12 Summer Weather Disasters Change Americans’ View of Climate Change By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A corn plant struggles to survive in a drought-stricken field in Illinois. The sweeping drought in Midwest this summer killed crops. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images, July 2012. After a summer of heat waves, droughts and severe storms, the… Continue reading
Oct 09 Key to a Cool City? It’s in the Trees By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // This week on the NewsHour we have been looking at how the urban heat island effect and climate change turn up the thermostat on U.S. cities, and how places like Chicago are trying to cool off with… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch From Rooftop to Alleyway, Chicago Fights Extreme Urban Heat With Greener Ideas From Rooftop to Alleyway, Chicago Fights Extreme Urban Heat With Greener Ideas… Continue watching
Oct 09 Chicago Gets a Greener, Cooler Makeover In the latest installment of our Coping with Climate Change series, NewsHour visited Chicago to see how the city is keeping cool in the face of rising temperatures. Click on the infographic below to enlarge and click here to… Continue reading
Oct 09 How to Build a Cooler City By Saskia de Melker As global temperatures rise, urban areas are facing challenges in keeping their infrastructure and their residents cool. Chicago is tackling that problem with a green design makeover. This report is part of our Coping with Climate Change series. Continue reading