Sep 09 Watch How drones could limit fertilizer flow into Lake Erie By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch News Wrap: CO2 levels hit record high in 2013, finds UN report By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch Colorado fracking fuels fight between state and local government over control By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch News Wrap: U.S. airstrike may have killed Somali militant leader By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Pentagon confirmed that a U.S. airstrike in Somalia overnight targeted the leader of the al-Qaida-linked group al-Shabab. It was unclear whether Ahmed Abdi Godane -- the alleged mastermind behind the raid of a Kenyan… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch Multinational corporations take action on water scarcity By PBS News Hour In the first installment of the Financial Times' series, "A world without water," environmental correspondent Pilita Clark looks at the cost to companies as the threat of water scarcity grows. Clark spoke with NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan about global competition for… Continue watching
Aug 28 When will Christo wrap the Arkansas River in 5.9 miles of silver fabric? By Kathleen McCleery Imagine stringing nearly six miles of translucent silver panels above a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River in southern Colorado. That’s the latest dream for artist Christo for an environmental work of art in the United States. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch Are we doing enough to safeguard drinking water? By PBS News Hour Recent cases of water contamination, including an algae bloom in Lake Erie and a chemical leak in West Virginia, has stirred new worries about the state of our drinking water. Hari Sreenivasan talks to David Beckman of the Pisces Foundation,… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch How weather and nutrient pollution create fertile conditions for toxic algae blooms By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 03 Hear from the scientists who saw the Ohio algae blooms coming By Hari Sreenivasan For a second day, residents of Toledo, Ohio, are not able to drink water flowing from their taps. The water is unsafe because of an algae bloom in Lake Erie, which is affecting the city and… Continue reading
Aug 02 Study: ‘Footprint’ of 2010 Gulf Oil Spill may be worse than thought By Xander Landen Penn State researchers recently found two partially dead deep sea coral reefs 22 kilometers east of the site of the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. Before these findings, biologists only knew of one reef that was damaged by the oil spill. Continue reading