Apr 20 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Democrats block effort to censure Maxine Waters for Chauvin trial comments In our news wrap Tuesday, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives blocked a vote on censuring congresswoman Maxine Waters. Latino lawyers and community leaders in Chicago called for a federal investigation of the police shooting of Adam Toledo. The… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 8:06 Greener skies: How sustainable aviation fuel could help stem airplane emissions By Miles O'Brien, Will Toubman Air travel is picking up steadily as more Americans get vaccinated. While that's good news for the industry, it's bad news for climate change prevention efforts. Miles O'Brien looks at efforts to reduce airplane emissions and help airlines fly greener… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch 7:25 Small Florida community aims for energy independence by harnessing the power of the sun By Miles O'Brien, Will Toubman, Kate Tobin Florida may be called the Sunshine State, but it is no stranger to the damaging impacts of climate change. Miles O'Brien profiles one small Florida community that is trying to take advantage of all that sunshine, billed as the country's… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 8:11 Climate adviser Gina McCarthy on what President Biden wants to accomplish President Biden is doing a 180 from his predecessor's policies and is vowing to confront the issue of climate change head on. But most Republicans have pushed back on climate change efforts. White House national climate adviser and former head… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 4:49 Biden rolls back Trump-era climate policies, commits to tackling crisis By Ivette Feliciano In his first hours in office, President Biden signed executive orders aimed at tackling the climate crisis and rolling back Trump-era policies, some of which denied the science of human-caused climate change. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke with May Boeve,… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch 7:49 Amid planet’s crisis, filmmaker Sir David Attenborough’s ‘vision for the future’ By William Brangham, Anne Azzi Davenport Filmmaker Sir David Attenborough has been documenting the natural world since the 1950s. In his latest book and film, “A Life on Our Planet,” he offers a grave and alarming assessment about the climate crisis Earth is facing. The 94-year-old… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 4:47 In Davos, Trump hails U.S. ‘economic boom,’ downplays climate crisis By Ryan Chilcote As his Senate impeachment trial begins, President Trump is meeting with other world leaders, economic scholars and business moguls in Davos, Switzerland, as part of the World Economic Forum. In an address there, Trump hailed a U.S. economic "boom" and… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 5:04 What a ‘sobering’ report on Arctic ice loss means for global sea levels Tuesday marked the release of yet another stark report detailing how the increased warming of our atmosphere is transforming the planet. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic Report Card includes some grim news for wildlife, native communities and… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch 9:32 How ‘climate procrastination’ has put the planet in peril The United Nations has an alarming assessment of climate change and how countries around the world are not doing nearly enough to slow its damage before it becomes worse. The report finds that the warming effect of greenhouse gases on… Continue watching