Nov 08 Watch Arctic Ice Pack Reveals Warming Trend Results of a four-year study released this week by a team of 300 scientists show the Arctic is warming at twice the global average rate. Tom Bearden reports on the science of the Arctic. Continue watching
Oct 22 Russian Duma Approves Kyoto Protocol Russia's state Duma on Friday ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to fight global warming, giving the global pact a good chance of being enacted and boosting Russia's chance at joining the World Trade Organization. Continue reading
Oct 08 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to African Environmentalist The culmination of a week-long flurry of Nobel prize awards was Friday's announcement of Professor Wangari Maathai, an environmental activist from Kenya, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Scientists Call Air Pollution Global Problem Air pollution is difficult to track and prevent because plumes of impurities that originate in one country can drift half a world away, ultimately affecting the climate and human health on different continents. Betty Ann Bowser looks at global efforts… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch A Debate on How to Count Salmon in the Pacific Northwest Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the debate over how to count fish -- specifically salmon -- in the Pacific Northwest. Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Governors Debate Proposed Changes in Federal Forest Rule The Bush administration proposed Monday to give governors more control over logging and road building on federal forestlands. The change would override a Clinton-era environmental regulation called the "roadless" rule. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch U.S. Battles Invasive Species Of the 50,000 non-native plant and animal species that have arrived in the United States from foreign countries, many are considered invasive and cost an estimated $138 billion a year in environmental and economic damage. Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch The Intersection of Politics and Science on a North Carolina Pig Farm A group of prominent American scientists recently wrote a report accusing the Bush administration of "misrepresenting and suppressing scientific knowledge for political purposes." Jeffrey Kaye explores the intersection of politics and science on one North Carolina pig farm. Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch U.S. Outlines Case Against Terror Suspect Padilla Terrorism suspect Jose Padilla plotted to use natural gas to blow up U.S. apartment buildings, according to newly declassified documents released by the Justice Department Tuesday. Margaret Warner discusses the government's case against Padilla with New York Times reporter Eric… Continue watching
May 11 EPA Issues Off-Road Diesel Pollution Rules By PBS News Hour Environmental Protection Agency chief Mike Leavitt signed new regulations Tuesday aimed at cutting pollutants from diesel engines in off-road vehicles such as farming and construction equipment by 90 percent over the next eight years. Continue reading