Jul 01 Crews cleaning up after Zion National Park flash flood By Associated Press Zion National Park officials and business owners in a nearby tourist town are still cleaning up and assessing the damage from a massive flash flood that ripped through the popular red rock park, sending mud and debris onto streets. No… Continue reading
May 18 Watch 6:16 News Wrap: No charges for sheriffs who shot Andre Brown Jr. in North Carolina By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, a North Carolina prosecutor says he will not charge three sheriff's deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr. last month in Elizabeth City. U.S. public health officials stepped up appeals for younger Americans to… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 6:24 Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book explores striking ways to fix our ecological problems By William Brangham, Maea Lenei Buhre As the Biden administration moves to expand offshore wind power along the east coast in order to tackle what many scientists call a climate crisis, some are suggesting even more revolutionary solutions. Elizabeth Kolbert's “Under a White Sky: The Nature… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 4:08 How regulators are approaching the push for offshore wind By PBS NewsHour There are more than a dozen offshore wind projects currently proposed off the U.S. East Coast, which together could power millions of homes. But the proposed projects must balance the need for renewable energy with concerns from and commercial ocean… Continue watching
Jan 11 Leaders at One Planet summit focus on protecting biodiversity By Associated Press About 30 leaders, government officials and heads of international organizations were to attend, including U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Continue reading
Aug 28 More than 750,000 still without power in Hurricane Laura’s aftermath By Melinda Deslatte, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press In hard-hit Lake Charles, Louisiana, the mayor says many of the city's 80,000 residents could be without basic services for days or weeks… Continue reading
Aug 26 Heeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming hurricane By Jake Bleiberg, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press Thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled inland from an approaching storm deemed "unsurvivable" by forecasters, heeding warnings from leaders in two states, but leaving some without help as available space in hotels and shelters filled quickly. Evacuees arrived as far… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 5:57 The potential consequences of the auto emissions rollback By PBS NewsHour Earlier this week, in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration relaxed automobile fuel efficiency standards that were put in place under the Obama administration to combat climate change. Coral Davenport, energy and environment policy reporter for… Continue watching
Dec 10 2019 Arctic Report Card warns of California-sized algal blooms and imperiled livelihoods By Nsikan Akpan The 14th iteration of NOAA's Arctic Report Card paints a bleak picture of wildlife invasions, animal die-offs, massive algal blooms, melting ice and disappearing ways of life. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 6:17 What U.S. withdrawal from Paris climate deal means for a warming planet President Trump announced Monday that in a year, the U.S. will formally withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. The global accord was signed in 2015 by nearly 200 nations pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions to slow the planet’s warming. Continue watching