Apr 27 Watch Lawmakers Struggle to Respond to Rising Gas Prices As oil companies report huge profits for the first quarter of 2006, lawmakers have responded to rising gas prices with varying proposals including rebates and increased fuel efficiency standards. Two experts discuss the connection between oil, gas prices and profits. Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch 20 Years Later, Chernobyl Still Weighs on Nuclear Efforts Twenty years after Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster, debate resumes over the use of nuclear power. Two experts discuss the what happened at Chernobyl and current concerns over nuclear power. Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch President Bush Outlines Plan to Lower Rising Gas Prices President Bush set forth plans to temporarily halt deposits into the nation's emergency reserve of oil, ease environmental standards and investigate price gouging in an attempt to lower gas prices. Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch Illinois Community Struggles with Continued Industrial Pollution Exelon Corporation didn't publicly acknowledge at least six spills of water containing radioactive tritium until recently--even though the first one happened in 1996. Residents of Will County, Illinois are now outraged and worried about tritium's effect on their health. Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Government Unveils New Orleans Rebuilding Documents Government officials released an analysis of flood risk in New Orleans and four nearby parishes Thursday -- the first such assessment since the 1980s -- and offered guidelines for rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Rising Gas Costs Increase Appeal of Biofuels Rising gas prices have increased the interest in alternative fuel sources such as biodiesel made from old cooking oil and ethanol made from corn. Paul Solman reports. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Louisiana Struggles to Maintain, Improve Wetlands Even before Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana was losing miles of wetlands every year due to its systems of levees and canals. Now, the Army Corps of Engineers has asked the people of New Orleans to comment on a plan that includes… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Salmon Fisheries in Northwest See Trouble Ahead Salmon fisheries in the Pacific Northwest are worried that conservation efforts and environmental problems could devastate the lucrative spring season. Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Unrest Raises Concerns over Stability of Oil Supplies Concerns about the stability of global oil production are heightened following a failied attack on a key Saudi oil refinery, and attacks on oil workers and production facilities in Nigeria. Two industry experts consider the stability of the world's oil… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch Army Corps Races to Rebuild New Orleans Levees NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser provides a Science Unit report from New Orleans on efforts to rebuild the levee system before the next hurricane season. Continue watching