Jul 19 Watch Native American Communities Affected by Climate Change Plan for the Future Native American Communities Affected by Climate Change Plan for the Future… Continue watching
Jul 19 Climate Change Strikes Especially Hard Blow to Native Americans By Saskia de Melker // On Thursday's NewsHour, NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan moderated a panel discussion on how Native American tribes are coping with climate change. The panel included four native leaders representing their communities at the First Stewards symposium: Jeff Mears… Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch Swinomish Tribe Works to Adapt to Shrinking Salmon Supply Washington salmon depend on the cold water from glacial lakes to survive. But as temperatures increase and glaciers shrink, salmon populations are declining, threatening the way of life for the Swinomish Indians, also known as the "salmon people." In collaboration… Continue watching
Jul 18 Northwest 'Salmon People' Face Future With Less Fish For Northwest tribes, salmon fishing is a way of life. But changes in the climate may be pushing the fish toward extinction. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the Swinomish Indian reservation to see how they are coping. Continue reading
Jul 16 Coping with Climate Change: Washington's Tribes By Saskia de Melker Washington's Quileute tribe, thrust into the spotlight by the "Twilight" series,' has been struggling to reclaim land threatened by floods and sea level rise. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the tribe to hear their story. Continue reading
Jul 16 Climate Change Threatens The Tribe From 'Twilight' Washington's Quileute tribe, thrust into the spotlight by the "Twilight" series,' has been in a struggle to reclaim land threatened by floods and sea level rise. Together with KCTS9 and EarthFix, NewsHour visited the tribe to hear their story. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch In Austin, Charged up About Smart Power Miles O'Brien examines power grid reliability in a neighborhood near Austin, Texas that uses "smart grid" technology to track - and control - its energy consumption. Continue watching
Jul 06 Were More Than 3,000 Heat Records Actually Set in June? Here at the NewsHour, the record heat has hit close to home. Our managing editor Tom Kennedy, for example, spent six of the last nine days of 95-degree-plus heat without power. The thermostat peaked at 90 degrees inside his Maryland… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch What's Causing Unusually Hot Temperatures in U.S.? Lack of water, "the great air conditioner", is causing unusually high temperatures and extreme weather events in the United States, Kevin Trenberth with the National Center for Atmospheric Research tells Judy Woodruff. Continue watching
Jun 29 Views of the Colorado Wildfire By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The Denver Post has been covering the fires since they first began. Here are some of their shots of the flames and the Coloradans who have been affected. Continue reading