Jun 16 California has some of the worst air quality in the country. The problem is rooted in the San Joaquin Valley By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado The ongoing effects of climate change have left much of the West to suffer from worsening air quality in recent years. But in places like California's San Joaquin Valley, home to productions of oil, agriculture and warehouses, this has been… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 5:48 News Wrap: Buffalo mass shooting suspect faces federal hate crimes In our news wrap Wednesday, a white man accused of shooting 10 Black victims in Buffalo will face federal hate crimes, President Biden pushed oil companies to produce more gasoline, Michigan police officer charged with murdering Patrick Lyoya was fired,… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 8:16 Coastal Louisiana struggles with housing crisis after Hurricane Ida By Roby Chavez, Diane Lincoln Estes The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1, but people in southeast Louisiana are still recovering after being hit last year by one of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in the state. Communities correspondent Roby Chavez went back to… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 5:23 News Wrap: FDA advisory panel recommends Moderna's vaccine for children ages 6 to 17 By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, an FDA advisory panel voted to recommend that the CDC approve Moderna's vaccine for kids 6 to 17 years old, the Labor Department says wholesale prices were up 10.8 percent from a year ago, the… Continue watching
Jun 14 Heat wave bakes parts of the U.S.; more than 100 million affected By Associated Press More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as a heat wave settles over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas. Continue reading
Jun 14 Historic flooding closes Yellowstone, over 10,000 evacuate By Amy Beth Hanson, Matthew Brown, Associated Press Communities bordering Yellowstone National Park are isolated and tourists stranded after record floodwaters knocked out roads and bridges in Wyoming and Montana and forced the closure of all entrances to the park. Continue reading
Jun 14 WATCH: Senate Energy Committee hearing to examine solutions to extreme drought in the West By Associated Press The Senate Energy Committee held a hearing Tuesday to examine solutions to extreme drought in the West, with witnesses testifying to the dire situation and the extent of the possible consequences. Continue reading
Jun 13 Western wildfires force evacuations in Arizona, California By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press In Arizona, firefighters are battling a wildfire on the northern outskirts of Flagstaff that has forced evacuations in the same area as another springtime blaze. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 4:54 Mothers in Somalia fight drought and famine to feed their children By Ali Rogin Countries in the Horn of Africa are suffering from the ravages of climate change. Not only is the region's drought the worst in decades, but it comes after several consecutive seasons of little rain. Ali Rogin reports on hardest-hit Somalia,… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch 7:56 How 'green gentrification' is pricing out longtime East Boston residents By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes The city of Boston faces two enormous problems: Sea level rise in its harbor that is getting worse with climate change and a dearth of affordable housing, pricing out many longtime residents. Solutions to one of the problems may compound… Continue watching